Terror Response Technology Report articles from January 2012

Terror Response Technology Report archives from January 2012

Briefing
January 18, 2012... *The General Services Administration, through a requirement from the U.S. Air Forces Central, plans to award a sole-source contract for four Z Backscatter Van Military Trailers to American Science & Engineering [ASEI]. No date was given...

Cubic in Canadian Light Rail Pilot for Explosives and Rad Detection
January 18, 2012... In an effort aimed at demonstrating that surveillance systems, detection technologies and communications systems can be integrated for counter-terrorist applications to public transit, the Canadian government is sponsoring a pilot project...

Air Force Developing Cyber Vision 2025 Study to Include S&T Needs
January 18, 2012... The Air Force is developing a long-range vision document for cyber space to identify and analyze current and forecasted capabilities, threats, vulnerabilities and consequences across core Air Force missions in order to identify key science...

Smiths Detection Introduces Portable, High-Speed Chem Detector
January 18, 2012... Smiths Detection this week added a new product to its detection portfolio, the GUARDION portable chemical identifier that combines high-speed, high-resolution gas chromatography (GC) and a miniaturized toroidal ion trap mass spectrometer (MS)...

L-3 eXaminer 3DX-ES EDS Systems Gets EU Standard 3 CEP Approval
January 18, 2012... In late December L-3 Communications [LLL] Security & Detection Systems business received certification for its eXaminer 3DX-Enhanced Speed (ES) explosive detection system (EDS) under the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) Common...

TSA to Leverage Coast Guard Alert and Warning System Supplied by AtHoc
January 18, 2012... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is adopting the Coast Guard's Alert and Warning System (AWS) 2.0 for enterprise-wide emergency mass notification. The AWS is powered by AtHoc, Inc.'s, IWSAlerts software. TSA will integrate...

Radiopaque Introduces Airport Security Bin Identification System for General Security
January 18, 2012... Radiopaque Solutions, Inc. has released the RadMark Airport Security Bin Identification System for general security use, making it available for local courthouses, private and public sites that screen people's belongings with X-Ray scanners....

Army, ZyGEM in CRADA for Development of Improved Bio-Threat Processing
January 18, 2012... The Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases and ZyGEM Corp. have entered a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement for the development of simplified sample processing solutions for bio-threat agents. The two...

In-Q-Tel Invests in Bio-Detection Firm
January 18, 2012... In-Q-Tel (IQT), the independent strategic investment firm that supports the missions of the U.S. intelligence community, has made an investment in Quanterix Corp. to allow the company to expand the development of its Single Molecule Array...

Analogic in New Long-Term Supply Agreement with L-3 for EDS
January 18, 2012... Continuing a partnership, Analogic [ALOG] has entered a new long-term exclusive purchase and supply agreement with L-3 Communications [LLL] Security and Detection Systems unit related to the eXaminer SX, eXaminer 3DX and eXaminer XLB...

Schafer Corp. Begins Support of DNDO under $40M Task Order.
January 18, 2012... Schafer Corp. has received a potential $40 million Blanket Purchasing Agreement from the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office to provide scientific, engineering and technical assistance (SETA) support to all DNDO directorates and headquarters....

AS&E to Provide ZBVs to South American Country.
January 18, 2012... American Science and Engineering [ASEI] has received an order from a law enforcement agency in South America for five Z Backscatter Vans. The agency and country were not disclosed. The award expands AS&E's installed base of ZBVs in South...

GSA Adds $9M to ICF Network Defense and Cyber Security Contract
January 18, 2012... ICF International [ICFI] has received a $9 million modification from the General Service Administration (GSA) to increase the ceiling value of a cyber security contract to $52.3 million. The new task order is for network defense and cyber...

Coast Guard Purchases Unisys Secure USB Devices for Mobile Connectivity
January 18, 2012... The Coast Guard has bought 100 units of a secure USB system from Unisys [UIS] to allow its mobile workers to securely access agency networks and data while traveling and between deployments. The Unisys Stealth Solution for Secure Virtual...

TSA Extends Several Private Screening Contracts.
January 18, 2012... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has awarded over $7 million in contract extensions to three companies for continued private screening services under the Screening Partnership Program. McNeil Security received $5.4 million to...

