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Rail security continues to receive short shrift from DHS
New technologies from Duos, ObjectVideo, offer some relief; wide-scale implementation remains far off
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TSA decides to suspend installation of trace detection portals
Announcement follows roll-out delays, concerns about reliability; dirty air a major problem; decision a blow to GE and Smiths; criticism of TSA and DHS laboratories grows
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L-3 Communications wins Phase II funding for security container
Company’s Advanced Conatiner Security Device relies on sensors to detect breaches, human cargo; thirty prototypes to be tested
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Northrop Grumman wins $33.7 million border security contract
Award is adjunct to SBI-Net; pilot program to be deployed at forty border crossings with Mexico
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New passport holder claims to beat RFID security risks
Paraben claims its metal mesh, velcro-closing passport holder reduces signals by an average of 85db
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Canadian government announces annual air security revenue, expenses
Deficits projected as security costs, number of travellers, mount; government plans to hold dwindling program surplus as check against future costs
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Scaled-down Analogic CT scanners to make debut in nation's airports
TSA optimistic about trial run, believes full deployment possible in 2007; technology developed under agency’s CAMBRIA development program
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Florida officials worry about excess truck weight
Lack of federal guidance, unified policies create security gap; excess weight of up to 1000 pounds typically overlooked; inability to distinguish between cheating trucking companies and determined terrorists
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U.S. rail vulnerable to attack
Despite apparent safety, America’s rail systems are as vulnerable as they were after 9/11; earlier reports suggest problem is a combination of federalism, a lack of federal guidance, and possibly unresolvable technical issues
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DHS announces delay in TWIC implementation for maritime and port workers
Problem caused by compliance with FIPS 201 standard; required card-swipe readers vulnerable to saltwater corrosion; delay to last at least six months
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Kollsman, Elbit to bring experience to Boeing's SBInet bid
Kollsman, the New Hampshire subsidiary of a high-tech Israeli defense company is part of Boeing’s team bidding on the $2 billion SBInet contract; Kollsman and Elbit have experience in building border security surveillance systems
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Solution for tracing explosives in compact electronic items
What do laptops, medical devices, and cameras have in common? they are characterized by small size and sophisticated internal components; tracing explosives hidden in them is thus difficult; TraceGuard is developing a solution specifically aimed at sniffing explosives hidden in such devices
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DHS launches information-sharing program with states
More information should lead to more effective law enforcement, and DHS next month will begin to share some of the information in its files with the states; first will be the personal and biometric information collected from travelers in the US-VISIT program; DHS also said that the number of illegal aliens in the U.S. reached 11 million
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Boeing hopes to land SBInet contract
Boeing assembles impressive team to put itself in strong position to win the $2 billion SBInet contract, to be awarded in September; and a good thing, too, as company prepares to shut down C-17 production line; hard to believe, but the C-17 factory is the last major airplane factory left in Southern California
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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.