Department of Homeland Security

DHS eyes fee-based 'clearinghouse' to validate new surface transport technologies

DHS has recently released a sweeping 24-page assessment it has conducted of the nation's programs to safeguard mass transit, rail, bus and other modes of "surface transportation," which recommends that TSA establish a fee-based "clearinghouse" to validate that privately developed security technologies actually meet federal standards.

That recommendation, No. 13 on a laundry list of 20, was one of two recommendations in the department's Surface Transportation Security Priority Assessment that focused specifically on the private sector's involvement in surface transportation security. The other recommendation called on private industry to take more advantage of two existing programs, SECURE (which stands for Systems Efficacy through Commercialization, Utilization, Relevance and Evaluation) and FutureTECH. Those programs are intended to provide structured models for DHS to work with private industry to develop innovative technologies that align with the needs of the DHS operating components, as well as with other first responders and owners and operators of transportation systems. More



CBP wants to procure and train 'the best dogs in the world'

Custom and Border Protection's Canine Center, based in Front Royal, VA, is eager to purchase and train 23 of the "best dogs in the world" - drawn from working or sporting breeds, such as Labrador Retriever, Golden Retriever, German Shepherd, Dutch Shepherd or Belgian Malinois.

The dogs offered by vendors from around the country will be subjected to "rigorous testing," prior to their acceptance and the beginning of their training, said CBP. More



Multiple award winner Mutualink signs on as silver sponsor of GSN's 2010 awards program

GSN: Government Security News is proud to announce that Mutualink, Inc., of Wallingford, CT, has signed up as a silver sponsor of GSN's 2010 homeland security awards program.

"We are pleased and honored that this award-winning firm in the emergency response field is joining us in saluting the outstanding federal, state and local agencies and officials -- as well as the innovative vendor companies in physical and IT security -- whose combined efforts keep our nation safe and secure," said Edward Tyler, president and publisher of GSN: Government Security News. More








Analogic Corp. receives $9.7 million order for explosives detection systems

Peabody, MA-based Analogic Corp., a provider of medical imaging and aviation security technology, reports that it has received an order from L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc. for explosive assessment computed tomography (EXACT) systems.

Analogic values the order at approximately $9.7 million. More



Steiner introduces anti-reflective device for binoculars

Germany-based Steiner, a military binocular manufacturer, has announced the launch of its new anti-reflective device (ARD) for Steiner military-type Porro-prism binoculars with 30mm and 50mm objective lenses.

[A "Porro prism" is a type of reflection prism named for its inventor.] More



Implant Sciences receives $250,000 order for QS-H150 explosives detector

Wilmington, MA-based Implant Sciences Corp., a supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, has been awarded an order for its QS-H150 portable explosives detectors from a customer it characterizes only as a "major international security agency" in Asia.

Implant Sciences values the order at more than $250,000 and notes that it is a follow-on to an order it received in 2009 for a similar quantity. More




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