Terror Response Technology Report articles from August 2010

Terror Response Technology Report archives from August 2010

Briefing
August 18, 2010... *The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology branch plans to award a follow-on contract to the Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp. under the Advanced Container Security Device (ACSD) program to meet new requirements. The...

FLIR to Acquire ICx, Bolstering Surveillance and Detection Capabilities
August 18, 2010... FLIR Corp. [FLIR], a leader in imaging systems for surveillance and targeting for government and commercial customers has agreed to acquire ICx Technologies [ICXT] for $274 million in cash in a deal that will bolster its surveillance solutions...

Malware Threats Increasing Exponentially, McAfee Report Says
August 18, 2010... Malware on computer networks reached its highest levels in the first six months of 2010, making this the most active half-year ever for malware production, according to a recent report from McAfee [MFE]. "What we are seeing in the second...

Lockheed Martin Develops 3G Network for Smart Phones
August 18, 2010... Lockheed Martin [LMT] has introduced a new 3G broadband network for the military that will enable any government approved, commercially available smart phone to link in and use the system. Company representatives have been taking the MONAX...

Earnings News and Notes
August 18, 2010... American Science and Engineering [ASEI] 1Q11 1Q10 Sales $53.6M $54.7M Net Inc. $6.8M, 0.74 $7.3M, 0.81 Sales, which were down 2% and earnings, which were off 7%, were below expectations due to timing issues...

Rapiscan Pallet Scanner Approved by TSA for Air Cargo Screening
August 18, 2010... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has approved Rapiscan Systems Eagle A1000 pallet screening system to its Air Cargo Screening Qualified Technology List, expanding the number of X-Ray screening system the company can offer for...

GD Unit Teams with Bivio Networks on Cyber Defenses
August 18, 2010... General Dynamics [GD] says its Advanced Information Systems business has partnered with network systems provider Bivio Networks to deliver cybersecurity solutions for the public and private sectors. GD says the companies will provide enhanced...

India Using Cross Match Guardian for Employment Program
August 18, 2010... Cross Match Technologies and its technology partner Smart ID are working with the Indian government to help register rural residents for a national guaranteed employment program. Cross Match is supplying its Guardian livescan fingerprint...

ARINC Offers Network Connection to Airlines Sending Passenger Data to Canada
August 18, 2010... ARINC Inc. says it will implement an AviNet network solution for airlines to send passenger data to help them meet requirements for the new Canada Border Services Agency (CSBA) Advance Passenger Information and Passenger Name Record...

SERCO in Mentor-Protege Agreement with VETS, Inc.
August 18, 2010... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has approved a three-year Mentor-Protege agreement between Serco and Veterans Enterprise Technology Solutions, Inc. (VETS), marking the fourth company in Serco's Mentor-Protege program with DHS. The...

SAIC Garners $25M in DHS Task Orders
August 18, 2010... Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] has received two task orders worth a combined $25 million from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), one to support emergency communications and the other to support catastrophic earthquake...

Rapiscan gets $9M Eagle Order from European Customs Agency.
August 18, 2010... OSI Systems' [OSIS] Rapiscan Systems division has received a $9 million order from a European customs agency for its Eagle X-Ray cargo and vehicle inspection system. The customer was not disclosed. Rapiscan says it over 100 Eagle cargo and...

Stanley Gets Defense Biometric Services Orders Worth $8M
August 18, 2010... Stanley, Inc. [SXE] has received several task orders worth a combined $7.9 million from the Defense Department to provide support for biometrics. Both awards support the Army Intelligence Center Language Technology Office at For Huachuca,...

DARPA Awards GE's Research Center $6M for Biosensors
August 18, 2010... The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded General Electric's [GE] Global Research Center a four-year, $6.3 million grant to develop bio-inspired nanostructure sensors that would enable faster, more selective detection...

Raytheon to Install Chemical Sensors in Port of Providence
August 18, 2010... Raytheon [RTN] has received a contract from the city of Providence, R.I., to integrate chemical detection sensors into the existing security system at the Port of Providence. The value of the award wasn't disclosed. The Centurion sensors...

Firm Wins FAA Cybersecurity Work.
August 18, 2010... Lunarline has received a task order from the Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Information Security to provide an array of cybersecurity services under the Electronic FAA Accelerated and Simplified Tasks Master Ordering Agreement....

