Terror Response Technology Report articles from November 2009

Terror Response Technology Report archives from November 2009

Briefing
November 25, 2009... *The Government Accountability Office (GAO) upheld a protest by Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] over a State Department award to OSI Systems' [OSIS] Rapiscan Division for Non-Intrusive Inspection Systems. The award was open to...

DHS S&T Readies Detect-to-Protect Pilot Project
November 25, 2009... After years funding research and assessments of various technologies with a number of companies, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) branch early next year plans to begin a pilot test of biological...

Northrop Grumman, United Technologies Win BioWatch Awards
November 25, 2009... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded separate contracts to Northrop Grumman [NOC] and United Technologies [UTX] to begin testing under Phase 1 of the next-generation BioWatch system called Gen-3. Northrop Grumman's award is...

Helium-3 Shortage for Radiation Portal Monitors Is Severe, DHS Official Warns
November 25, 2009... The White House has convened an interagency policy committee to address the nation's shortage of Helium-3 (He-3) gas used in a variety of applications, including neutron detector tubes that are part of radiation portal monitors (RPM), and...

Earnings News and Notes
November 25, 2009... ICx Technologies [ICXT] 3Q09 3Q08 Sales $42.8M $44.3M Net Inc. ($3.9M, 0.11) ($3.8M, 0.11) Losses widened slightly despite aggressive cost cutting, which couldn't offset a $2.5 million charge related to the...

NICE Systems to Acquire Orsus for $22M
November 25, 2009... NICE Systems [NICE], a provider of intelligent analytic software for voice and video, has agreed to acquire Orsus, a supplier of security management software, for $22 million in cash. The deal would allow NICE to offer a security management...

Lockheed Martin Establishes Cyber Security Center with Industry Partners
November 25, 2009... Lockheed Martin [LMT] has opened a new research and development center focused on cyber security innovation and technology and has also formed a technology alliance with a number of industry partners to collaborate on cyber security...

FBI Certifies Cogent Device, Recertifies Cross Match Device.
November 25, 2009... The FBI has certified handheld biometric devices from Cogent Systems [COGT] and Cross Match Technologies that meet that agency's Next Generation Identification initiatives and Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System Image...

Cross Match Introduces Facial Recognition SDK.
November 25, 2009... Cross Match Technologies has introduced Lookout Verify, a new addition to its facial recognition product suite, which enables the real-time verification of ID photos. The software development kit (SDK) compares facial images on electronic...

Lockheed Martin Delivers First New Production Wings for CBP P-3s
November 25, 2009... Lockheed Martin [LMT] has delivered to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) the first set of new P-3 Orion wings. The wings are a key part of the Aircraft Service Life Extension Program to keep the P-3 surveillance planes operations. The...

FEMA Awards Potential $2B in Public Assistance Contracts
November 25, 2009... The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has selected four companies to receive upwards of $2 billion over five years under the Public Assistance Technical Assistance Contract (PA TAC III). The four awardees are AECOM Design [ACM], CH2M...

Lockheed Martin, Day & Zimmermann Venture gets $938M CBP Award.
November 25, 2009... Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has awarded Defense Support Services, LLC (DS2) a potential 10-year, $938.3 million contract to meet its National Aircraft Maintenance and Logistics Support Services requirement. The contract has a...

Northrop Grumman Awarded $46M EAGLE Task Order.
November 25, 2009... Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded Northrop Grumman's [NOC] Information Systems Sector a potential five-year, $46 million task order to provide technical services and support to maintain law enforcement and decision support...

Raytheon Receives $28M DoD Cyber Security Award
November 25, 2009... The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Raytheon (RTN) a $28 million contract to help the agency develop integrated network operations situational awareness (NetOps SA) across Defense Department classified and unclassified cyber...

EF Johnson Nabs $3M DTRA Contract to Support Coast Guard
November 25, 2009... EF Johnson Technologies, Inc. has received a $3.1 million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to provide engineering and technical services as the lead integrator of a secure broadband communications and weapons of mass...

DARPA Awards Lockheed Martin Follow-On MDA Contract
November 25, 2009... The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a one-year Phase 3 contract for the Predictive Analysis for Naval Deployment Activities (PANDA), which essentially is a Maritime Domain...

AS&E gets $2.2M Order for Z Portal and Gemini Systems.
November 25, 2009... American Science and Engineering [ASEI] has received a $2.2 million order from an undisclosed government agency for one Z Portal X-Ray screening system and multiple Gemini parcel inspection systems. The systems will be deployed at multiple...

