As a high resolution "optical radar", with automatic and real time detection of simultaneous and unlimited targets within a 360 degree panoramic image, Spynel made by HGH Infrared Systems, could be just the solution these waterside nuclear sites are missing.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced an award to states of about $75.8 million through the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases Cooperative Agreement. This funding helps states and communities strengthen core epidemiology and laboratory capacity needed to track and respond quickly to a variety of infectious diseases.
Recent studies show that, since 2009, the United States has averaged one mass casualty event per month. The lessons learned from such events highlight the opportunities for improving casualty survival rates by upgrading the current medical response practices of first responders. Chinook Medical Gear has introduced a new Mass Casualty Critical Intervention Kit that provides many of the most important medical supplies needed to save lives in mass casualty and active violence incidents.
Phyllis Schneck has been appointed as the new Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity for the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD). Phyllis will be coming to the Department of Homeland Security with a wealth of experience in cybersecurity and information security from her current position as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for the Global Public Sector at McAfee Inc.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded a $5.6 million contract to Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering to apply its breakthrough organs-on-chips technology to assess the medical countermeasures needed to treat acute radiation syndrome (ARS), also known as radiation sickness.
The partnership blends Carbon Black's 360-degree network visibility and historical traceability with iSIGHT Partners' unmatched threat intelligence, thereby equipping information security professionals with the data they need to quickly and conclusively detect emerging threats and conduct incident response.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announces the appointment of ten new members, and the reappointment of five current members, to the FEMA National Advisory Council (NAC). The NAC is an advisory committee established to ensure the effective and ongoing coordination of federal preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation for natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters.
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $6.7 million sole source contract to Avon Protection for the development of a modified M53 Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Protective Face Mask System and associated components.
Disasters and emergencies create and involve a broad range of public health and medical threats. To counter those threats, the nation's responders need access to new and innovative technologies so that they can help keep the American people safe and healthy during disaster response and recovery operations. The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) supports such innovations through a series of broad agency announcements focused primarily on developing new technologies that facilitate the administration of medical countermeasures.
FLIR Systems Inc. has announced the expansion of its drug target library for the Griffin 824 Trace Detection Mass Spectrometer to include common designer drugs found in bath salts and herbal incense (K2/Spice) products, in addition to previously existing illegal drugs.
