Terror Response Technology Report articles from August 2011

Terror Response Technology Report archives from August 2011

Briefing.
August 31, 2011... *Union Pacific has agreed to a Mitigation Decision with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requiring the rail carrier to spend $50 million on supply chain security to enhance the Mexico and U.S. rail supply chain. The decision comes in the...

DHS S&T Advances Location Tracking System for Emergency Responders.
August 31, 2011... A system for tracking firefighters inside buildings in three dimensions and in real-time has been successfully demonstrated and is ready to begin the final levels of testing this fall and early next year to enable industry to begin offering...

Stan Sloane Taking Over at Small Tech Firm Decision Sciences.
August 31, 2011... Fresh off his departure at information technology services company SRA International, Stan Sloane has been appointed president and CEO of a small California-based technology firm, Decision Sciences International Corp. Sloane, who left SRA...

Earnings News and Notes.
August 31, 2011... OSI Systems [OSIS] 4Q11 4Q10 FY11 FY10 Sales $183.4M $165.3M $656.1M $595.1M Net Inc. $12M, 0.61 $8M, 0.42 $33.4M, 1.71 $23.6M, 1.28 Sales in the quarter were a record and increased 11%...

AtHoc Makes Strategic Investment in Small Mass Notification Firm.
August 31, 2011... AtHoc, Inc., which provides net-centric mass notification solutions on an enterprise level, has made a strategic investment in eViglio, a startup firm specializing in national-level citizen mass notification systems. The value of the...

SRI Partners with NDRC to Boost First Responder Capabilities.
August 31, 2011... SRI International and the National Disaster Resiliency Center (NDRC) have agreed to collaborate on new technologies, systems, and enhanced training capabilities to assist first responders during emergency and disaster situations. Objectives...

Sandia Develops Software App for Visualizing Post-Event Disaster Environments.
August 31, 2011... Researchers ad Sandia National Laboratories have developed a software tool that allows emergency preparedness officials and first responders to view and modify accurate modes of building damage and other post-event disaster effects. The...

InterSense Develops Inertial Measurement Unit on a Chip.
August 31, 2011... InterSense Inc., says that a it is making available commercially NavChip, an inertial measurement unit (IMU) on a chip that can be integrated into small, unmanned vehicles such as aircraft and robots to assist with autonomous navigation and...

AS&E Gets $37M in Orders.
August 31, 2011... After a skimpy $8.3 million in orders in its first quarter, American Science and Engineering [ASEI] has received two new orders worth a combined $37.5 million for support and X-Ray systems in the second quarter. The largest order, valued at...

Firms Awarded BPA for Cyber Security Services by GSA and DHS.
August 31, 2011... VSE Corp. [VSEC] subsidiary G&B Solutions says it is one of 14 vendors to receive a contract for a new Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for cyber security services from the General Services Administration and Department of Homeland...

Smiths Detection to Supply Cayman Islands with X-Ray Inspection Systems.
August 31, 2011... The Cayman Islands Customs Department has awarded Smiths Detection a contract to supply it with various cargo inspection systems to stem the flow of weapons, narcotics and contraband in and out of the country. The order includes the company's...

SAIC Gets $20M to Support San Diego for Airport Security Work.
August 31, 2011... Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] has received a 30-month, $20 million contract from the Turner PCL Flatiron joint venture to provide design, engineering, installation, testing and commissioning services fro the San Diego County...

Kratos Deploys Emergency Comms System Upgrade for Rail Service Provider.
August 31, 2011... Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] has completed the deployment of a $3 million emergency communications system upgrade for an undisclosed national rail service provider. The specialized first responder communications system...

TSA Issues Pre-Solicitation for Medium-Speed EDS.
August 31, 2011... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issues a pre- solicitation notice for medium-speed explosive detection systems (EDS) as part of a plan to establish a Qualified Product List (QPL) for Next Generation Checked Baggage EDS....

DHS Releases Draft RFP for BioWatch Gen-3 Phase II.
August 31, 2011... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Health Affairs (OHA) has issued a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for Phase II of the BioWatch Gen-3 effort, which will include the acquisition and deployment of autonomous, networked...

DNDO Plans Industry Day for Human Portable Tripwire.
August 31, 2011... The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) plans to host an Industry Day in late October for the Human Portable Tripwire (HPT) program. The purpose of the HPT is to increase the opportunity and likelihood of detecting illicit radiological...

Homeland Security Business Opportunity Events Planned in Michigan.
August 31, 2011... The Michigan branch of the National Defense Industrial Association plans to host a business opportunities event for prospective government contractors and subcontractors, in particular small businesses, on Sept. 19-21 in Troy, Mich. Focus...

Air Base Seeks Baggage Scanners.
August 31, 2011... An Air Force Air Base in Thule, Greenland, is conducting market research toward a requirement for one Transportation Security Administration-approved X- Ray system to screen large bags and one TSA approved X-Ray system to screen carry-on bags....