Firm in India Acquires Checkpoint Screening Systems from Rapiscan
November 25, 2009... OSI Systems' [OSIS] Rapiscan division has received a $2.2 million competitive contract from the Delhi Metro Rail Corp. to supply multiple 620XR checkpoint X-Ray baggage inspection systems and Metor walk-through metal detectors to be deployed...

XTec Nabs DHS Task Order for Logical Access Control
November 25, 2009... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded XTec Inc. a task order to supply several components in support of logical access control as part of HSPD-12 compliance. The components XTec will supply are an HSPD-12 compatible smartcard...

Mythics Gets Potential $2.4M USCIS Support Contract
November 25, 2009... Mythics has received a potential $2.4 million prime contract from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to provide technical and operational support services supporting the Standard Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART). SMART's primary...

TSA Reopening CAT/BPSS Solicitation
November 25, 2009... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has reopened the solicitation process for its Credential Authentication Technology and Boarding Pass Scanning Device (CAT/BPSS) that will be used at the nation's airports. TSA plans to award a...

Army Issues RFI for X-Ray Backscatter System; Pre-Solicitation for NII Systems
November 25, 2009... The Army has issued a Request for Information (RFI) related to a proposed acquisition of up to 26 rugged, filed deployable mobile non-intrusive inspection systems based on backscatter and penetrating X-Ray technology to meet contingency...

DNDO Seeks Info on Human Portable Tripwire Rad Detectors.
November 25, 2009... The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) has issued a Request for Information on human portable spectroscopic radiological/nuclear detection and identification systems. Human Portable Tripwire systems will be worn by operators as standard...

TSA Seeks Small Business Support for Contact Center
November 25, 2009... The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a pre- solicitation notice seeking a small business to establish, staff, operate, manage and maintain a TSA Contact Center (TCC) facility that uses contractor- provided...

Army Issues RFI for Iris and Fingerprint Equipment for BAT.
November 25, 2009... The Army Product Director, Tactical Biometrics Systems has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to understand market availability and technical characteristics for iris and fingerprint capturing equipment as part of the Biometrics Automated...

NIST Plans Evaluation of Facial Recognition Systems.
November 25, 2009... The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have issued a Sources Sought notice to identify potential sources that currently can provide, or soon will be able to provide, commercially available or prototype face recognition...

ONR Seeks Proposals for JCREW 3.3 Technologies.
November 25, 2009... The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has issued a Broad Agency Announcement seeking applied research proposals to develop and demonstrate technologies to improve virtually all aspects of performance related to next-generation Joint Counter...

Briefing
November 11, 2009... *The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans to award a potential nine-month, $4.9 million contract extension to Maryland-based Systems Integrations, Inc., to permit a continuation of services by the TSA Contact Center (TCC), which...

Firm Installs Screening Equipment for Air Cargo but Business Is Slow
November 11, 2009... National Cargo Screeners, Inc. (NCSI), a third party Certified Cargo Screening Facility (CCSF), recently installed new X-Ray and Explosive Trace Detection screening equipment to help airlines, freight forwarders and manufacturers meet an Aug....

Cell Phone Chemical Sensing Program Shows Progress, Official Says
November 11, 2009... Initial efforts to integrate miniature chemical sensors into standard cell phones have proven the concept is feasible, at least in the laboratory, and the next step in the program will be to build prototypes for additional testing and expand...

Wireless Network Group Launches Container Security and Sensing Effort
November 11, 2009... The DASH7 Alliance, an industry consortium promoting a standard for wireless sensor networks, has started a new initiative for container security and sensing aimed at addressing the need for interoperability among container security devices....

FERC Seeks New Cyber Security Authority; Cites Industry Lapse
November 11, 2009... The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is seeking authority to require that utilities take mandatory measures to guard against cyber-threats or other attacks on the U.S. electric grid, largely because the agency thinks U.S....

Earnings News and Notes
November 11, 2009... American Science and Engineering [ASEI] 2Q10 2Q09 Sales $61.2M $56.3M Net Inc. $10.7M, 1.18 $7.4M, 0.83 Net income increased 45% on an improved product mix mainly related to sales of Z Backscatter Vans (ZBV)...

Perceptics Introduces Color License Plate Reader System
November 11, 2009... Perceptics, LLC, has introduced a Color License Plate Reader (LPR)system that uses the license plate's color as one of the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) variables to enhance its state or country of origin accuracy level. The new reader...

TeleCommunication Systems Acquires Small Firm Specializing in Cyber Security
November 11, 2009... TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. [TSYS] has acquired Solvern Innovations, Inc., a provider of wireless communications products and solutions and training to customers in the Department of Defense and intelligence community. Terms of the deal...

Qualcomm Asset Management Service Certified by DoD
November 11, 2009... The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command has given Qualcomm Inc.'s [QCOM] Untethered Asset Management Service Defense Transportation Tracking System (DTTS) II certification, qualifying the company's customers to transport DoD...