DoE Lab Offers License for Tool to Improve Situational Awareness of SCADA Network
January 18, 2012... The Department of Energy (DoE) Idaho National Laboratory is offering the opportunity to license, further develop, and commercialize Sophia, a new software tool for providing improved situational awareness of a Supervisory Control and Data...

DNDO Seeks Info on Sources for Rad Detection Equipment at Borders
January 18, 2012... The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO), Systems Engineering and Evaluation Directorate, is seeking information on commercial-off-the-shelf systems designed for radiological and nuclear monitoring instruments that can be used at and...

PM Defense Biometrics Issues RFI for Enabling Capability Increment 1
January 18, 2012... The Program Manager for DoD Biometrics has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for system engineering concepts for Biometrics Enabling Capability (BEC) Increment 1. The DoD Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) BEC Increment 0...

TSA Issues RFI for Test Management and Tracking System
January 18, 2012... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for a Test Management and Tracking System (TMTS) that would administer and track assessments within the agency. The initial goal of the TMTS is to...

CBP Plans Industry Day for Tactical Long-Range Communications Network
January 18, 2012... Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plans to host an unclassified Industry Day on Feb. 8 to inform companies of program requirements for the maintenance, repair and services of its 26-year-old Cellular Over-The-Horizon Enforcement Network...

Army Seeks Sources for JBTDS
January 18, 2012... The Joint Program Manager Biological Defense (JPM-BD) has issued a Sources Sought Notices for interest from commercial entities with the capability to develop and produce systems for the Joint Biological Tactical Detection System (JBTDS),...

Briefing
January 4, 2012... *The GEO Group, Inc. [GEO], has received a potential $236.2 million contract from Immigration and Customs Enforcement for detention services in South Texas in support of a contractor owned-contractor operated facility that will house up to...

Vic Thompson Opens Airport Integration Lab for CBIS, Passenger Screening Testing
January 4, 2012... In an effort to boost the understanding of how various pieces of equipment will interact with each other in the checked baggage handling and passenger screening operational environments in airports, last fall the Vic Thompson Company (VTC)...

As TSA Rolls out Risk-Based Passenger Screening, Few Near-Term Technology Changes
January 4, 2012... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is expected to ramp up its introduction of risk-based screening initiatives this year, particularly with regards to passengers, but there will be few near-term changes in terms of the...

CBP Draft RFP for IFTs Balances Price, Performance
January 4, 2012... Customs and Border Protection (CBP) last month issued a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for its Integrated Fixed Towers (IFT) system, saying it is seeking bids that best balance performance with price trade-offs. The document lays out...

Implant Says Benchtop Detector Progressing toward Air Cargo Qualification
January 4, 2012... Implant Sciences Corp. [IMSC] says its Quantum Sniffer QS-B220 benchtop explosives trace detector has received notification of vendor eligibility in the Air Cargo Screening Qualification Test Qualification Group 2 from the Transportation...

Tyco Acquires Electronic Security Firm Visonic
January 4, 2012... Tyco International [TYC] has completed the acquisition of Visonic Ltd for about $100 million in cash, bolstering its capabilities in wireless security products and expanding its customer base. Visonic, which is based in Israel, has annual...

SAIC Gets $47M TSA Contract for Hazardous Materials Disposal.
January 4, 2012... The Transportation Security Administration has awarded Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] a potential five-year, $46.8 million fixed-price incentive contract to provide environmental management services for the agency's field...

Coast Guard Awards Small Firm $43M for CG-LIMS Software Licenses
January 4, 2012... The Coast Guard has awarded a potential five-year, $42.8 million contract to Mythics to provide software licenses for a new information technology system to manage the service's logistics. The award for the software portion of the Coast Guard...

Michael Baker Nabs Potential $50M US-VISIT Award.
January 4, 2012... Michael Baker Jr., Inc., has received a potential $50 million indefinite- delivery, indefinite quantity contract from the Department of Homeland Security to provide technical support services to the US-VISIT program. The value of the first...

AS&E Gets Several Awards in Africa and Middle East
January 4, 2012... American Science and Engineering [ASEI] announced several contract awards last month from countries in the Middle East and Africa worth millions of dollars. One contract, from an undisclosed customer in the Middle East, is for $8.8 million...

