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Border Security Awards 2013: Tamir Aluma, Vidisco

Vidisco received the Platinum Award in the “Best Explosives/ID/Contraband Detection” category of GSN’s 2013 Border Security Awards. The company has been focusing exclusively on portable X-ray systems...

Border Security Awards 2013: Patti Shaffner, Textron Defense Systems

Textron Defense Systems has a wide range of products for the security market, according to Patti Shaffner, including its aerial ISR system, unmanned aerial systems and iCommand, which brings them all...

Border Security Awards 2013: Bobby Brown, VP Marketing, Telephonics Corporation

According to Bobby Brown, VP for Homeland Security, Telephonics business units include a Maritime Surveillance unit, a Communications unit and an Integrated Surveillance Group, which produces a...

Border Security Expo 2013: Paul Macker, President Eagle Eye Expositions

Paul Mackler, President of Eagle Eye Expositions, expresses great satisfaction with exhibitor turn-out and quality of the sessions in the 2013 Expo. He gives a lot of credit for the event’s success...

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Covia Labs, David Kahn, CEO

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Drew Morin, Chief Technology Officer, TeleCommunication Systems

TeleCommunication Systems (TCS), which entered its “Commercial Mobile Alerts System” in the 2012 Awards Program, was named a Finalist in the “Best Mass Notification Systems” category. Drew Morin, who...

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Brivo, Inc, John Szczygiel, Executive VP Sales and Marketing

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: John D. Clark, Sr, President/CEO, The Whitestone Group

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Randall Foster, President/CEO, Vumii, Inc

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Detective Robert Shilling, Seattle Police Departmen

Detective Bob Shilling describes the Seattle PD’s winning entry in the category of “Most Notable Municipal/County Security Program” for its “Common Operating Program (COP)” that took five different...

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: David Luber, Deputy Divison Director, Persistent Surveillance, Logos Technologies, Inc

In the GSN awards category of “Most Notable Federal Government Security Program, Project or Initiative”, the 2012 plaque went to the Naval Air Systems Command for its successful deployment of Logos...

IACP Conference, 2012: Eric Ivers, “The Robot Guy”, RoboteX, Inc

Eric Ivers gives a demonstration of the RoboteX robot and indicates that they are sold mainly to law enforcement agencies, the military, SWAT teams, Army rangers and the company is presently...

IACP Conference, 2012: Dr. Frank Trocki, Aspen University, Denver, CO

Categories: Education/Training, Law Enforcement, Military/Force Protection, State/Local Security, Federal Agencies, CommunicationsAspen University was founded in 1987 and is the oldest virtual...

IACP Conference, 2012: Stephen Meer, Founder and Chief Technical Officer of Intrado, Inc,

Stephen Meer, one of the founders of Intrado, Inc of Denver, Colorado, indicates that his company provides services and products to the 9-1-1 infrastructure, which he says is a very complicated...

News

FLIR Systems lands $23 million order for E/O sensors on Coast Guard choppers

Fri, 2013-05-17 09:37 AM

FLIR Systems, Inc. announced on May 16 that it has received an order valued at $23 million to support the U.S. Coast Guard by providing the Electro-Optical Sensor System (ESS) configuration of FLIR’s...

FLIR wins $81 million award to support Army MEDEVAC operations

Wed, 2013-05-15 07:19 PM

Talon by FLIR

FLIR Systems, Inc. announced on May 15 that it has been awarded a two-year blanket purchase agreement from the U.S. Army to support the MEDEVAC program.

CBP decides that China is ‘country of origin’ of Energizer Battery’s military flashlight

Fri, 2013-05-03 10:57 AM

A tactical LED flashlight for
consumers from Energizer

After several years of deliberation, CBP has determined that the “country of origin” of a military flashlight offered by the Energizer Battery Company, Inc., of St. Louis, MO, which utilizes light-...

GDC4 team to develop high/medium power close-in radar for Army radar replacement program

Fri, 2013-05-03 08:42 AM

XSTAR radar

General Dynamics C4 Systems has announced that it has received a contract modification to the Range Radar Replacement Program (RRRP) to develop a new high/medium power close-in radar system. The new...

Sen. Carper sends 9-page letter to appropriations honchos supporting higher DHS budget levels

Thu, 2013-05-02 02:51 PM

Sen. Tom Carper

The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has written a 9-page letter to the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on homeland...

