Intelsat General Corp. has been awarded a subcontract from TeleCommunication Systems Inc., to provide managed Ku bandwidth on Intelsat satellites, in addition to associated teleport and terrestrial services, for the U.S. Marine Corps.
As part of the ongoing effort to move away from a "one size fits all" security approach and provide more of the traveling public the ability to participate in expedited screening, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) have announced a partnership to extend TSA PreCheck expedited screening benefits to all members of the U.S. Armed Forces, including those serving in the U.S. Coast Guard and the nation's National Guard and Reserve forces.
State and local emergency management officials in the State of Wisconsin used RunMobile's Damage Assessment Reporting Solution (DARS) extensively to report and collect damage data - which was then used to populate Uniform Disaster Situation Reports (UDSR) and the state's own Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA).
AtHoc Inc. has announced the release of the new AtHoc Interactive Warning System (IWS) - designed specifically to meet the needs of the nation's oil and gas, chemical, and heavy manufacturing sectors. The real-time feedback provided from the field brings visibility to emergency operations centers and provides valuable insights to facilitate dispatch decisions.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that one million people have been given the designation "trusted traveler" through the agency's Global Entry program. The program, which was launched five years ago, provides arriving travelers with a quicker, more efficient, and more secure entry process into the United States.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received accreditation from the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) for its excellence in emergency management. CDC is the first federal agency to attain full accreditation of its emergency management program.
"The intent of the Vehicle Emergency Data Set is to establish a uniform data template for collection and transmission of vehicle crash information among multiple emergency responders," said Brian Fontes, CEO of NENA: The 9-1-1 Association. "NENA applauds this important step in enhancing the availability and delivery of data to telecommunicators and first responders."
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced the award of grants totaling $15 million to two international organizations and two U.S. universities. The programs involved not only: (a) facilitate cost-sharing with developing countries to build vaccine manufacturing facilities that can produce influenza and other vaccines; but also (b) help train personnel from such countries at U.S.-based universities specializing in advanced vaccine production.
W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. has issued an important firefighter product safety alert, along with information about enrollment in a product remediation program. The alert is in response to isolated incidents of seam-tape separation observed in turnout gear in North America - utilizing both Gore and non-Gore moisture barriers - that has been stored in its original packaging for three or more years before being issued and worn.
The LRAD Corporation has announced the availability of the LRAD 360Xm, a highly intelligible, compact product designed for use at shorter distances and in defined spaces. This product meets the customer demand for a smaller version of the 360X in the mass-notification and emergency warning system markets.
