Transportation

Ortek selected for Israel's border security monitoring project
The Senate today begins its debate over legislation to bring illegal immigration into the United States under control, and some of the measures offered call for building of barrier along the U.S.-Mexican border; as this debate rages, Israel is building its own defensive barrier to separate Israel from the West Bank; a company offering innovative border-monitoring devices is contracted to deploy its gear along a portion of this fence
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Transportation, border security largest homeland security allocations in proposed budget
An analysis of government-wide homeland security allocations in President Bush’s proposed budget shows that transportation and border security will receive the most money
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Analysis: Even if chemical plants are more secure, transportation of chemicals will not be
Congress and the administration are inching — the more accurate word would be “millimetering” — toward formulating safety standards for U.S. chemical facilities; trouble is, even if security is enhanced at these facilities, the transportation of deadly chemicals will remain frighteningly vulnerable to attack
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Bomb-resistant trash cans may not be suitable for New York subway stations
New York congressman calls on MTA to install bomb-resistant trash cans at MTA’s more than 400 subway stations, but the transportation organizations says that the architecture of many of the rail stations make them unsuitable for such trash cans
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ProfitLine, iSYS in $38 million TSA wireless service management contract
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GE promotes Checkpoint of the Future in Europe
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Former DoT IG: Long way to go on air cargo security
The Dubai Ports World debate raised the issue of foreign companies running security-sensitive U.S. operations, but the trend toward an ever increasing number of foreign companies given permission to do classified defense-related work has been underway for a while
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Trend: U.S. states lure foreign homeland security businesses
Kenneth Mead served for nine years as the IG at DoT; he has a lot to say about transportation security
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L-3 works with CBP to make agency's P-3 fleet air worthy again
A science-savvy company says it is using its nanotechnology know-how to produce a magnetometer with impressive performance
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M2SYS, Dearman in deal to secure transportation of hazardous materials
Robots can save lives, and the ever-alert CCAT identifies an innovative robotics company to support
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GAO investigators find serious flaws in airport explosive detection
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Sense Holdings shows cruise vessels and maritime cargo security solution
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The threat from the inside
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