Homeland Security Report

Acro, Inc. [ACRI], which sells a pen-like device that tests for improvised peroxide-based explosives such as TATP, has introduced a similar device called the ACRO-N.E.T., which is a nitro explosive […]

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has postponed a decision on certifying the cost benefits of new radiation detection portal monitors based on the concerns of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), […]

Britain’s QinetiQ has launched OptaSense, a buried cable fiber optic sensor solution that detects multiple, simultaneous disturbances every 10 meters over a 40 kilometer length of installed cable. QinetiQ says […]

Cubic Corp. [CUB] has launched a new business initiative focused on port and maritime security and hopes to assist federal regulators and the domestic and international port and shipping communities […]

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate has issued a Request for Information (RFI) related to the development of a working concept for an affordable communication […]

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science & Technology (S&T) branch is seeking proposals for long-range projects and innovative prototypes in the following areas of strategic interest: explosive countermeasures, including […]

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate has initiated the second Rapid Technology Application Program (RTAP) Broad Agency Announcement to meet the rapid technology development needs of […]

*Cross Match Technologies, which last month renewed plans for its initial public stock offering (IPO), has postponed that offering again, citing volatile conditions in the nation’s financial markets. “The company […]

The Army Contracting Agency at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., is soliciting commercially available equipment for the Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP) in the areas of field portable chemical, […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] will compete to design and install the Coast Guard’s Nationwide Automatic Identification System (NAIS), a two-way maritime digital data communication system that will improve safety and security […]