There are many applications, and fiber optic sensing is being used worldwide to enhance the security of critical facilities and infrastructure and to strengthen public safety. For example, it is being deployed to protect infrastructure, such as railways, bridges, tunnels, borders, airports, power stations and pipelines.

Enhancing Critical Facilities Security While Enhancing Public Safety

Kent Wardley, the Chairman of the Fiber Optic Sensing Association who is half-way through his year’s tenure, also marks his 10-year anniversary at bp Launchpad company Fotech in 2021, where he...

Robotic Assistance Devices ROSA180 Newest Competitor in 2021 ‘ASTORS’

Robotic Assistance Devices (RAD), a global leader in AI-driven security and productivity solutions, and a Platinum 'ASTORS' Awards Winner in the 2018 and 2017 Programs, is pleased to announce the ROSA180...
NEC National Security Systems (NSS) provides full-service solutions for large agencies using the intellectual property and resources of the global NEC brand. (Courtesy of YouTube)

NEC National Security Systems to Compete in 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards

Redstone Arsenal, one of the most important military bases in the United States (serving the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Justice (DOJ), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and...
Rajant Corporation's Kinetic Mesh® Wireless Mesh Networks Serve as the Backbone of ESG’s Digital Seismic Recorder.

Rajant Partners to Carry Underground Mining Microseismic Data to Surface

Rajant Corporation, the provider of Kinetic Mesh® wireless networks, and a Platinum Award Winner in the 2020 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program recently Nominated in the 2021 'ASTORS' Awards Program, has...
If you're headed to Orlando for next week's big GSX event, see 'ASTORS' Award Competitor Hanwha Techwin at booth #1641, to see their latest AI, Cloud VMS, LPR, IP Speakers, Intercoms and more.

Hanwha Techwin Introduces New AI-Enhanced X Series Cameras at GSX

Hanwha Techwin, a global supplier of IP and analog video surveillance solutions, and a 2020 Double Platinum 'ASTORS' Award Winner Nominated in the 2021 'ASTORS' Award Program, is introducing one of...
IrisAccess® is the world’s leading deployed iris recognition platform and in thousands of locations authenticating the identities of millions of persons world-wide.

Iris ID Looks to Grow Federal Gov’t Use of Iris Biometrics at Connect ID

Learn how the federal government is using iris biometrics for the collection of personal identity and authentication data by joining Iris ID, the global leader in iris recognition, and a Platinum...
The train was carrying about 141 passengers and 16 crew members and had two locomotives and 10 cars, eight of which derailed, an Amtrak spokesman said. (Courtesy of Twitter)

At Least 3 Dead After Amtrak Train Derails in Montana (Multi-Video)

September 26, 2021 – In Breaking News – NBC News Federal officials sent a team of investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board to the site of an Amtrak derailment in north-central Montana that...
“We are hopeful that wildland fire sensors can play a contributing role in the early detection of ignitions. If we can reduce the time it takes from ignition to detection to response then we may be able to prevent a small smoldering fire from becoming a catastrophic fire disaster,” said Jeff Booth, director of S&T’s Sensors and Platforms Technology Center. (Courtesy of DHS S&T)

S&T Wildfire Efforts Heat Up to Save Lives with Sensors for Early Warning

"Research and development " (R&D), may conjure up images of someone in a white coat, sitting in a sterile lab peering through a microscope, but sometimes it means rising before dawn,...
BriefCam introduces reduced TCO, faster alerting and greater flexibility in deployment options for real-time video analytics on Axis Communications deep learning cameras.

BriefCam Adds Video Analytics to Axis Line of Deep Learning Cameras

BriefCam, the industry’s leading provider of video content analytics solutions, and the Platinum ‘ASTORS’ Award Winner for Best Video Analytics Solution for Three Consecutive Years, has announced that BriefCam Video Content Analytics to...
EAGL Technology is continually working to add further capabilities to our EAGL System, and new for this year the company has added body-worn gunshot detection (with man-down), AI weapons detection, flood, vehicular accident, and local environmental detection.

EAGL Technology Returns to Compete in 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program

EAGL Technology, the Platinum Award Winner for Best Gunshot Detection Solution in the 2020, 2019 and 2018 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Programs, is pleased to announce the EAGL Gunshot Detection &...