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SAIC settles dispute with Greek government
Installed for the 2004 Olympics, C4I system requires additional work; disagreement was headed for arbitration
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Boeing prepares SBInet roll-out
Company succesfully tests its integrated mobile sensor towers; deployment expected by end of May
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DARPA's next-generation disposable transmitter
Defense officials imagine a method in which spies could input information into a PDA, print out a tranmitter tag, and stick it to a wall to be read to UAVs
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Verint to install Mexican wiretapping system
Agencia Federal de Investigacions agents will be able to listen in on telephone calls and intercept e-mail
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Shoulder-mounted camera tracks hand movements
British scientists test a system that permits a single police officer to survey and photograph a crime scene by pointing; objects are mapped auutomatically for later investigation
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Businesses use anti-terror lists to screen customers
Mortgage companies and rental car agencies fear punishment if they unwittingly trade with America’s enemies; mistakes, however, cast a dark cloud over the project; system is rough on those named Hussein
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Investors in Intelligentias convert debt position to stock
The NSA domestic spying brouhaha offered an inkling of the commercial potential of data collection and retention; debt holders of a data retention company agree, converting their debt into equity
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Lumenera unveils new high-end video analytic cameras
Relationships with Pixim, ObjectVideo, and Texas Instruments pays off; intelligent cameras will be shown at ISC West
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Third Eye introduces employee stress monitor
Designed for medical monitoring, wrist-mounted device detects suspicious behavior
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Boeing graduates first military ScanEagle
Seven Georgia airmen will be the first to operate the UAV without Boeing’s assistance
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The Real ID Act poses serious challenges
The Real ID Act mandates that by May 2008, states must include biometric information in the driver licenses and equip these lcienses with RFID technology; this de facto national ID will be a boon to technology companies which manufature and sell systems to support digital ID, authentication, or encryption, but it may well also be a gift to hackers, criminals, and terrorists
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Ioimage acquires Unisor's technological assets
Ioimage, an important player in intelligent video, acquires technology which will bolster its offerings to the defense and homeland security markets
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Former CIA officials launch private intelligence agency
J. Cofer Black and Robert Richer strike out on their own with Total Intelligence Solutions; company intends to bring spycraft into the corporate suite
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SIM sells quadrotor Sky-Eye UAV to China
Small unmanned helicopters to be used by civilian police; craft similar to Diehl’s SensoCopter; company claims at least thirty units sold so far; Flight Global offers technical specifications
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Galileo Avionica wins $26 milliion Aussie Coastwatch contract
Twelve-year contract to install airborne and ground sensors to protect the continent’s coastal waters; Australia homeland security market continues to show stength
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The long view
How DHS Laid the Groundwork for More Intelligence Abuse
I&A, the lead intelligence unit of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) —long plagued by politicized targeting, permissive rules, and a toxic culture —has undergone a transformation over the last two years. Spencer Reynolds writes that this effort falls short. “Ultimately, Congress must rein in I&A,” he adds.