Briefing
August 17, 2011... *OSI Systems [OSIS] Rapiscan Systems division has received a $7 million contract from the Army to provide multiple ruggedized Secure 1000 whole body imaging systems. The delivery order is the first for any firm under the Army's Entry Point...

New MDI Chief Buswell Wants to Expand Customer Base, Product Portfolio
August 17, 2011... Morpho Detection, Inc. (MDI) will best be able to grow in the long-term by diversifying its customer base globally, finding new markets with its current product set and eventually expanding its product portfolio, according to the company's...

Boeing Introduces Small UAS for Law Enforcers
August 17, 2011... Boeing's [BA] Insitu subsidiary has introduced a new, man-portable small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for the public safety market, an attempt to open a new market niche with a new UAS product. The short-range Inceptor UAS weighs less...

ALPA, ATA, TSA Kick off Known Crewmember Program
August 17, 2011... The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) and the Air Transport Association (ATA) have begun operations of a risk-based screening system for airline pilots, kicking off a trial at several airports that they expect will expand nationwide and to...

Earnings News and Notes
August 17, 2011... American Science and Engineering [ASEI] 1Q12 1Q11 Sales $51.1M $53.6M Net Inc. 5.7M, 0.61 6.8M, 0.74 Sells fell nearly 5% due to a decline in revenues in the company's cargo and Z Backscatter Van (ZBV) product...

Third NSC Completes Acceptance Trials
August 17, 2011... The U.S. Coast Guard's third 418-foot National Security Cutter (NSC), the Stratton (WMSL 752), has successfully completed several days of acceptance trials to ensure that it meets all contractual requirements, making it ready for delivery to...

Implant Plans Enhancements to Quantum Sniffer Systems
August 17, 2011... Implant Sciences Corp. [IMSC] says it is enhancing its Quantum Sniffer handheld QS-H150 and benchtop QS-B220 explosives trace detection systems with an advanced performance logging and reporting system. The new software package, which will be...

NIST Begins Pilot Project for Distributing Documentary Standards to First Responders
August 17, 2011... The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Law Enforcement Standards Office and its partners will offer documentary standards to first responders as part of a pilot project that began this month and runs through October to help...

NYC Awards Northrop Grumman $207M to Continue Wireless Network
August 17, 2011... Northrop Grumman [NOC] has received a five-year, $207 million follow-on contract from New York City for ongoing operations and maintenance of a wireless communications network that gives city agencies a secure broadband infrastructure to...

GTSI Nabs $159M Army Award for BAT-A
August 17, 2011... The Army has awarded GTSI Corp. [GTSI] a 16-month, $159 million contract to provide warfighters mobile biometric devices to assist in real-time identification of persons of interest in the field. The Biometric Automated Toolset-Army award was...

CSC Takes Dept. of State Visa Serves Award for Brazil
August 17, 2011... CSC [CSC] has won a potential $147.4 million task order from the State Department for Global Support Strategy (GSS) for Visa Services for Brazil. CSC beat CGI Federal's [GIB] Stanley Associates business unit for the award. The two are the...

Smiths Detection Wins $70M Marine Corps Order for NII Systems
August 17, 2011... In a surprise win, the Marine Corps last month awarded Smiths Detection a potential $69.8 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for up to 45 Rugged Mobile Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) Systems. There were three bids for...

CGI Federal Nabs $26M Task Order from State Department
August 17, 2011... The Department of State has awarded CGI Federal Inc.'s [GIB] Stanley Associates unit a $26 million task order under the Global Support Strategy (GSS) for Visa Services program indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract. Under the award...

Germany Awards Smiths Detection Contract for AT X-Ray Systems
August 17, 2011... The Germany Interior Ministry has awarded Smiths Detection a contract to provide about 50 Advanced Technology (AT) X-Ray systems for security checkpoints at Frankfurt International Airport. The value of the award was not disclosed. The X-Ray...

GD Nabs $11 Coast Guard Award for IT Support
August 17, 2011... General Dynamics' [GD] Information Technology business unit has won a potential $11 million blanket purchase agreement to provide the Coast Guard Force Readiness Command (FORCECOM) information technology (IT) support services over a five-year...

Rapiscan Gets $4M Maintenance Award from Asian Customer
August 17, 2011... OSI Systems [OSIS] says its Rapiscan Systems division has received a $4 million contract from a major Asian international airport to service and maintain its checkpoint screening and hold baggage inspection systems. The customer was not...

Cross Match to Support South Korean Fingerprint Verification System
August 17, 2011... Cross Match Technologies and its technology partner Digent Co., Ltd, have been selected by the South Korean Ministry of Justice to support its Foreigners' Fingerprint Verification System. The ministry will register foreign travelers in 30...

DNDO Seeks Commercially Available Rad Scanning Systems for Cargo
August 17, 2011... Fresh of off its termination of the Advanced Spectroscopic Portal program, the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) has issued a special notice saying it will release a Request for Information early in FY '12 for readily available...

DARPA Solicits for Cyber Fast Track Program
August 17, 2011... The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting under the Cyber Fast Track (CFT) program to engage numerous cyber related efforts across the spectrum of computer and network operations to demonstrate that cyber...

