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  • Low-power wireless intelligent sensor technology

    Two companies combine their specialties in a NASA-sponsored project to produce low-power wireless intelligent sensor technology capable of delivering remote fingerprint authentication, intrusion detection, light, temperature, and vibration sensors over satellite communication

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  • ID card and computer chip makers announce Secure ID Coalition

    Group will promote contact-less smart cards in state legislatures; effort comes in response to attempts to ban tracking tags and other technologies

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  • mPhase Technologies board of directors approves spinout of magnetometer business

    New company will take advantage of strong prototype test results, ongoing relationship with Lucent Technology Bell Labs

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  • Government and private sector to meet 16 August in Atlanta

    The Georgia Tech Information Center hosts the inaugural GFIRST-USSS/ECTF-Infragard meeting

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  • AS&E says its technology can detect liquid explosives

    Leading developer of backscatter X-ray detection systems says its technology could help in detecting liquid explosives

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  • Smart person-specific pistol

    One way to improve airline safety is to put more armed air marshals on board; trouble is, this means that weapons are already inside the plane, and would-be hijackers may over-power them and grab their weapons; the solution: a smart gun which allows only its owner to use it

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  • Memex offers information gathering solution to JRIC

    Intelligence is important, and this is why Memex is providing an interoperable intelligence management system to the JRIC, a multi-agency terrorism and crime fighting unit

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  • Safety organizations see the 4.9 GHz public safety band as critical

    Instant broadband mobile-mesh communications specialist conducted survey finding that a majority of safety organizations support the 4.9 GHz public safety band

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  • EDO buys important sigint company and large full-service provider

    A leading defense contractor wisely acquires a leading signals intelligence company in order to become a player in the growing sigint market; it also acquires a premier full-service company

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  • CompuDyne acquires SigInt specialist Signami

    Signal intelligence is becoming big business, and versatile security solutions provider bolsters its offerings by acquiring a sigint specialist

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  • BlastGard blast mitigation products earn SAFETY Act designation, certification

    A manufacturer of blast mitigation products wins SAFETY Act designation, certification

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  • Cognitive radio for homeland security applications

    Cognitive radio, a form of software-defined radio, should be very useful in first response and emergency response missions; two companies are going to join forces in order to look into this

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  • Different countries offer different approaches to fuel cell R&D

    Fuel cell technology is controversial, with some viewing it as holding the promise of a clean, abundant energy source, while others think of it as not much more than charade fooling no one but the uninitiated; different countries have different approaches to the issue

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  • PMR: Through a wall, clearly

    Seeing through walls is a capability the military and homeland security forces could clearly use; more companies are offering this capability, and one of them, relying on multipath COFDM, has been spotted and funded by the keen-eyed CCAT

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  • ObjectVideo to offer new scanning technology to CBP

    This leader in video analytics already has many contracts in government and the private sector, and is now about to deploy its latest technology to help the U.S. border patrol monitor U.S. borders more effectively

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More headlines

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  • DHS S&T Awards Funds to Sentinel Occupational Safety for Safety Monitoring Technology
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  • Hawking says he lost $100 bet over Higgs discovery
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  • Bill widens Sacramento police, sheriff’s contract security opportunities
  • DHS awards $97 million in port security grants
  • DHS awarding $1.3 billion in 2012 preparedness grants
  • Cellphone firms share location data with law enforcement, not users
  • Residents of Murrieta, California, will have to subscribe for emergency services
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  • Ports of L.A., Long Beach get Homeland Security grants
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  • LAPD embraces “predictive policing”
  • New GPS rival is hack-proof
  • German internal security service head quits over botched investigation
  • Americans favor Obama to defend against space aliens: poll
  • U.S. Coast Guard creates “protest-free zone” in Alaska oil drilling zone
  • Congress passes measure to enhance Israel security ties
  • Wickr enables encrypted, self-destructing iPhone messages
  • NASA explains Why clocks got an extra second on 30 June
  • Cybercrime disclosures rare despite new SEC rule
  • First nuclear reactor to go back online since Japan disaster met with protests
  • Israeli security fence architect: Why the barrier had to be built
  • DHS allocates nearly $10 million to Jewish nonprofits
  • Turkey deploys troops, tanks to Syrian border
  • Israel fears terror attacks on Syrian border
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  • U.S. Reliance on Chinese Drones: A Sector for the Next CHIPS Act?

    More and more lawmakers from both parties are beginning to pay attention to the issue of drones and national security. Different bills seek to regulate federal agency procurement and use of certain foreign-made unmanned aircraft systems (UASs), or drones. Annie I. Antón and Olivia C. Mauger write that “Building on the bipartisan consensus to enact the 2022 Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors and Science (CHIPS) Act, there is a compelling case that UASs should be a next sector for similar action.”

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  • Helping the U.S. Fast-track Hypersonic Conventional Weapons

    Hypersonic weapons have been a top priority for modernizing the armed forces, with ultrafast, long-range and maneuverable munitions being touted as a revolutionary advance in modern warfare. The U.S. has fast-tracked their development and announced plans to field the first conventional hypersonic missile battery this year. Sandia National Lab is helping the U.S. achieve this goal.

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  • Quantum Cryptography Applications

    The development of quantum computing means that the use of classic cryptography for secure communications is in danger of becoming obsolete. Quantum cryptography, on the other hand, uses the laws of quantum mechanics to ensure total security. One example of this is quantum key distribution, which enables two parties to secure a message via a random secret key.

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  • Using Quantum Physics to Secure Wireless Devices

    From access cards and key fobs to Bluetooth speakers, the security of communication between wireless devices is critical to maintaining privacy and preventing theft. Unfortunately, these tools are not foolproof and information on how to hack, clone and bypass these systems is becoming easier to find.

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  • Enhanced Community Safety by Reimagining Gunshot Detection

    A new gunshot detection system delivers new capabilities that significantly improve the response and management of outdoor shootings. The portable system employs two methods of detection for increased accuracy and reduced false positives.

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  • Outsmarting Superbugs, One Germ at a Time

    It’s an old story: Pathogen sickens humans. Humans create medicine. Pathogen evolves a way around the medicine. Humans are back to square one.

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