Obama administration and IT industry partners will help service members obtain IT credentials

Tue, 2013-04-30 11:56 AM

Michelle Obama

Speaking at the White House Forum on Military Credentialing and Licensing, First Lady Michelle Obama announced on April 29 the “IT Training and Certification Partnership,” a new public-private...

2013 Homeland Security Awards program opens for entries on May 1

Thu, 2013-04-25 04:59 PM

Following up on a record number of entries and a rousing awards dinner at the Washington, DC Convention Center in 2012, Government Security News has announced that its 2013 Homeland Security Awards...

Canada arrests two suspects with Al Qaeda ties in train terror plot

Tue, 2013-04-23 08:15 AM

Via Rail train

Two men face terror charges in a Toronto courtroom on April 23 after Canadian law enforcement foiled their alleged plot to attack passenger trains in the country.

Illinois man arrested for trying to aid Syrian terror group

Mon, 2013-04-22 01:06 PM

Jabhat al Nusrah
flag

Federal agents arrested an Aurora, IL, man on April 19 for trying to board a plane in Chicago and travel to Syria to help Jabhat al Nusrah, a jihadist military group there. The arrest of 18-year-old...

GDC4 WIN-T Increment 2 technology ensures secure information highway for U.S. soldiers heading for Afghanistan

Thu, 2013-04-18 04:26 PM

AN/PRC - 154 Rifleman
radio from GDC4

General Dynamics C4 announced on April 18 that the December 2012 delivery of 136 WIN-T Increment 2 network nodes to the U.S. Army’s 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, has...

Second ricin envelope found on its way to White House

Wed, 2013-04-17 02:00 PM

Washington was swirling with reports of suspicious letters on May 17, as another ricin-laced envelope was found by the U.S. Secret Service en route to the White House and some congressional offices...

DARPA working on smaller, cheaper, five-pixel thermal camera

Wed, 2013-04-17 08:29 AM

DARPA
LWIR camera

Defense researchers are shrinking bulky, expensive vehicle-mounted long-wave infrared (LWIR) cameras down to more manageable sizes, but keeping their ability to see in the dark and dust. The Defense...

Company News

American Technologies Network Corp. appoints James Munn as new president

American Technologies Network Corp., makers of security, military, law enforcement and outdoor night vision and thermal applications, has announced the promotion of its chief operating officer, James Munn, to be president of ATN.

Marc Vayn, the current CEO of ATN, will remain in his position of acting CEO and focus on future product development, strategic vision and the development of key partnerships.

Sirius Integrator launches low-maintenance methanol EFOY fuel cells

Massachusetts-based Sirius Integrator unveiled off-grid mission-critical methanol fuel cells that can power mission-critical covert vehicles and outdoor surveillance configurations.

Rifle accessories company launches ‘Adopt a Sniper’ program

Molon Labe Industries, manufacturers of polymer magazines and accessories for rifle platforms, has launched a new Adopt a Sniper program.

The program enables customers to make a cash donation from as little as one dollar to as much as they wish through a donation button featured on the Molon Labe Industries Website. The fund will be applied toward obtaining much needed gear for the two deployed teams.

Unmanned aircraft systems industry becomes job creation engine beyond 2015

Once unmanned aerial vehicles are integrated into U.S. airspace plans, the unmanned aircraft industry will generate 70,000 - 100,000 new jobs, according to a study released by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI)

Etter takes reins of First Air Force

Air Force Lt. Gen. William Etter took command of the Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Region-First Air Force on March 7 at a ceremony at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida.

During the ceremony, officiated by Gen. Charles Jacoby Jr., commander of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, Etter assumed command from Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III. General Clarke is moving on to become the Director of the Air National Guard in Washington D.C.

O’Gara Group buys BAE armored vehicle group

Security and defense systems provider The O'Gara Group, Inc., completed its $10 million purchase of BAE Systems Commercial Armored Vehicles LLC and renamed the business O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt Armoring Company LLC.

Tousley returns to lead DARPA’s tactical technology office

Bradford Tousley, a former Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program manager, has returned to the agency to assume leadership of its Tactical Technology Office (TTO).