Nigeria Orders Smith Detection's High-Energy Cargo Scanner
January 4, 2012... Smiths Detection says its has received a multi-million dollar order from Nigeria for its dual-view, high energy Heimann Cargo Vision Stationary cargo inspection system with material discrimination. The order was placed by Global Scansystems...

Nasatka Security Gets $20M Order from Rapiscan on Army Contract
January 4, 2012... Nasatka Security has received a $20 million order from OSI Systems' [OSIS] Rapiscan Systems division to provide mobile barriers, ballistic and blast-rated guard shacks, and security device interface hardware to integrate a variety of new and...

TSA Awards SpectraFluidics $1M for Trace Vapor Detection Development.
January 4, 2012... SpectraFluidics has received a $1.3 million contract to further develop and validate a vapor detection system that quickly and efficiently detects homemade explosives and can be used as an orthogonal detection system with imaging equipment....

Kratos to Maintain Security System for Federal Agency.
January 4, 2012... Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] has received a potential nine- year contract to maintain a security system and network at a critical infrastructure site of a federal agency. The value of the award and the name of the customer...

Israeli Business Gets $12M Contract to Provide Underwater Security Systems
January 4, 2012... DSIT Solutions Ltd., an Israel-based subsidiary of U.S.-based Acorn Energy [ACFN], has received a $12.3 million order from an unnamed Asian customer to deliver a large number of its AquaShield Diver Detection Sonar and PointShield Portable...

LRAD Gets Orders from Fort Worth, International Customers
January 4, 2012... LRAD Corp. [LRAD] says it has received orders for its acoustic hailing devices from Fort Worth, Texas, a customer in the Middle East and Thailand's Dept. of Disaster Response worth a combined $600,000. Fort Worth ordered LRAD-RX remote...

TSA Unveils Plans for AIT-2 Solicitation
January 4, 2012... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on about Jan. 17 plans to issue a solicitation for the second generation Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT), or AIT-2, which will be used as a primary screening device to inspect a passenger's...

TSA Issues Solicitation for Medium Speed EDS
January 4, 2012... Three months later than expected, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a Request for Proposal for a competitive procurement of medium-speed explosive detection systems (EDS) worth up to $691 million over a five-year...

DHS Issues RFP for First Source II
January 4, 2012... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Enterprise Acquisitions Division has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the First Source II acquisition, which is to establish contracts with experienced information technology value added...

Army Research Lab Seeks Proposals on Biometric Functionality in Select Focus Areas
January 4, 2012... The Army Research Laboratory, on behalf of the Biometrics Identity Management Agency (BIMA) and the Defense Biometrics and Forensics Office, seeks proposals for the development and demonstration of biometric functionality across the following...

BIMA Issues RFI for Synthetic Biometric Modalities
January 4, 2012... The Army Biometrics Identity Management Agency (BIMA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to determine the viability and approaches available to develop synthetic (artificial) biometric modalities that create synthetic personnel. The...

CBP Seeks Comments on Draft Objectives for Electronic Admission Stamp Initiative
January 4, 2012... Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a Request for Information in support of a draft Statement of Objectives for the Office of Field Operations Electronic Admission Stamp Initiative. The current admission stamp for every traveler...

CBP Issues RFI for Mobile Video Surveillance System
January 4, 2012... Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for industry information on existing commercial mobile video surveillance systems (MVSS) to help the agency refine requirements and form an acquisition strategy...

DHS S&T to Review Airborne Wide Area Surveillance Systems
January 4, 2012... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate has issued a pre-solicitation notice in anticipation of an effort to have contractors demonstrate their Wide Area Aerial Surveillance System (WAASS) in a...

DTRA Plans Industry Days on Biosurveillance Ecosystem Technologies
January 4, 2012... The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) plans to host two Industry Days this month to provide advanced planning information on its chemical and biological technology areas of interest. The goal is to develop an interoperable...

NIST Seeks Info on Computer and Information Security Services
January 4, 2012... The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory, Computer Security Division, has issued a sources sought notice under a requirement for multiple contractors to provide technical expertise and...