NRC Soliciting for Cyber Security Help
August 17, 2011... The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is soliciting for computer awareness training to address phishing activities. The NRC is planning to award a one year contract with four one-year options. The NRC says that its system users have shown...

Briefing
August 3, 2011... *Cinemassive Displays LLC has received a $1.5 million contract from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for an upgrade to the National Response Coordination Center (NRCC) video wall. The NRCC is a multi-agency center based at FEMA...

With ASP Effort over, DNDO Turns Attention to Commercial Alternatives, Handhelds
August 3, 2011... The head of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) says that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will not pursue certification and production of a new system designed to scan containers and vehicles for radiological materials at...

TSA Begins ATR Upgrades to L-3's Body Imagers at Airports
August 3, 2011... Following a successful pilot testing effort earlier this year, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun installing new software that automatically detects threats on people who are screened by millimeter wave-based whole body...

TSA Updates Industry on Acquisition Plans
August 3, 2011... Last month the Airport Consultants Council its annual Security Technology Day in conjunction with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Although the media was prohibited from attending, below we present some upcoming program...

Boeing Ready for New Border Security Projects
August 3, 2011... Months after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) opted not to continue further deployments of Boeing's [BA] fixed towers equipped with surveillance sensors along the southwest border, the company is gearing up for a new competition to...

Raytheon in Licensing Deal with SafeNet for Malware Detection Product
August 3, 2011... Raytheon [RTN] has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with information security firm SafeNet, Inc., to market Raytheon's advanced malware detection product, RShield. The product was designed for large enterprise deployments...

Accenture to Install Border Control Systems at Schiphol.
August 3, 2011... The Dutch Ministry of Internal Affairs has selected Accenture [ACN] to deliver 36 electronic border-crossing gates to be used at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. The new gates will feature biometric technologies, including facial recognition,...

Sandia, EPA Develop Software to Protect Water Utilities
August 3, 2011... Researchers at Sandia National Laboratory in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have developed CANARY Event Detection Software, an open-source software that provides enhanced detection of terrorist threats or natural...

TSA Awards L-3 Potential $385M for EDS Maintenance.
August 3, 2011... L-3 Communications [LLL] has received a potential $384.9 million contract to provide performance based logistics services on the existing fleet of agency- owned L-3 explosives detection systems (EDS). The contract has a base year and four...

Boeing, Lockheed Martin Nab TSA Orders for Passenger Checkpoint Installations
August 3, 2011... Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have each received task orders from the Transportation Security Administration related to the installation and upgrade of new airport security equipment at airport security checkpoints nationwide....

Kratos Nabs $8M to Provide Security System for Transportation Agency
August 3, 2011... Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] says it has been awarded an $8 million contract to design, engineer, install and integrate a security system, including a specialized camera system, for a U.S. transportation agency that is one...

Boeing Receives First Maritime Security Award
August 3, 2011... Boeing [BA] has received a $4.4 million contract from a Pennsylvania county to design, integrate and install a surveillance system for a 14-mile stretch of the Delaware River near Philadelphia that is host to a range of critical...

India Orders Drug Detectors and Explosive Identifiers from IDenta.
August 3, 2011... IDenta Corp. [IDTA] has received an order from India's Ministry of Home Affairs, Bureau of Police Research and Development, for drug detectors and explosive identifiers. The order includes 10,000 drug detectors, 10,000 explosive identifiers...

TSA Taps Small Firm to Provide Access to Law Enforcement Databases.
August 3, 2011... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has awarded Diverse Computing, Inc. a $633,963 contract to provide a message switch developed specifically to support law enforcement and criminal justice information exchange systems. TSA has...

TSA Seeks Chemical Analysis Devices and Support.
August 3, 2011... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a pre- solicitation notice for the purchase of Chemical Analysis Devices (CAD) and related maintenance and support for five years. The CAD will identify and analyze unknown chemicals...

TSA Issues RFI for Subject Matter Expert on Deception Detection
August 3, 2011... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is seeking information from sources with high-stakes deception detection and operational research and testing expertise to support a program that uses behavioral observation and analysis to...

ICE Seeks IT Support for Criminal Investigations
August 3, 2011... Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has issued a sources sought notice to supply a comprehensive information technology support solution for use in ongoing criminal investigations conducted by the Homeland Security Investigations...

CBP About to Release RFP for Support to Wireless Office.
August 3, 2011... Customs and Border Protection (CBP) imminently plans to release a Request for Proposals (RFP) for support to the Wireless Systems Program Office. A single award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract is planned to a small...

DTRA Issues RFI for WMD Defeat R&D Contracts
August 3, 2011... The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking industry feedback regarding the possibility of awarding a single set of indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) multiple award contracts...

DIA Seeks Solutions for Intelligence Rapid Technical Collection Support
August 3, 2011... The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) plans an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract vehicle for solutions for intelligence rapid technical collection support to urgent, sensitive operations for technical collection of intelligence...