Systems Integration
DARPA envisions long-range "Rapid Eye" surveillance system
November 26th, 2007
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is hoping to develop a state-of-the-art long-range unmanned surveillance and intelligence aircraft that could be carried by rocket from a launching pad in the U.S. to any location in the world, where it could gather vital imagery while loitering overhead for up to seven hours.
IG skeptical about Alaska Native company’s CBP maintenance contract
November 26th, 2007
Chenega Technology Services Corp. was awarded a sole source small business set-aside contract worth $475 million by Customs and Border Protection to maintain X-ray equipment and metal detectors nationwide because the company is considered an "Alaska Native Corporation," but the award was made inappropriately by CBP and Chenega has not performed enough of the actual work itself.
HSM Electronics enters ultra-secret SCIF market
November 21st, 2007
A segment of the government security market that is little-seen and little-discussed is about to witness some serious competition between rival nationwide contractors.
Department of State tightens its HSPD-12 contracts
November 20th, 2007
The U.S. State Department seems to be getting more serious about HSPD-12 and the way it requires outside contractors who perform work at federal offices and facilities to identify themselves.
Seven challenges in search of some good ideas
July 16th, 2007
The Department of Homeland Security has announced a new group of innovative technologies it seeks -- including detectors that can spot explosives, identify a single swimmer in open water or monitor a first responder's body -- in the latest round of its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.
