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L-3 awards LaBarge $18 million contract to use its subassemblies in EDS
Money for explosion detection systems continues to come in, and giant contractor L-3 signs up a Missouri company to provide subassemblies to the EDS it sells governments around the world
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More attention paid to luggage security at airports
The recent evacuation of a terminal at San Francisco airport draws even more attention to the need for explosive detection at airports
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TSA to launch Registered Traveler on 20 June
Security and privacy concerns about Register Traveler have not subsided, but TSA sets mid-June as launch date for the controversial program, and calls on private companies to apply for the right to run it
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Growing concern over transportation of hazardous materials
Security measures for handling toxic chemicals should apply not only to the nation’s 15,000 chemical plants, but also the rails and trucks transporting them; too bad there are no meaningful security measures
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GE, Siemens in port security collaborative effort
Two conglomerates create joint venture to manufacture tamper-proof devices to track the 60 million cargo containers being ferried across the oceans every year
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Travel industry praises new DHS-State passenger screening initiatives
The travel industry, usually grumpy about security initiatives, welcomes the administration’s latest travel security initiatives
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New RFID ID card to replace passports among Western Hemisphere countries
U.S. government unveils a plan to equip citizens of several countries in the Western Hemisphere with a biometric card which could serve as a passport substitute
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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.