A&E Services Required for New Construction, Renovation at TSL
August 18, 2010... The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate's Office of National Laboratories is soliciting for Architect-Engineering (S&E) services for the design of a combination of new construction and renovation in support...

TSA Seeks Info on Vendors for Enterprise Performance Measurement Platform
August 18, 2010... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) seeks information on vendors that have the capacity to develop executive level reports, performance dashboards and other mechanisms to facilitate the review of meaningful performance measures...

DHS S&T Issues RFI for Foliage Penetrating Sensors.
August 18, 2010... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for ground-based systems or components capable of detecting, classifying and reporting personnel and vessel or...

Army Seeks Support for Domestic Preparedness Equipment Training Program
August 18, 2010... The Army's Pine Bluff Arsenal, which is the Defense Department's center of expertise for chemical and biological defensive equipment production and support, seeks support for the Domestic Preparedness Equipment Training Assistance Program...

SPAWAR Seeks Info on Portable Biological Air Samplers.
August 18, 2010... The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) Atlantic, Advanced Technology Branch, is seeking information on commercially available portable biological air samplers for use by responders during hazardous materials operations. The...

PNNL Issues RFI for Commercial Multiplexed Biodetection System
August 18, 2010... The Energy Department's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to identify potential vendors who have commercial off-the-shelf instrumentation capable of multiplexed biological detection from...

Coast Guard Plans Solicitation for Response Boat-Small
August 18, 2010... The Coast Guard has a requirement to provide up to 470 Response Boat- Small (RB-S) boats to various shore units in order to perform Ports, Waterways and Coastal Security, Search and Rescue, drug interdiction, alien migrant interdiction, living...

Briefing
August 4, 2010... *Veterans Corp. of America won a potential $200 million contract from the General Services Administration to provide type and non-type classified commercial off-the-shelf equipment that directly detects, identifies, monitors and protects...

SAIC Agrees to Acquire Reveal Imaging, Makes Move into Aviation Security
August 4, 2010... Making its first foray into the aviation security product space, Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] has agreed to acquire Reveal Imaging Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of explosive detection systems (EDS) used to...

India Selects Three Firms to Provide Unique ID System
August 4, 2010... In what could be the world's largest biometric identification project, India has selected three companies, Accenture [ACN], L-1 Identity Solutions [ID], and Mahindra Satyam, to compete during the next two years to demonstrate how well each...

TSA Reaches 100% Air Cargo Screening Milestone
August 4, 2010... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this week put into effect the congressionally mandated requirement that 100 percent of all cargo being loaded onto passenger planes departing from U.S. airports be screened for explosives. So...

Earnings News and Notes
August 4, 2010... L-1 Identity Solutions [ID] 2Q10 2Q09 Sales $164.10 $168.10 Net Inc. ($2.3M, 0.03) ($1.2M, 0.01) Losses widened due to $2.3M in expenses related to L-1's pursuit of a sale of the company while sales fell 2%...

Morpho Detection Tests New Shoe Scanner at Indy Airport
August 4, 2010... Safran Group's Morpho Detection business last month conducted a five day data collection study of its new ShoeScanner system at Indianapolis International Airport, one of the final steps in preparing the system to submit for regulatory...

European Civil Aviation Conference Tests Morpho Detection's XRD 3500 EDS
August 4, 2010... Morpho Detection says that its XRD 3500 has become the first X-Ray Diffraction-based explosive detection system (EDS) to be tested and evaluated by the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) as meeting the ECAC Standard 3 technical...

CBP Takes Delivery of New Mobile Support Vehicle.
August 4, 2010... Global Defense Technology & Systems, Inc. [GTEC] has delivered the first next-generation Mobile Support Vehicle (MSV) to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). CBP awarded the MSV contract to GTEC in Oct. 2009. The MSV is a heavy duty truck...

VeriTainer Gets Indonesian Patent for Crane Mounted Nuke Scanning.
August 4, 2010... VeriTainer Corp. has received notice of a granted patent from the Indonesian Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights for the fundamental Crane Mounted Scanning (CMS) system the company is developing to detect nuclear materials...

