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ACRO shows a detector for peroxide-based explosives
Peroxide-based explosives are nearly impossible to identify because they do not contain nitro groups and are colorless; ACRO offers a solution
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Israelis look to break solar UAV record
Technion researchers intend to exceed 190 kilometers of uninterrupted flight; control problems, however, continue to plague the industry
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DAE interested in acquiring U.S. defence companies
DPW waded into a firestorm last year when it acquired management rights in major U.S. seaports; now DAE is risking a similar firestorm as it tries to buy into the U.S. aircraft maintenance and service sector
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Lockheed stumbles out of the UAV gate
Polecat crashes in the Nevada desert, but at least the self-destruct mechanism works okay
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TSA strikes back at dope smuggling employees
Agency sends 160 officers to Florida after drug runners infiltrate Orlando airport
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UAVs to protect US airports
DHS chooses an unexpected technology for its counter-MANPAD effort; but is it safe?
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K-9's trained to detect pirated music
Motion Picture Association teams up with Malaysia to train the first pooches capable of identifying polycarbonate
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Boeing graduates first military ScanEagle
Seven Georgia airmen will be the first to operate the UAV without Boeing’s assistance
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Israel takes delivery of long haul Heron UAVs
Manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries, internationally popular model comes home and is renamed the Shoval; as craft can fly forty hours without refueling, move is certain to raise eyebrows in Tehran
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T-rays to help in airport screening
New laser design creates usable terahertz radiation — radiation which penetrates materials but does not harm human tissue
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DHS abandons RFID for US-VISIT exit tracking
Tests at land border crossings found the technology unreliable; RFID tags were embedded in government forms; Smart Card Alliance applauds
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SIM sells quadrotor Sky-Eye UAV to China
Small unmanned helicopters to be used by civilian police; craft similar to Diehl’s SensoCopter; company claims at least thirty units sold so far; Flight Global offers technical specifications
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Galileo Avionica wins $26 milliion Aussie Coastwatch contract
Twelve-year contract to install airborne and ground sensors to protect the continent’s coastal waters; Australia homeland security market continues to show stength
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Manchester researchers solve 2D to 3D imaging problem
Multiple X-ray sources used to cut down on processing time; CXR and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council lend a hand
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The long view
Prototype Self-Service Screening System Unveiled
TSA and DHS S&T unveiled a prototype checkpoint technology, the self-service screening system, at Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas, NV. The aim is to provide a near self-sufficient passenger screening process while enabling passengers to directly receive on-person alarm information and allow for the passenger self-resolution of those alarms.