Updates

Transportation Security Administration Supports National Capital Region Cooperative Inter-modal Transportation Security Exercise

Participants were given emergency situations that ranged from suspicious activity to known terrorist threat scenarios. Each participant discussed their respective rolls during these scenarios and collaborated on how to work together.

Leading Government Services and Software Development Firm, ElanTech, Wins Major DHS Technology Contract

ElanTech and Murray State University are to develop and deliver, by 2010, an Incident Management Decision Support System (IMDSS) - an interoperable, web enabled, geospatially oriented incident-management communication software system.

Over 400 Delta Scientific DSC2000 Barricades Deployed

"The DSC2000 is one of our more popular products because, due to its shallow foundation, the arrays can be quickly set up to protect an entrance," said Delta Scientific Senior Vice President David Dickinson.

Shared Spectrum Company (SSC) Successfully Demonstrates Enhanced, Frequency-Agile Military Radios

To demonstrate the capabilities of the DSA technology on multiple hardware platforms, SSC installed the DSA software on fielded tactical radios and demonstrated the frequency, agility, and robustness of its technology.

Security Leader Advanced Detection Technology Awarded U.S. Army Contract

The LowCam Under-Vehicle Surveillance System inspects the undercarriages of vehicles and enables the systems operator to conduct real-time comparisons of images, from different visits, of the same vehicle.

DuPont Launches Kevlar XP with More Bullet-Stopping Power

Dupont's Kevlar XP consistently stops bullets within the first three layers of a vest designed with a total of 11 layers. The remaining layers absorb the energy of the bullet, resulting in less trauma, or backface deformation, to the vest wearer.

Smiths Detection Launches Hand-Held Vapor Detector for Chemicals Commonly Used in Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)

The SABRE EXV, using Smiths Detection's proven Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS) technology, is a lightweight portable device that can detect and identify explosive substances, including peroxide-based chemicals, in as little as 10 seconds.

EADS North America Begins UH-72A Light Utility Helicopter Deliveries to the U.S. Army National Guard

The UH-72A provides a modern helicopter for use in the Army National Guard's state and national homeland-security missions; its introduction will enable the retirement of aging OH-58 and UH-1 rotary-wing aircraft.

New Jersey's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Task Force Event; Strategy and Equipment Now in Place for Post-9/11 Medical Response

Members of the New Jersey Emergency Medical Services Task Force demonstrated more than twenty pieces of specialized equipment that first responders will use in the event of an emergency.

Federal Emergency Management Agency's Citizen Corps Forms Partnership with American Association of Community Colleges

A newly formed affiliation between FEMA's Citizen Corps and the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) will help to promote and improve community emergency preparedness, disaster-response training for the public, and volunteer service.