"The combination of Infinova's global robust manufacturing, research, and development capabilities and March Networks' innovative technological design provides our customers with industry-leading, complete video security solutions," said Dr. Jeffrey Liu, chairman of Infinova.
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John S. Pistole has announced the start of TSA PreCheck operations at Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport, and said that US Airways will offer TSA PreCheck to eligible passengers in early 2012. These initiatives mark the implementation of additional key components of the agency's intelligence-driven, risk-based approach to security.
"We are extremely excited about having Luke work with us to bring our innovative security solution to market, and enable total security of vital waterside assets around the world," said HALO Chief Executive Paul Jensen. "His expertise will be a great asset to the HALO team."
Cassidian Communications, an EADS North America company, announced full system acceptance of its CORP25 digital, turnkey, P25 Land Mobile Radio (LMR) network by the City of Richardson, Texas. The CORP25 solution includes hardware, software, system engineering, installation, and optimization as well as long-term managed services and 7/24 maintenance and support. The City has already migrated all of its general government users onto the network and is preparing to cover its public safety users next.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has released year-end data on fiscal year 2011 border enforcement and management efforts, highlighting trends that reflect the Administration's ongoing commitment to securing the border and facilitating legitimate trade and travel through targeted operations, enhanced partnerships, and the unprecedented deployment of personnel, technology, and infrastructure along the border.
The Arizona Vigilant Guard exercise involved approximately 250 government agencies and 8,000 participants responding to simulated flooding and the detonation of an improvised nuclear device in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The teams involved were tasked with providing satellite-based reach-back communications; however, the concrete and rebar building construction blocked signal transmission to the Joint Operations Center (JOC). Deployment of the recently delivered SATPAK cellular and satellite data relay system, manufactured by 308 SYSTEMS, solved this urgent need.
The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) has announced a new National Fire Academy (NFA) program opportunity for educational institutions offering undergraduate fire-science degree programs. This effort is designed to offer national recognition to students participating in the Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) model core associate's and bachelor's courses.
Teletrix Corporation, the country's leading producer of simulated radiation meters, introduces the Teletrix SP418 Series Probe Pak Simulation Package, which is designed for placement between a working radiation meter and a radiation probe. The meter interprets the pulses received as if it was detecting radiation, providing a reading of apparent radiation without exposure to the trainee.
A high-speed robotic screening system, aimed at protecting human health by improving how chemicals are tested in the United States, has started to test 10,000 compounds for potential toxicity. Testing this 10,000-compound library begins a new phase of an ongoing collaboration - referred to as Tox21 - between the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Idaho Technology Inc. has announced that the RAZOR EX BioThreat Detection System has been approved and certified as an Association of Analytical Communities (AOAC) Performance Tested method for the detection of Bacillus anthracis spores collected by air collection devices onto filter or liquid matrices. The certification is part of a Department of Homeland Security sponsored program with AOAC International & the AOAC Stakeholder Panel on Agent Detection Assays (SPADA) to establish a national program for the testing and validation of biosurveillance systems.