Oshkosh Introduces Tactical Vehicle for Law Enforcement.
November 11, 2009... Oshkosh Truck Corp. [OSK] has introduced the Tactical Protector Vehicle (TPV), a military-grade vehicle with armor protection that can carry up to eight law enforcement officers. The vehicle's armor can be customizable for a range of...

SAIC Awarded $189M in Task Orders to Support ICE
November 11, 2009... Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has awarded Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] five task orders potentially worth more than $189 million to provide technical support and services to the agency's Office of the Chief...

CSC Gets $9.4M DHS Task Order to Support NPPD Cyber Office
November 11, 2009... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Computer Sciences Corp. [CSC] $9.4 million task order under the EAGLE contract to provide information technology infrastructure and cyber support to the National Protection and Programs...

Pentagon Agency Awards ICx $3.6M for Chemical Sensors
November 11, 2009... ICx Technologies [ICXT] has received a $3.6 million contract from the Pentagon Force Protection Agency to supply its ChemSense 600 and Griffin 450 systems, which in general provide confirmatory, actionable information for broad spectrum...

Pentagon Selects Six Firms for BOSS-R Contract
November 11, 2009... The Pentagon's Biometrics Task Force has selected six firms to compete for task orders under the Biometrics Operations and Support Services-Restricted (BOSS-R) contract. So far one task order has been issued, the BTF says. The six companies...

Mexican Logistics Firm Contracts with Savi Networks to Improve Tracking.
November 11, 2009... Grupo Hemas, a Mexico-based logistics and security firm, has contracte with Savi Networks to provide automatic monitoring of the location, security and condition of shipments transported throughout the supply chain. Grupo Hemas will use the...

DHS Plans Industry Day for Advance Acquisition Planning.
November 11, 2009... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will host its 3rd Annual Industry Day on Nov. 19 to provide advance acquisition planning information. The forum will include panels from each component moderated by the respective DHS Head of...

DHS S&T Issues RFI for Screening Palletized Air Cargo
November 11, 2009... The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate has issued a Request for Information (RFI) on new technologies or technological ideas for screening air cargo consolidated onto skids--40 inches by 48...

S&T Solicits SBIR Proposals.
November 11, 2009... The Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology (S&T) branch has issued a presolicitation notice inviting small businesses to submit proposals under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The topic areas are:...

DHS Seeks Info on Post-Disaster Remote Sensing Services, Products
November 11, 2009... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a Request for Information to get industry feedback on current practices and anticipated new concepts with respect to post-disaster remote sensing services, imagery collection, derived...

CBP Air and Marine Seeks Support for Centers.
November 11, 2009... Customs and Border Protection's Office of Air and Marine Division has issued a pre-solicitation notice notifying potential parties of its intent to solicit services for the Air and Marine Operations Center and the Caribbean Air and Marine...

DHS Needs to Assess Effect of Wind Turbines on Radars
November 11, 2009... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a Broad Agency Announcement for the development of a "sound, unimpeachable impact assessment methodology" to determine the actual extent and degree of impact wind turbines have on radars....

DHS S&T Seeks Sources for Aerosol Collection Systems
November 11, 2009... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate has issued a Request for Information seeking mature aerosol collection systems to participate in a laboratory test to determine collection system...

NRL Requires Small Prototype Remote Explosives Detector.
November 11, 2009... The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has issued a pre-solicitation notice for the design of a compact prototype system for a man-portable, stand-off or remote explosives detector that can be field tested. The system will be based on NRL's...

JIEDDO Plans Release of Long Range Acquisition Estimates.
November 11, 2009... The Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) and the Army Research, Development and Engineering Command will jointly host an industry conference on Nov. 19 in Arlington, Va., to present long-range acquisition estimates...

JPM-Biological Defense Plans Industry Day.
November 11, 2009... The Joint Project Manager (JPM) for Biological Defense will host an Advanced Planning Briefing for Industry on Dec. 9 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., to discuss planned efforts on the following programs: Joint Biological Tactical Detection...

Army Seeking Battlefield Anti-Intrusion System
November 11, 2009... The Army's Guardian program plans to contract with industry for a Battlefield Anti-Intrusion System (BAIS) that would be a compact, sensor-based early warning system that is used by small tactical units for force protection and situational...

Sandia Advertises Technology Partnerships Program.
November 11, 2009... Sandia National Laboratories is providing notice of its active Technology Partnerships Program. Sandia addresses national needs in five key areas: Nuclear Weapons; Energy and Infrastructure Assurance; Nonproliferation; Defense Systems and...