Terror Response Technology Report articles from March 2009

Terror Response Technology Report archives from March 2009

Briefing
March 18, 2009... *The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office has partially terminated for convenience its contract to American Science & Engineering Corp. [ASEI] to develop the Cargo Advanced Automated Radiography System (CAARS). The contract was awarded in...

DHS S&T Exploring Several Paths to Improving EDS Software
March 18, 2009... The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) branch is working several parallel paths to improving capabilities of next- generation explosives detection systems (EDS) through software enhancements of the image...

Aviation Services Firm Operating Cargo Screening Facility at LAX
March 18, 2009... Mercury Air Group, a diversified aviation services firm based in Los Angeles, that is also the first independent air cargo screener certified by the federal government, is finding plenty of demand for its screening services and is considering...

InterSense, BVR Team to Develop First Responder Locator System
March 18, 2009... InterSense, Inc. and Israel's BVR Systems Ltd. [BVRSF] have teamed to develop the First Responders Independent Navigation Device (FIND) that is designed to provide precise locating, tracking and monitoring of teach team member's position...

Sarnoff's Iris on the Move System Tested at Schiphol
March 18, 2009... Sarnoff Corp. says its Iris on the Move Portal iris recognition system was tested last December at Schiphol Airport in The Netherlands as part of an evaluation of iris recognition technologies in a closed environment to understand how the...

L-3's eXaminer SX EDS Certified by TSA
March 18, 2009... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has certified L-3 Communications [LLL] eXaminer SX explosives detection system (EDS) for use in U.S. airports. The system is smaller and lighter than the current series of eXaminer EDS and is...

Ahura Scientific Introduces Bottled Liquid Screener
March 18, 2009... Ahura Scientific, Inc. has introduced TruScreen, a handheld instrument that screens glass or plastic containers for liquid explosives threats. The company says that TruScreen can quickly distinguish between threat-listed materials, such as...

ARINC Introduces Passenger Boarding Pass Screening System
March 18, 2009... ARINC Inc. has introduced the VeriPax Passenger Reconciliation System, a device that automates passenger and boarding pass screening. A customized version of VeriPax is being developed at Singapore's Changi Airport to facilitate self check-in...

BAE, OmniPerception Partner on Advanced Face Recognition
March 18, 2009... Britain's BAE Systems is providing about $2.1 million in support of an 18-month partnership with Britain's OmniPerception to add lip movement and speech pattern recognition to existing face recognition technology when applied to CCTV footage....

Orsus, Object Video Partner
March 18, 2009... Orsus and ObjectVideo have entered into a technology partnership that will allow Orsus' Situator situation management software to integrate with ObjectVideo's video analytic capabilities. The partnership will enable Situator to take make use...

Cognitec Releases New Version of FaceVACS-Alert.
March 18, 2009... Cognitec has introduced a new version (4.3) of its FaceVACS-Alert software that features auto-enrollment from streaming video, improved face tracking and administration. The German-based company's FaceVACS-Alert software automatically scans...

Sagem Morpho Joins CITer
March 18, 2009... Sagem Morpho has joined the Center for Identification Technology Research (CITer), becoming the first biometric technology company to become an affiliate member of the cooperative research center that is based at West Virginia University. "We...

ANSER, MITRE Get New FFRDC Awards from DHS
March 18, 2009... The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate has awarded the non-profit firms Analytic Services, Inc. (ANSER) and MITRE Corp. to establish and run two new Federally Funded Research and Development Centers...

ICx Gets Potential $40M S. Korean Award for Chem/Bio Sensor
March 18, 2009... ICx Technologies [ICXT] has received a potential $40 million, multi-year contract from the South Korean military to develop and produce a chemical and biological mass spectrometer for use in military reconnaissance vehicles. The contract is...

ITT Receives $317M C-IED Order
March 18, 2009... ITT Corp. [ITT] has received a $317 million order to produce 4,501 additional CREW 2.1 Vehicle Receiver Jammers, which are vehicle-mounted counter- improvised explosive device systems (C-IED), in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The award...

TSA Awards Smiths $2M for SABRE 4000s.
March 18, 2009... Smiths Detection has received a $2 million contract from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for an undisclosed number of SABRE 4000 hand-held explosives trace detectors. The order is the largest by TSA for the SABRE 4000s. In...

SightLogix Delivers on $1.7M DHS Contract for Rapid Surveillance Kits
March 18, 2009... SightLogix, Inc., has delivered 23 Wireless Rapid Deployment Kits under a $1.7 million contract for the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP). The surveillance kits are a new product...

