Terror Response Technology Report articles from February 2011

Terror Response Technology Report archives from February 2011

Briefing
February 16, 2011... *L-1 Identity Solutions' [ID] shareholders have approved the purchase of the identity solutions parts of their company by France's Safran Group, moving the deal one step closer to fruition. Shareholder approval followed notification last...

Pistole Wants to Look at Risk-Based Approach to Passenger Screening
February 16, 2011... Transportation Security Administrator (TSA) John Pistole says that he wants to begin taking a look as early at this year at a risk-based approach to passenger screening at airport security checkpoints rather than the one-size fits all method...

IBM Tops DHS Prime Contractor List Again
February 16, 2011... For the second straight year IBM [IBM] tops the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) list of prime contractors in terms of total dollar amount, garnering $560.3 million in prime contracts in FY '10. IBM's contracts were mainly for...

Earnings News and Notes
February 16, 2011... American Science and Engineering [ASEI] 3Q11 3Q10 Sales $76.6M $54.9M Net Inc. $11.8M, 1.28 $5.8M, 0.64 Net income more than doubled on a 40% increase in sales and higher margins, which improved due to product...

CBP Gets Second Upgraded UH-60 Helo
February 16, 2011... Sikorsky Aircraft has delivered the second UH-60 helicopter to Customs and Border Protection featuring the "A-A" to "L" recapitalization, having undergone major structural modifications to extend the service life of the airframe, including...

3M Debuts Multinational Border Crossing Program
February 16, 2011... 3M [MMM] has delivered to participating nations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) a border security program called CARIPASS, which it says is the first multilateral border crossing program in the world. CARIPASS is a voluntary travel card...

Bruker Introduces New Toxin Identification System
February 16, 2011... Bruker Detection has launched in North America its compact, fully automated and fast toxin identification system called pTD (portable Toxin Detector). The bench top, push-button pTD system is intended for smaller, field and mobile laboratories...

SPAWAR Selects Four Firms under Potential $200M Cyber Contract
February 16, 2011... The Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Systems Center San Diego, has selected four companies to compete for up to $200 million over five years to provide cyber warfare support services to the Defense Department. The contractors...

AS&E Nabs Phase II SBIR Award to Prototype Aircraft Screener
February 16, 2011... American Science and Engineering [ASEI] has received a one-year, $750,000 Phase II award under the Department of Homeland Security's Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program to design and build a prototype inspection system to screen...

Coast Guard Selects Metal Shark and Safe Boats for RB-S Competition
February 16, 2011... The Coast Guard has down selected two small firms, Metal Shark Aluminum Boats and Safe Boats International, to compete to provide it with up to 470 Response Boat-Small (RB-S) craft. Under the two phase evaluation process, the first phase...

DHS S&T Awards $800K to Improve MagViz
February 16, 2011... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) branch has awarded $800,000 to a small contractor called Defense Capital Advisers LLC, to improve the detection of liquid explosives threats as part of the MagViz...

Magal Nabs Order for Port Security Solution in West African
February 16, 2011... Israel's Magal Security Systems received a $2.6 million order for an integrated solution to secure a seaport in West Africa. Under the contract Magal S3 will deliver a solution that includes the DTR taut wire perimeter intrusion detection...

TSA Issues RFI for Look at Improving Checkpoint Efficiency
February 16, 2011... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) looking for existing products to create efficiencies within the checkpoint security environment. The agency is investigating two concepts: automation...

Idaho National Lab Offers License for Explosives Detection System
February 16, 2011... The Energy Department's Idaho National Laboratory is offering the opportunity to license, further develop, use and commercialize its Idaho Explosives Detection System (IEDS), a non-intrusive, non-contact inspection system that can, in five...

DNDO Plans BAA for Exploratory Research.
February 16, 2011... Later this month the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) plans to issue a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to solicit proposals for exploratory research in support of nuclear detection technology and related fields that may lead to a...

Army INSCOM Plans Biometrics Solicitation
February 16, 2011... The Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) has issued a pre- solicitation and Advisory Multi-Step notice seeking information from prospective offerors to allow the INSCOM G3 Biometrics Division to review and assess the likelihood of...

DHS Surveys Market for Portable Neutron Detection Instruments
February 16, 2011... The Department of Homeland Security, National Urban Security Technology Laboratory, is updating a market survey of portable commercial off-the-shelf neutron detection instruments for emergency responders. The lab is seeking information from...

Briefing
February 2, 2011... *The Jackson Hole Airport Board last week received a $25.6 million contract from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to continue to provide private security screening services at the Jackson Hole Airport, Wyo. The airport board...

CBP Issues RFI for New Sensor Towers on Southwest Border
February 2, 2011... Wasting little time in its effort to continue to find technological solutions to help secure the nation's borders, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) last month issued a Request for Information (RFI) for new sensor-based Integrated Fixed...

Design Studies, Modeling, Component Testing in Phase One of New AS&E Contract
February 2, 2011... A potential $14 million contract awarded to American Science and Engineering [ASEI] last month from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to begin developing a non-intrusive inspection system that could automatically detect and identify...

