http://www.defensedaily.com Defense Daily en-us 2009 Mon, 6 Jul 2009 16:45:33 EDT *Verified Identity Pass on Monday notified its members enrolled in the Clear Registered Traveler (RT) program that it was ceasing operations as of 11 p.m. Pacific Time because it has been unable to negotiate an agreement with its senior creditor to continue... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/tr2/7263.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT Millivision Technologies has launched a series of passive millimeter wave imaging systems based on its core imaging camera and software that eliminates privacy concerns and automatically highlights potential threat objects hidden beneath a person's clothing... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/tr2/7264.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT To help the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) meet the federal mandate for screening all air cargo for explosives by next August, the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology (S&T) branch is requesting $10 million in FY '10 as... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/tr2/7265.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT To keep ahead of evolving threats the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is initiating a new program aimed at advancing the state-of-the-art in Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) systems used to scan cargo and containers for potential threats. "In general the... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/tr2/7266.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT Freight forwarder National Air Cargo says that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has approved the company to operate a Certified Cargo Screening Facility (CCSF) at the Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti, Mich., which will help relieve... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/tr2/7267.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT Boeing [BA] has agreed to acquire eXMeritus, a small Northern Virginia-based firm that provides hardware and software that allows users to share information securely across classified and unclassified networks and systems. The deal is... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/tr2/7268.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT Northrop Grumman's [NOC] subsidiary Remotec has signed an agreement with Israel's ODF Optronics LTD, to be the exclusive worldwide manufacturer of ODF's EyeDrive mini-robot in the U.S. and... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/tr2/7269.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT The Port of Houston Authority used Datastrip's DSV2+Turbo handheld card reader to conduct mobile enrollments of truckers for their Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC) to help the port meet an April 15 deadline for compliance with the TWIC... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/tr2/7270.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT VIASPACE [VSPC] says that its subsidiary Ionfinity has demonstrated a new detection and analysis system for identifying hazardous chemicals, explosives, industrial toxic gases, drugs and chemical components of improvised explosive devices. The demonstrations... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/tr2/7271.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) has awarded two contracts worth a combined $549.9 million, on for public assistance operations throughout the U.S. and its territories... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/tr2/7272.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT The Defense Department has awarded Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) a potential $248.3 million contract for the production of Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/tr2/7273.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received a potential five-year, $47 million contract from the FBI to continue managing the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division's Card Scanning Service (CSS) program. The contract covers the conversion of paper... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/tr2/7274.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT Battelle has received a five-year, $29 million task order from the Department of Homeland Security to support all of the department's National Infrastructure Coordination Center (NICC) Watch locations... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/tr2/7275.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT Aon Consulting, a human capital consulting firm, has received a subcontract from Lockheed Martin [LMT] to provide human resource solutions to the Transportation... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/tr2/7276.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for three low energy drive through portal non-intrusive inspection (NII) systems as part of an... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/tr2/7277.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a Request for Proposals seeking a contractor to develop a training program for participants in the Certified Cargo Screening Program (CCSP). CCSP participants... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/tr2/7278.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a Request for Proposals for Test and Evaluation Support Services (TESS) in response to the need for operational test and evaluation of security technology equipment. TESS will be in... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/tr2/7279.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT The Joint Product Director for Advanced Detection Systems under the Joint Project Manager for Biological Defense at the Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command, has issued a Request for... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/tr2/7280.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT The Naval Sea Systems Command (NavSea) Physical Security Equipment Action Group (PSEAG) is formulating its Experiment and Assessment 2010 (PEA-2010) and is seeking industry input about technology solutions that are sufficiently mature to support field... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/tr2/7281.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to conduct market research from small businesses that can... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/tr2/7282.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT