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  • Raytheon wins National Data Exchange contract

    Company will build out N-Dex information sharing network; system will operate alongside R-Dex to facilitate rapid exchange of critical data; Raytheon programmers to rely on Global Justice XML Data Model and the National Information Exchange Model

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  • MIT students invent wall crawling device

    Intended for first responders, the Atlas Powered Rope Ascender uses the capstan effect to pull a firefighter carrying one hundred pounds of equipment up a thirty-story building in thirty seconds; students have already sold units to Army and look to commercialize

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  • Galileo Avionica offers electrical UAV for urban missions

    UAVs are growing in popularity, and an Italian company offers a vehicle which is especially designed for urban warfare and special operations: It is an electrically powered UAV which is so small it can be carried in a backpakck

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  • "Whole face" software to improve composite sketches of criminals

    Iowa State researchers show that allowing the witness to dictate the drawing rarely leads to success, even when using software; new approach presents witnesses with a random selection of faces; through process of elimination, a more accurate rendering is created

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  • DoJ to take DNA samples from all detainees

    Effort to stop sexual predators now seen as an effective anti-illegal immigration measure; millions of DNA samples to be processed, but FBI labs lag behind; business opportunities abound, especially in the robotics field

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  • Procera new data intrcepting solution meets CALEA new requirement

    What with the firestorm over the NSA domestic eavesdroping campaign, broadband providers have a 14 May deadline to allow law enforcement agencies to intercept and capture suspicious data transmission without compromising the privacy of innocent cstomers; a California company comes up with a solution

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  • U.K. introduces first-in-the-world shoeprint database

    Forensic Science Service asks shoe manufacturers to provide sole impressions; more than 1,000 Nike trainers are enrolled already; Cinderella analysis guides police to the suspect

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  • Morphix mounts a methamphetamine detector to a UGV

    Developed with a USMC grant, New York, Chicago, and other cities show interest in a chemical sensing system that can be worn on the clothing or attached to a robot; Chameleon system relies on armbands and disposable cartridges to provide a reading

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  • NYPD refuses to use $140 million subway radio system

    Long overdue and overbudget, the system is troubled by widespread interference and decrepit cabling; E.A. Technologies and Petrocelli Electric struggle to explain the problem

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  • New and improved taser overcomes clothing and fur

    Insulation often prevents full immobilization; new technique takes advantage of instinct to pull out the barbs; once touched, an extra shock is transmitted to the criminal’s bare hands

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  • Foster-Miller receives $1 million in DoD funding for Boat Trap

    Development with Coast Guard seems to have paid off; hand-held system, launched from a helicopter, uses a ballistic net to tangle a boat’s engine; 100 percent success rate claimed; Moscow Mills Manufacturing lends a hand

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  • Super Thermal teams up with Colorado State for DHS grant

    Team hopes for a $1 million grant for further development of cooling and breathing apparatus; system designed with biological and chemical emergencies in mind; cryogenic air a key component

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  • FBI's Sentinel program works out the kinks, worries about funding

    DoJ inspector general sees progress, at least in comparison to the failed Virtual Case File program; $150 million needed, but congress will likely give much less; Lockheed Martin stands to gain if budgetting issues are resolved

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  • Oxford City outfits housing employees with tracking and recording badges

    New technology allows rent collectors to quietly raise the alarm during a confrontation; push a button and an open channel is created; conversations are recorded for legal purposes; Connexion2, Vodafone, and Identicom provide the technology

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  • AS&E wins $13 million NATO deal

    Contract covers a range of explosives detection needs, including parcel, personnel, and cargo; no ZBVs in this deal, despite company’s oft-reported success

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More headlines

  • Researchers warn about ‘Goffee’ spilling onto Russian flash drives
  • Hackers using AI-produced audio to impersonate tax preparers, IRS
  • Trump gutted key research programs studying violence. Experts say it will come at a heavy cost
  • New Jersey mom sues Homeland Security, TSA for 'threat-tagging' over Facebook post
  • ICE agents detain Tufts University grad student after pro-Palestinian opinion piece
  • Why are Department of Homeland Security agents in masks arresting students?
  • Man Pardoned in Jan. 6 Riot Is Fatally Shot by Sheriff’s Deputy During Traffic Stop
  • Super Bowl safety plan will lift from the Taylor Swift playbook, law enforcement officials say
  • 42.5% of Fraud Attempts Are Now AI-Driven: Financial Institutions Rushing to Strengthen Cyber Defenses
  • Minnesota man arrested after allegedly threatening to 'shoot up' synagogue
  • Nuclear reactor restarts, but Japan’s energy policy in flux
  • Hawking says he lost $100 bet over Higgs discovery
  • Kansas getting $500K in law enforcement grants
  • 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
  • Ohio’s Homeland Security funding drops sharply
  • Ports of L.A., Long Beach get Homeland Security grants
  • Homeland security gets involved with Indiana water conservation
  • 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
  • Ontario’s emergency response protocols under review after Elliot Lake disaster
  • Colorado wildfires to raise insurance rates in future years
  • Colorado fires threaten IT businesses
  • Improve your disaster recovery preparedness for hurricane season
  • London 2012 business continuity plans must include protecting information from new risks

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  • Need for National Information Clearinghouse for Cybercrime Data, Categorization of Cybercrimes: Report

    There is an acute need for the U.S. to address its lack of overall governance and coordination of cybercrime statistics. A new report recommends that relevant federal agencies create or designate a national information clearinghouse to draw information from multiple sources of cybercrime data and establish connections to assist in criminal investigations.

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