• Troubled $1.2 billion nuclear detection program cancelled

    After news hit that DHS was planning on spending additional money to procure a troubled nuclear detection system that has been plagued with problems, the Obama administration decided to scrap the $1.2 billion program

  • New software to improve explosive detection

    New software developed by Peaklet Analysis with the aid of a Western Kentucky University (WKU) math professor could help existing explosives detectors improve their detection abilities

  • Bio detection firm raises $14 million in stock deal

    Last week PositiveID Corp.,a developer of biological threat detection technology and medical diagnostics, announced that it had signed a deal to raise almost $14 million in additional funding through the sale of its stock

  • Also noted

    TSA deploying Israeli-style behavior detection * Aussies want more bomb sniffer dogs * New dirty bomb detection system unveiled * Apple will integrate facial recognition in iOS 5 * Scientists develop nanosensor for bomb detection