DHS S&T to Improve X-Ray Detection with $3.5M in Awards (Multi-Video)
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), a Platinum Award Winner in the 2018 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program, has awarded a total of nearly $3.5 million in funding...
FLIR Biological Agent Detectors to Support United States Forces Korea
FLIR Systems, Two-Time Winner in the 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Award Winner, and strong competitor in the 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program is in receipt of an order for FLIR IBAC 2 biological agent detector systems...
USAF GPS III SV01 Satellite Shipped for Cape Canaveral Launch (Videos)
It is a part of our lives every day and over a billion people depend on this technology.
GPS, unlike any other military program, has expanded into the commercial market, becoming a...
Navy Accepts Delivery of USS Sioux City & USS Wichita (See in Action)
The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of two Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs), the future USS Sioux City (LCS 11) and USS Wichita (LCS 13), during a ceremony at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine...
Seeking Harbor/Port Security Techs to Detect & Track Swimmers & Divers
By John Keller, Military & Aerospace Electronics
U.S. military researchers are reaching out to industry to find relative mature harbor and port security technologies able to detect and track swimmers and divers violating security perimeters in...
Feds Find US/Mexico Drug Tunnel Below Old KFC (Learn More, Videos)
By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press and Albuquerque Journal
Federal authorities have discovered a sophisticated drug-smuggling tunnel that went from a home in Mexico to an abandoned fast-food restaurant in Arizona.
The Homeland Security...
As Terrorism ‘Goes to Ground,’ Need New Approach to Checkpoint Security
Guest Editorial by Kevin Gramer, Vice President, Thruvision
Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, protecting the flying public has been the top priority of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
A focus of...
DOJ Secures Denaturalization of Convicted Bosnian War Criminal
On August 15, Judge Thomas F. Hogan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia entered an order that revoked the naturalized U.S. citizenship of a convicted war criminal.
The...
Veridos Highly-Secure, Driver Licenses & ID Cards to Ohio, Real ID Compliant
While driver’s licenses originated as a means to promote and advance public safety and security, they have since taken on a more complicated role.
Today’s driver’s licenses represent more than just the...
Facts About the “Quiet Skies” Aviation Security Program (Learn More, Video)
By Bob Burns, TSA Social Media
You’ve likely heard or read about the “Quiet Skies” program recently.
Media reports have inaccurately described it as a program through which Federal Air Marshals surveil random travelers...
