Homeland Security Report

Raytheon’s [RTN] JPS Communications unit has partnered with Invizeon Corp. to market an emergency alert system to colleges, universities, and civil and military customers. The company’s say a notification message […]

The Naval Surface Weapons Center in Dahlgren, Va., has issued a Request for Information for technologies and systems that can detect improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The desirable characteristics of the […]

Alltel [AT], which owns and operates the nation’s wireless network and has 12 million wireless customers, is offering law enforcement and public safety officials the HazMasterG3 decision support tool on […]

American Science & Engineering [ASEI]   2Q08 2Q07 Sales $37.6M $29.6M Net Inc. ($4.5M, $0.48) ($4.8M, $0.49) Despite a 27% jump in sales, profits fell due to lower gross margins […]

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has awarded Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] a $33 million contract to supply VACIS P7500 X-Ray inspection system under the Secure Freight Initiative. The number […]

The Naval Air Systems Command has awarded SRI International a five-year, $36.5 million contract to develop, demonstrate and test advanced sensing and situational awareness technologies and systems to improve port […]

American Science & Engineering [ASEI] received an order for 15 Gemini parcel inspection systems to be used to secure checkpoints at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Gemini uses dual energy […]

The State of Illinois has selected Polimatrix, Inc., to supply upwards of 20,000 pager style radiation detection and identification devices that will be used by law enforcement officers and first […]

The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded four construction firms separate indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts worth a potential $488 million combined for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) tactical infrastructure […]

For developers and manufacturers of millimeter wave technology, October was a pretty decent month due to the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) decision to acquire a limited number of portal and […]