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$500 drones are disrupting the $400B security industry as 3D threats render 2D solutions obsolete. Echodyne provides all-weather 3D situational awareness necessary to secure critical infrastructure, public spaces, smart cities, and countries from new and existing threats. (Courtesy of Echodyne Corp.)

The Challenge of Drone Use and Drone Security for Law Enforcement

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Guest Editorial by Leo McCloskey, Echodyne, VP Marketing On a drizzly day in November 2017, on the first Sunday after Thanksgiving, the San Francisco 49ers were hosting the Seattle Seahawks in an...
Last week, the CDC announced the activation of an emergency operations center in an effort to help with the Congo's Ebola outbreak, the second-largest in history. (Courtesy of YouTube)

Border Patrol Agents Fall Prey to Illnesses Plaguing Migrant Centers

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June 16, 2019 – In Breaking News – Washington Examiner Some Border Patrol agents in Texas are concerned about exposure to Ebola by a migrant fleeing the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
The finalists’ technologies show tremendous promise to intercept illicit opioids without disrupting the flow of international mail. Their detection solutions range from machine learning to hyperspectral imaging to X-ray diffraction technologies. Following a 14-week accelerator, DHS will work closely with select teams to pilot and deploy the best tools in operational environments. (Courtesy of YouTube)

8 Finalists: $1.5M Challenge to Detect Illicit Opioids Entering US via Mail

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2018 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Winner, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), has announced eight finalists in the first stage of the Opioid Detection Challenge. The...
As Flight 63 was flying over the Atlantic Ocean, Richard Reid — an Islamic fundamentalist from the United Kingdom, and self-proclaimed Al-Qaeda operative — carried shoes that were packed with two types of explosives. He had been refused permission to board the flight the day before. (Courtesy of YouTube)

DHS S&T Shoe Scanner Technology Aims to Improve Airport Security

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The types of shoes you wear when flying matter. And not just shoe types. Size, material, soles and heels are also very important. Why? Shoes can become dangerous vehicles for terrorists’ plots. On December...
The Tucson and El Centro Sectors are areas of high illegal entry and are experiencing large numbers of individuals and narcotics being smuggled into the country illegally. (Courtesy of YouTube)

DHS to Expedite Tucson & El Centro Border Wall Projects (Multi-Video)

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued two waivers, to ensure expeditious construction of new bollard wall within the U.S. Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector in Arizona, and the El Centro...
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Five Estonians Charged for Plot to Import Carfentanil & Fentanyl into US

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Jevgeni Bokov, 44, Viktor Litvintsuk, 39, Amid Magerramov, 38, Nikolai Niftalijev, 32, and Vitali Voronjuk, 36, have been charged with narcotics trafficking and money laundering offenses, including conspiracy to import carfentanil...
Using biometric eGates, which will recognize international travelers by their face, the platform will allow them to board their aircraft in seconds, matching the live faces with previously enrolled and stored images, with no need for them to present either passports or boarding passes at the gate. (Courtesy of Vision-Box)

JFK Airport T1 & Vision-Box to Roll Out Facial Recognition Boarding

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New York’s John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport Terminal One Group and Vision-Box are modernizing passenger processing have signed a cooperation agreement roll out one of the largest biometric boarding airport platforms...
Mark Morgan, who previously served as Chief of the United States Border Patrol, has been nominated as the next Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by President Donald J. Trump.

President Trump Names Former Border Patrol Chief, to Lead ICE

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May 5, 2019 – In Breaking News – npr President Trump has named Mark Morgan, a former FBI agent and veteran of the Obama administration, as the new head of Immigration and...
Raytheon's mobile high energy laser looks out into a wide-open sky. The company's advanced high power microwave and high energy laser engaged and defeated dozens of unmanned aerial system targets in a recent U.S. Air Force demonstration.

Raytheon HPM & HEL Technologies to Protect Ground Troops from UAS

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Raytheon's advanced high power microwave (HPM) and mobile high energy laser (HEL) systems successfully engaged and defeated multiple unmanned aerial system targets during a U.S. Air Force demonstration. Mature HPM and HEL...
Integrated Biometrics FBI-certified fingerprint sensors play an important role in border and immigration control around the world as fixed, standalone implementations and when integrated into mobile or multimodal systems (tablets, kiosks, etc.).

CBP Selects IB’s Kojak Fingerprint Scanners to Process Border Entries

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Integrated Biometrics, has been selected by the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to purchase the company’s Kojak livescan 10-fingerprint scanner for deployment to more than 5000 workstations within the United...
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