Transportation

IndigoVision cameras to protect new Canada light rail system
$2 billion effort to protect Vancouver’s Canada Line will deploy 400 analog cameras; signals will be converted into MPEG-4 format for transmission to an eighty screen command center
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Feds consider expanding Indian tracking service
Established in the 1970s, Shadow Wolves play a critical role in border security; many now sent to train Central Asian security forces in hunt for al Qaeda; efforts underway to expand the fifteen member, all-Indian force
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Hitachi unveils world's smallest RFID tags
Shipping companies and private detectives have much to marvel at; Treasury department considers embedding them in paper bills, but the technology is not entirelty mature; “like powder”
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Universal Guardian teams up with CIBER
Companies sign a deal intended to conquer the global shipping and tracking market; agreement follows Universal’s recent purchase of MeiDa Information Technology; risk analysis for asset protection and anti-counterfeiting investigation among other improved capabilities
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Navy begins planning for next generation of EOD robots
Packbot, Talon, and Bombot are doing the job well, but the military wants to build a scalable system from the ground up; wireless communication a major concern due to interference from IED jammers; 2012 proposed production date
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Navy PLUSNet system to revolutionize underwater warfare
Networked UUVs will operate independently and adjust to ocean currents; system relies on a series of surface and underwater sensors, as well various gliders
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Technical committee advises against TWIC encryption
National Maritime Security Advisory Committee says encryption would lead to higher costs, increased processing times, and roll-out delays, with little added security value; unencrypted fingerprint template offered as alternative
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DHS abandons RFID for US-VISIT exit tracking
Tests at land border crossings found the technology unreliable; RFID tags were embedded in government forms; Smart Card Alliance applauds
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Stanford unveils entry for DARPA Urban Challenge
Modified Volkswagen Passat navigates city streets without aid; software processes data to make smart decisions about right of way, speed, and direction; effort builds on 2005 victory at the Grand Challenge
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Fast Track announces improved amphibious vehicle
Unlike other such machines, Fast Track’s uses only a single method of propulsion regardless of environments; tracks pull the vehicle along at 39 mph on water and 55 mph on land
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SAIC wins $39 million DHS security services contract
Five year deal requires company to perform risk assessments, build system architecture, and assist with technology policy and implementation
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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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Technest wins another Army NVESD sensor contract
$4.4 million contract will pay for the development of demining and counterming technologies; deal follows $10 million in earlier contracts with Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate
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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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Manchester researchers solve 2D to 3D imaging problem
Multiple X-ray sources used to cut down on processing time; CXR and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council lend a hand
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