Animetrics on SAIC's BOSS-U Program for Face Recognition.
March 18, 2009... Animetrics Inc. says it has been chosen as a subcontractor by Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] to provide 2D and 3D face recognition products in support of SAIC's Biometrics Operations and Support Services- Unrestricted...

American Eagle Selects I.D. Systems AvRamp
March 18, 2009... American Eagle Airlines has selected I.D. Systems' [IDSY] AvRamp wireless vehicle management system to manage a fleet of aircraft ground support equipment at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. American Eagle says it has selected AvRamp...

TSA Issues BAA for Air Cargo Screening Qualification Test
March 18, 2009... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to initiate Qualification Test activities to qualify air cargo screening devices for potential placement on a Qualified Technologies List for...

S&T's STIDP Effort Issues RFI for C2 Applications
March 18, 2009... The Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate has issued a Request for Information (RFI) as part of its Standoff Technology Integration Demonstration Program (STIDP) seeking software, middleware and other...

DHS Issues BAA for Intelligent Radiation Sensor Systems Demo.
March 18, 2009... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking proposals under a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the performance of research, development, design, and demonstration of an Intelligent Radiation Sensor System. Proposals are...

TSA Issues RFP for HR Continuity of Operations
March 18, 2009... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to contractors who are currently under a strategic management blanket purchase to help the Office of Human Capital develop additional, and improve...

SPAWAR Issues Market Survey for Biometrics Support.
March 18, 2009... The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) has issued a source sought notice for assistance in supporting the Defense, Homeland Security and Justice Departments with counter-terrorism technology needs, intelligence gathering...

DHS Issues NBAF Solicitation for Construction.
March 18, 2009... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a solicitation for the construction of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), which will be built in Manhattan, Kans., on the campus of Kansas State Univ. The NBAF will be a...

Army ECBC Plans Tech Evaluation of JCBRAWM Chemical Identifier.
March 18, 2009... The Army's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), in support of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, will sponsor the FY '09 Technology Readiness Evaluation to evaluate advanced chemical agent identification technologies for the Joint...

Army Center Plans Market Research on PPE
March 18, 2009... The Army's Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center is conducting market research to identify commercial sources of personal protection equipment (PPE) approved or authorized by the Defense Department for procurement and...

S&T, CBP Seek Info on Interaction between Radars and Wind Turbine Farms.
March 18, 2009... The Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology (S&T) branch, Special Programs Division, and Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Office of Air and Marine, have issued a Request for Information (RFI) from potential sources to...

FEMA Invites Comments on IPAWS.
March 18, 2009... The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) invites comments regarding the technical specification for the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) federal Common Alert Protocol. The 60 day...

NAVSEA Issues RFI for Counter-RCIED.
March 18, 2009... The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for power efficient techniques to counter Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Devices (RCIED) used by terrorists. NAVSEA is hoping to identify potential...

BARDA Soliciting for Therapeutics to Treat Neutropenia.
March 18, 2009... The Department of Health and Human Services' Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has issued a solicitation for the advanced development and manufacturing of therapeutics for the indication of treating neutropenia...

Briefing
March 4, 2009... *DHS Science and Technology (S&T) has decided against releasing a Request for Proposals or Broad Agency Announcement for an effort that was planned to identify speech acts on blogs and message boards in near-real time directing terrorists...

Biometric Access Control Pilot Adding More Airports
March 4, 2009... An industry-led effort to create a framework that will allow different ways for the nation's airports to adopt standards for biometric enabled access control for their employees is in the early phases of a pilot project that includes six...

Industry Group Helping NATO Work through Cyber Security Challenges
March 4, 2009... An industry consortium that consists of a multi-national array of aerospace, defense and information technology companies and advisors is assisting NATO with its cyber security challenges by identifying standards, best practices and...

Northrop Grumman Wins Army Contract for Biometric Intel Gathering
March 4, 2009... Northrop Grumman [NOC] has received a potential $39.6 million contract from the Army to redesign and enhance an intelligence gathering and distribution system that collects biometric and other contextual data to help U.S. military forces gain...

Boeing Heads List of Top DHS Prime Contractors in FY '08
March 4, 2009... Driven by its work for the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Secure Border Initiative (SBI), Boeing [BA] tops the list of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) contractors in terms of prime contract awards by dollar value. Most of the...

Earnings News & Notes
March 4, 2009... Cogent Systems [COGT] 4Q08 4Q07 FY08 FY07 Sales $40M $21.9M $125.7M $105.8M Net Inc. $11.5M, 0.13 $7.7M, 0.08 $45.2M, 0.50 $28.6M, 0.30 Sales in the quarter soared 83% on a big...