CBP Continues to Explore Small UAS Options
February 2, 2011... Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the largest operator of long- endurance, high-altitude Predator unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) except for the Air Force, continues to look at how smaller unmanned systems can be used by its special...

Earnings News and Notes
February 2, 2011... OSI Systems [OSIS] 2Q11 2Q10 Sales $169.3M $150.6M Net Inc. $9.2M, 0.47 $7M, 0.39 Net income increased 31% on a 12% gain in sales as the company has been successful in containing operating costs through ongoing...

Raytheon Plans Public Safety Regional Technology Center in L.A. County
February 2, 2011... This summer Raytheon [RTN] plans to open the Raytheon Public Safety Regional Technology Center (RTC) in Lost Angeles County, which will serve as the focus of its civil communications business in the western U.S., providing 24/7 customer...

L-1 Introduces New Low Cost Access Control Products
February 2, 2011... L-1 Identity Solutions [ID] has introduced the 4G V-Flex Lite, 4G CR-Pass and 4G SecureControl access control devices, designed to increase efficiency and lower the cost of access control installations. The Flex Lite features fingerprint...

Lumidigm, I-Evo Partner on Fingerprint Access Control Readers
February 2, 2011... Lumidigm says that Britain's i-Evo is using its multispectral imaging sensors to produce a line of extremely versatile fingerprint readers that can be used both indoors and outdoors, including in harsh environments where most biometric...

Implant Sciences Expands Sales Channels
February 2, 2011... Implant Sciences Corp. [IMSC] says it has added distributors in a number of countries, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Romania and Spain. In Indonesia the company has added PT.Delphi Utarna and PT.Pacific Arnan Garda, which sell into...

Coast Guard Awards Northrop Grumman $89M Long-Lead for Fifth NSC
February 2, 2011... The Coast Guard has awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] an $89 million contract for long-lead materials for the fifth 418-foot Legend class National Security Cutter (NSC), which is scheduled to be delivered in the later half of FY '15. The contract...

Varian Nabs $21M CBP Award for Container Screening Systems
February 2, 2011... Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has awarded Varian Medical Systems [VAR] a $21 million contract to provide five IntellX gantry X-Ray container inspection systems, the largest single order ever for the system. The award is being made under...

OSI Systems Nabs Awards Worth over $11M
February 2, 2011... OSI Systems [OSIS] says its Rapiscan Systems division has won several orders worth more than $11 million for its cargo, baggage and rail inspection systems. The company says it has received $11 million in contract to provide parcel, cargo and...

FBI Awards ManTech $9M for Cyber Security Services
February 2, 2011... ManTech International [MANT] has received a five-year, $9.2 million contract from the FBI to provide cyber security services. The contract has a potential value of up to $10.5 million. The company will help protect and secure the FBI's...

CSC Gets Task Order from Air Force Cyber Command
February 2, 2011... CSC [CSC] has received a potential five-year task order from the 24th Air Force Cyber Command to provide technical and analytical support in areas relating to command and control, planning, implementing, and executing the Air Force cyberspace...

SRC Gets Contracts for Foliage Penetrating Radar
February 2, 2011... SRC, Inc. has received two contract awards worth up to $12.3 million combined for its Foliage Penetrating, Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Tracking and Engagement Radar (FORESTER), an airborne radar system that penetrates through foliage to...

DHS S&T Seeks Research Expertise for Homeland Security Enterprise
February 2, 2011... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate has issued a Request for Information for research services needed to gain a greater understanding of any given technology, scientific area, branch of...

S&T's New Cyber Division Releases BAA
February 2, 2011... The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate's new Cyber Security Division has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for FY '11 seeking ideas and proposals for research and development in 14 Technical...

Air Force Issues BAA for Cyber Space Defensive Capabilities
February 2, 2011... The Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome Research Site, has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for proactive cyber space defensive capabilities for anticipating and avoiding threats through understanding the cyber situation, predicting...

CBP Technology Office Plans Industry Day on New Southwest Border Strategy
February 2, 2011... The Customs and Border Protection Office of Technology Innovation and Acquisition will host an Industry Day for vendors on Feb. 17 in Phoenix, Ariz., to review its near-term acquisitions that will support the Department of Homeland Security's...

S&T Releases 2011 Long-Range BAA
February 2, 2011... The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology (S&T) branch has issued its long-range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for 2011. The BAA declares S&T's broad interest in competitively funding research and development...

Army Plans Industry Day for NBC Contamination Avoidance
February 2, 2011... The Joint Project Manager for Nuclear Biological and Chemical (NBC) Contamination Avoidance plans to host a classified Industry Day to cover future efforts on Feb. 24 at the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. The office is...

Coast Guard Seeks Info on Long Range Interceptor
February 2, 2011... The Coast Guard has issued a Request for Information from commercial manufacturers regarding the production and delivery of a Cutter Boat-Long Range Interceptor II (CB-LRI-II) that will deploy from the service's National Security Cutters. The...