Updates

Smiths Groups' New Material Fingerprinting System Wins Global Security Challenge

The information developed, a material's unique "fingerprint," provides a new way of authenticating and tracking goods and documents ranging from credit cards, ID cards, and passports to medicines and automotive and aerospace components.

SAFE Ports LA/Long Beach Style

CBP (Customs and Border Protection) displays high-tech equipment designed specifically to detect radiological weapons.

Fact Sheet: ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) Accomplishments in Fiscal Year 2006

ICE set new records for enforcement activity, ended the long-standing practice of "catch-and-release" along the nation's borders, launched a number of new initiatives, transformed its detention & removal process, and improved its intelligence capabilities

Smiths Detection Wins $222 Million Domestic Nuclear Detection Office Contract to Develop Portable Next-Generation Radiation Detectors

The high-tech detectors can identify and determine the location of incoming radiation and will reliably discriminate between normally occurring radioactive materials and potential threats.

CoBRA Software Introduces New Decision Support Tools for Explosives Response Community

DGI announced the launch of the newest module for its CoBRA software, a series of tools aimed at supporting the explosives ordnance disposal and bomb tech community.

Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program: The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

This website is dedicated to providing protocols, guidance, templates, and other preparedness tools to healthcare facilities and emergency planners in New York City and across the country. Updates to new protocols, etc., have recently become available.

iRobot Unveils New Technology for Simultaneous Control of Multiple Robots

This innovative new networked technology will allow a single operator to simultaneously control and coordinate multiple semi-autonomous robots via a touch-screen computer.

Thermo's High Resolution GC/MS System Satisfies Regulatory Requirements for Low Detection Limits of Dioxins and Furans

The new DFS High Resolution GC/MS system is capable of performing precise and reliable confirmation analyses of dioxins and furans in the low femtogram range.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Announces Significant Investment in Next-Generation Handheld Radiological Detection Equipment

"These next-generation handheld devices will bring an even faster and more reliable means  [of] detecting and identifying radioactive materials at our ports," said Vayl S. Oxford, DNDO director.

MDI's VIEWpoint Surveillance Management Solution Selected for Bank Security Project in the Middle East

VIEWpoint ESM appliances deliver real-time, multi-site situational awareness to security managers at any number of sites or into a centralized bank of monitors for enterprise-wide security surveillance.