TSA Deploys L-3's Provision for Primary Screening
March 4, 2009... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun using L-3 Communications' [LLL] ProVision millimeter wave whole body imaging system in primary screening mode in lieu of using metal detectors at a checkpoint in Tulsa International...

Brijot Upgrades Imaging Software for GEN 2
March 4, 2009... Brijot Imaging Systems has introduced its new Brijot Application Software (BAS) 1.0, which provide a more user friendly graphical user interface and advanced image processing for its GEN 2 millimeter wave imaging system. Brijot says its new...

Tougher Airplane Protection Rules May Slow New Nuke Plants
March 4, 2009... In a substantial policy change that could slow some nuclear projects, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) last month significantly toughened existing requirements that new U.S. reactors be designed to withstand the impact of large...

Hirsch Teams with CoreStreet to Upgrade ID Management Systems.
March 4, 2009... Hirsch Electronics has teamed with CoreStreet to incorporate Federal Information Processing Standard-201 enabling technology into Hirsch's Velocity Security Management System and RUU Verification Station. Hirsch says the integration allows...

Valley Forge Composite Technologies in Agreement with Middle East Country
March 4, 2009... Valley Forge Composite Technologies [VLFY] says it has signed a master agreement with an undisclosed Middle Eastern country permitting government agencies to purchase the company's Odin and Thor LVX screening systems. The Odin personnel...

SAIC Awarded Potential $115M Biometrics Subcontract.
March 4, 2009... Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] has received a potential four-year, $115 million subcontract from Sensor Technologies Inc. (STI), to support the Army Communications and Electronics Command by providing operations and user...

Marine Corps Partially Terminates AS&E's ZBV Mil Trailer Contract
March 4, 2009... The Marine Corps has partially terminated for convenience a $67.4 million award it made in January to American Science and Engineering [ASEI] for 66 Z Backscatter Van Military Trailers, leaving the company with $39.3 million of the original...

AS&E Gets Repeat Order for ZBVs.
March 4, 2009... American Science and Engineering [ASEI] has received a $2.9 million order from an existing Middle Eastern customer for multiple Z Backscatter Vans (ZBVs) that will be configured for harsh environments. The company says the order will add...

PM DoD Biometrics Seeks Support
March 4, 2009... The Program Manager for DoD Biometrics is seeking support for program and acquisition management, training, planning and oversight, business operations, logistics and engineering services under a potential five-year contract. The enterprise...

JIEDDO Seeks to Detect Road Side EFPs.
March 4, 2009... The Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division has issued a Broad Agency Announcement in support of the Road Side Detection of Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFP) requirement that is sponsored by the Joint Improvised Explosive...

DNDO Soliciting Proposals for Exploratory Research
March 4, 2009... The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) has issued two pre- solicitation notices related to exploratory research for nuclear detection technology, verification and forensics. One seeks proposals from private industry, academic...

LLNL Opportunity for Large Dynamic Range Radiation Detector
March 4, 2009... Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is seeking industry partners to develop and commercialize large dynamic range detection technology. LLNL's large dynamic range can measure radiation at high hazardous levels and weak levels,...

DHS S&T to Explore Lower Cost, Lower Weight HULDs
March 4, 2009... Based on advances in Explosives Detection Systems used to scan checked bags before they are put on airplanes, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate has issued a pre-solicitation notice for...

Virginia Contracting Authority RFI for CBRNE Technologies.
March 4, 2009... The Virginia Contracting Authority has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking to identify qualified sources capable of developing, building and testing Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive material and...

Army INSCOM Plans RFP for Signature Support Program.
March 4, 2009... The Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Signature Support Program (SSP) requirement, which is a joint, multi-agency activity sponsored by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)...

Navy Issues RFI for Maritime Domain Awareness
March 4, 2009... The Navy's OpNav (N6F) and Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are soliciting information from industry on technologies either in development or proven that are supportive of unattended sensors, including ground (UGS) or maritime (buoys, UUVs)...

TSA Seeks Info on Automated Passenger Wait Times Data Collection
March 4, 2009... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) related to Automated Passenger Wait Times Data Collection (APWTDC) systems for the tracking of wait times at airport security checkpoints. The...

TSA Issues RFI for T&E Support Services
March 4, 2009... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) related to a requirement for independent test and evaluation (T&E) of security technology equipment for the Office of Security Technology. The...

DoD Creates Central Web Site for JCREW S&T and SBIR Efforts.
March 4, 2009... The Defense Department has created a centralized web site to improve industry's awareness of Ground-based Counter Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare (CREW) Science and Technology and Small Business Innovative...

BARDA Issues BAA for CBRN Medical Countermeasures
March 4, 2009... The Department of Health and Human Services, Biomedical Advance Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for advanced research and development of medical countermeasures such as vaccines,...