CBP Reminds Marinas, Boaters of Federal Reporting Requirements
With the quickly approaching Memorial Day weekend kicking off the unofficial start to another busy summer boating season, U.S Customs and Border Protection is reminding pleasure boat operators of federal reporting...
Textron Supports Tornado Damage Assessment in Oklahoma (Video)
Textron Systems Unmanned Systems, Civil & Commercial team is providing personnel and operations in support of disaster response efforts for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management.
The Civil & Commercial team provided full-motion...
US & Saudi Arabia to Co-Chair New Terrorist Financing Targeting Center
This Sunday, the United States and Saudi Arabia signed a historic agreement announcing the two nations' intent to establish the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC), a collaborative approach to confronting new...
US Marshals Telephone Scams Alert – Please Report Scams
The U.S. Marshals Service is warning the public of several nationwide telephone scams involving individuals claiming to be U.S. marshals, court officers, or other law enforcement officials.
In one scam, the...
Neo-Nazi Convert to Islam, Killed Roommates. FBI Finds Explosives
By Amy B Wang, The Washington Post
A former neo-Nazi who converted to Islam is accused of killing his two roommates because they “disrespected” his new faith, police said.
Last Friday evening, police arrested...
DoD Releases Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposal (Multi-Video)
Today President Donald J. Trump sent Congress a proposed budget request of $639.1 billion, $574.5 billion in the base budget and $64.6 billion in the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) budget.
This budget...
SpotterRF CSR with FLIR Thermal PT-Series Competes in 2017 ‘ASTORS’
There are more than 55,000 electrical substations in the United States, which provide critical light and power to over 300 million people.
If just a handful of these substations were rendered inoperable,...
‘Leave No One Behind’ – BlackBerry’s New AtHoc Account (Video)
BlackBerry Limited, whose crisis communications platform AtHoc was the 2016 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Platinum Award Winner for Best Mass Notification System, is expanding the capabilities of its software to enable government agencies and...
CBP Finds 63 Bird’s Nests in Traveler’s Luggage at DFW (Learn More, Video)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport discovered 63 bird’s nest pieces, Thursday.
These items, considered a delicacy in some countries, are prohibited from entering the...
Border Patrol Arrests Linked to LA-based Criminal Organization
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested seven individuals, some of whom are associated with a cross-border narcotics smuggling organization based in Los Angeles on May 18.
The arrests were the result of targeted...
