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  • O'Hare gets grant for baggage screening system

    DHS’s push for better baggage screening at U.S. airports continues; the latest recipient of baggage screening upgrade grants: Chicago’s O’Hare

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  • Princeton, Rice researchers develop new sensor for nitric oxide

    Researchers develop new nitric oxide detector; the sensor could now be incorporated into a portable, shoe-box-sized system ideally suited for mass deployment in large-scale unattended sensor networks

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  • Smiths Detection, AeroVironment show chemical-sensing UAV

    UAV technology combined with chemical sensors and advanced algorithms allow rapid aerial chemical detection and tracking

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  • New advanced sensors developed

    Queen’s University Belfast researchers use Raman spectroscopy, which involves shining a laser beam onto the suspected sample and measuring the energy of light that scatters from it to determine what chemical compound is present; they mixed nanoscale silver particles to amplify the signals of compounds

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  • New York City to expand Ring of Steel's coverage

    The system of surveillance cameras; license-plate readers; and chemical, biological, and radiological sensors that protect lower Manhattan will expand to cover mid-town

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  • Cheap, sensitive sensors could detect explosives, toxins in water

    Terrorists could try to mix sarin into a reservoir or water mains; an electronic sensor that can instantly detect very low concentrations in water would be a desirable technology for staying ahead of potential attacks; Stanford researchers develop such a sensor

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  • ASE shows cargo and vehicle inspection system

    American Science and Engineering, Inc. combines its patented Z Backscatter technology with High Energy Transmission to offer enhanced scanning system for vehicles, cargo; system may be used in drive-by mode to scan stationary objects, or in portal mode to scan vehicles as they drive past the system

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  • Raytheon delivers mobile radiation detection system

    Raytheon delivers advanced SUV-based radiation detection system to Florida’s Department of Transportation

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  • DHS emphasizes improved baggage screening

    More than half of the stimulus package money TSA received — some $700 million — will go toward improving baggage screening at airports; in all, twenty-five airports would have their systems upgraded

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  • Des Moines International renovates baggage screening area -- and terminals

    Iowa’s Des Moines International is renovating its baggage screening area — but uses the occasion for renovations to two terminals, bringing their style out of the 1980s and into this century

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  • OSI Systems gets a $25 million deal from TSA

    OSI Systems receives $25 million from TSA for advanced imaging technology; the order is placed under the terms of its recently awarded, $173 million contract with TSA

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  • Kansas City International Airport again to receive stimulus dollars

    Kansas City International Airport will receive a $9.3 million stimulus package grant for new and enhanced closed circuit television systems; the airport’s new inline baggage screening system is already completed so it was not eligible for funding

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  • TSA awarded $6.9 to Wichita Mid-Continent Airport for baggage screening

    TSA announces $6.9 million award for new checked baggage screening System at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport

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  • High-tech nuke detectors check Puget Sound small vessels for WMD

    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory coordinated activities with the Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection, and many other state, local, and tribal agencies for the two-day nuclear detection exercise

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  • Reveal Imaging wins $30 million TSA deal

    Economic stimulus law funds new explosive detection system; the technology is capable of screening 225 bags per hour; the system is designed to inspect checked baggage, carry-on baggage, air freight, and parcels

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