GDIT to Develop CBRN Modeling Software for the US Army

General Dynamics Information Technology, a division of General Dynamics, was selected for the Joint Effects Model (JEM) program contract by the U.S. Army Contract Command. JEM is the U.S. Department of Defense’s...

Wildfires Force Evacuations in CA; 5,000 Firefighters Deployed (Video)

By Bill Chappell, NPR Hot and dry conditions in the West are feeding wildfires in the U.S. and Canada, prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people. In California, some 5,000 firefighters are battling...

Sharp INTELLOS A-UGV in ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards (Video)

Sharp Electronics Corporation is pleased to announce that the Sharp INTELLOS Automated Unmanned Ground Vehicle (A-UGV) has been nominated in the 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards competition. The Sharp INTELLOS™ A-UGV is a multi-terrain, mobile sensor,...

McMurdo Supplies World-Leading Rescue Coordination Center Solution

Orolia, through its brand McMurdo, has been awarded a search and rescue (SAR) software contract for the Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana. McMurdo will provide its next-generation PRISMA C2 Incident Management System...

Gold Coast 2018 Games Selects Motorola Solutions (Multi-Video)

Motorola Solutions has been selected as official radio communications supplier for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018). The global, 11-day sporting spectacular will attract 6,600 athletes and team officials from 70 nations and...

Airborne Drones on Patrol, the Answer to Public Safety Policing (Video)

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)s, commonly known as drones, will soon be a common sight over border zones, crime hotspots and city streets, as public safety and security officials and police departments...

CBP AMO to the Rescue: Boaters from Vessel on Fire (Learn More)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations Agents from the Jacksonville Marine Unit and interagency partners rescued two boaters after their vessel caught fire near the St. Augustine Inlet...
President Donald J. Trump is joined by, from left to right, Josh Steinman, Rob Joyce and Tom Bossert, as he signs an Executive Order for Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure (EO 13800). (Courtesy of Twitter)

Update on EO Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Fed Networks & CI

On May 11, 2017, President Trump issued Executive Order 13800, Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure, (EO 13800 or EO), to improve the Nation’s cyber posture and capabilities in...

Former Israeli World Leader Visits Carbyne (Learn More, Multi-Video)

Carbyne, U.S distributors of Reporty technology, and a competitor in the 2017 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program for 9-1-1 Emergency Communication Technologies and Services, received a special visitor on Monday when Ehud Barak,...

In Chicago, Gun Deaths Take No Holiday (Learn More, Multi-Videos)

By Ray Sanchez, CNN The revelry of fireworks and parades offered little comfort in some parts of America's third largest city. Chicago again -- as in recent years -- celebrated a bloody Fourth...