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Trend: U.S. domestic spying offers opportunities for niche players
While the debate over the NSA domestic spying rages on, niche companies emerge to offer compliance services to small telecoms and ISPs
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Northrop adapts to U.K. business climat
Northrop follows Raytheon and Lockheed Martin in creating a U.K.-based company; having lost to BAE on a big U.K. drone deal convinced the company that a U.K. presence was necessary — and it has already yielded results in law enforcement services the company provides in England and Wales
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President's budget shortchanges missile defense of airlines
The defense of commercial airlines from shoulder-mounted missiles appeared to be one of the biggest homeland security projects of the next three years, but you wouldn’t know it from Bush’s budget proposal: In fiscal 2006 the project received $108 million; in fiscal 2007, $5 million
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Homeland security company spins off commercial trace location service
Versatile Nebraska-based company developed GPS systems for homeland security but now wants to use the technology in other markets as well
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A4S shows rugged, survivable video surveillance device
It is not enough to have monitoring and surveillance devices installed in public places; to be of use, these devices and their recording must withstand the power of an explosion, and this is where A4S comes in
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GAO report slams Bush, Chertoff for Katrina lack of preparation, slow response
Michael Brown was the public face of the federal government’s failures before and during Katrina; new GAO report says President Bush and Secretary Chertoff should share more of the blame
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Trend: Remote monitoring of nuclear weapon proliferation
More nuclear reactors are being built as nations try to lessen dependence on foreign oil and comply with environmental regulations, but more nuclear reactors mean more weapon proliferation risk and need for new and more effective remote monitoring technology
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BAE in homeland security deal in India
Homeland security is a major preoccupation in India, and BAE signs large contract to update that country’s border and maritime surveillance
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The long view
A Drone Wing That Could Learn How to Sense Danger Faster
The small domes that you press on your soda’s to-go cup lid may one day save a winged drone from a nosedive. Patterns of these invertible domes on a drone’s wings would give it a way to remember in microseconds what dangerous conditions feel like and react quickly.