IWT Introduces Next-Gen Unattended Ground Sensor System.
August 4, 2010... Innovative Wireless Technologies (IWT) has introduced its next-generation of its Coyote Unattended Ground Sensor (UGS) system for border security, infrastructure and force protection. The company says the first generation of Coyote UGS...

Telos, Inquiries Team on New Background Screening Device
August 4, 2010... Telos Identity Management Solutions, LLC, and Inquiries Inc., have created a strategic alliance to roll out a new background screening device called IDVetting, which is focused on delivering non-criminal, fingerprint-based background checking...

AS&E Scores $23M SmartCheck Order with U.S. Military; New ZBV Order Too
August 4, 2010... Following a spate of orders for its Z Backscatter Van (ZBV) non-intrusive inspection systems, American Science and Technology [ASEI] has received a $23 million order from a U.S. military customer for its SmartCheck whole body imaging system....

Rapiscan Nabs $18M Order for Eagle, Secure 1000 from U.S. Customer.
August 4, 2010... OSI Systems [OSIS] Rapiscan Systems division has received an $18 million order from an undisclosed U.S. government customer for Eagle cargo and vehicle inspection systems and its Secure 1000 Single Pose body scanner. The Secure 1000 is being...

Lockheed Martin Wins $7M DHS S&T Award for Complex Event Modeling
August 4, 2010... Lockheed Martin [LMT] has won a five-year, $7 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate under the Complex Event Modeling Simulation and Analysis (CEMSA) project. The company's...

Consulting Firm Awarded $52M DoE Information Assurance Contract
August 4, 2010... OnPoint Consulting, Inc., has received a five-year, $52 million contract to operate the Department of Energy (DoE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Information Assurance Response Center (NIARC), a facility located in Las Vegas,...

DoJ Awards Hirsch Electronics $4M for Security Systems
August 4, 2010... Hirsch Electronics has received a $4 million contract from the Department of Justice (DoJ) for security systems to comply with the HSPD-12 directive for access control. "From credential management systems to readers and controllers capable of...

EADS' PlantCML Nabs NASA Contract for Emergency Notification System
August 4, 2010... NASA has selected PlantCML to provide its Communicator! NXT emergency notification system to quickly alert individuals and rapidly assemble teams in an emergency. The Communicator! NXT system will enable authorized personnel to deliver...

Firm Sells EOD Robot to Atlanta.
August 4, 2010... API Technologies Corp. [ATNY] has sold its teleMAX Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) robot to the City of Atlanta for $300,000, marking the company's first North American order for the EOD robot. API say the robot is for use at...

Air Force Plans Potential $480M Cyber R&D Effort
August 4, 2010... The Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome Site, has issued a Sources Sought notice regarding a potential research and development program called Agile Cyber Technology (ACT). The technical requirements will encompass rapid research and...

Army Seeks Information for INSCOM Biometrics Effort.
August 4, 2010... The Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) has issued a Request for Information seeking small businesses to perform Identity Intelligence Biometrics support functions for INSCOM and its subordinate Major Subordinate Commands....

DTRA Seeks Comprehensive National Incident Management System
August 4, 2010... The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has issued a Sources Sought notice related to its requirement to build upon an existing experimental research and development computing platform and prototype for a system capability that provides...

DNDO Issues RFI for Response and Recovery from a Nuke/Rad Attack.
August 4, 2010... The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) on advanced capabilities, technologies and research which support and benefit the response and recovery from a nuclear or radiological attack. DNDO...

TSA Seeks IT Security Support Services.
August 4, 2010... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a Request for Proposal to small businesses for information technology (IT) security support services. The agency says that the objective of the procurement is to provide independent...

Army Issues Draft RFP for JBSDS Phase 2.
August 4, 2010... The Army Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense has issued a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking industry comments, questions and strategy for the Joint Biological Standoff Detection System Phase 2 (JBSDS2)...

Sandia Seeks Partners for Robotic Vehicle with Multiple Tracked Mobility Platforms.
August 4, 2010... The Energy Department's Sandia National Laboratories is seeking one or more business partners in the decontamination, hazardous materials, and explosives detection field to develop Sandia's Robotic Vehicle with Multiple Tracked Mobility...

DHS S&T Issues BAA for Social Network Mapping
August 4, 2010... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate, Human Factors Division, has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to support the implementation of a project conducting basic research and development...