From 1997 to 2006, DAPRA said Tousley served as a senior scientist and program manager, creating and managing efforts in unmanned systems, tactical missiles, radar systems, and advanced electro-optical and infrared sensor systems.

National Strategic Protective Services to supply Oak Ridge security force

National Strategic Protective Services (NSPS) said on Jan. 22 that it had been selected by the Department of Energy (DOE) to deliver protective force services at DOE’s Oak Ridge nuclear facilities complex in Tennessee.

NSPS, a joint venture between Triple Canopy, Inc. and Securiguard, Inc., said it will be responsible for providing protective force services to the East Tennessee Technology Park, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Joe L. Evins Federal Building, and the balance of the Oak Ridge Reservation.

Commentary and Opinions

DoD embraces innovation and increases efficiencies through Cloud technology

As the Department of Defense (DoD) continues to turn to the Cloud to improve computing efficiency, its adoption of innovative technologies is enabling DoD to secure high performance solutions while also reducing costs.

Despite Afghan corruption, U.S. troops can track and account for U.S. supplies in Afghanistan

Since Afghanistan was officially designated a “major non-NATO ally” of the U.S. by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last July, the stage has been set for continued cooperation between the two countries, as well as priority delivery of military hardware and aid, even as international troops are on a path to withdraw by the end of 2014. Already, more than $80 billion in non-military aid from the U.S. has been given to Afghanistan in the past 10 years.

Achieving unified security management in a government organization

Many local governments struggle to find a highly effective security solution they can depend on. The needs of a government organization are different from corporate or home users, and the security tools they implement must reflect their specific needs. With shrinking budgets and limited IT resources, security products must be simple and cost-effective, without sacrificing performance or functionality.

Lockheed Martin debuts a wireless intrusion detection network of 'rocks’

A wireless sensor network system developed by Lockheed Martin can revolutionize the way users obtain discreet persistent situational awareness and characterization of their surroundings, says the company in an Oct. 12 news release.

The Self-Powered Ad-hoc Network (SPAN) system, a network of "Field-and Forget" ground sensors, provides unobtrusive, continuous surveillance supporting multiple missions and applications.

9/11, A Decade Later -- Where are we today?

By Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)

Today, we meet to discuss this nation’s progress in bringing about safety, security and resiliency against terrorism since the attacks of 9/11.

But before we look back, I want to acknowledge and remember all the firefighters, police officers, and ordinary people who lost their lives that Tuesday morning. Remembering those who died must inspire us to make this nation better and safer.

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Recent Videos

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Covia Labs, David Kahn, CEO

Covia Labs received the award for “Best Interoperable First Responder Communications” in the 2012 Awards Program for its “Alert & Respond” software platform and application that provides voice/data interoperability across a variety of platforms ranging from smart phones to police and fire department radios, embedded devices and drones. The top two markets for the company, according to CEO David Kahn, are the military and public safety.

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Drew Morin, Chief Technology Officer, TeleCommunication Systems

TeleCommunication Systems (TCS), which entered its “Commercial Mobile Alerts System” in the 2012 Awards Program, was named a Finalist in the “Best Mass Notification Systems” category.

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Brivo, Inc, John Szczygiel, Executive VP Sales and Marketing

John Szczygiel describes Brivo, Winner of the 2012 Award for “Best Integrated System for HSPD-12/FIPS 201 Compliance” for the second year in a row, as a cloud company that provides hosted subscriber services in the physical access control domain. The company’s “CloudPass” product has been established as a government community cloud, specifically for federal government agencies that want to take their physical access control and PAC into a cloud configuration. Brivo also offers a cloud transition service to clients that have on-premise servers and want to make the transition.

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: John D. Clark, Sr, President/CEO, The Whitestone Group

John D. Clark, Sr. and the Whitestone Group, which he founded in 2000, returned to the GSN Awards Dinner in 2012 to pick up their second trophy in two years, this time for the “Best Facility Security/Force Protection Service.” The Whitestone Group’s A-list of clients includes NASA, DoD, USDA, VA, DHS, Social Security Administration, U.S. Coast Guard, Army, Air Force and the Department of Interior, which has just approved a new 5-year facility security contract for the Hoover Dam.

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Randall Foster, President/CEO, Vumii, Inc

Vumii, the Atlanta, GA manufacturer of thermal imaging and illuminated IR cameras, was awarded a Winner’s trophy for “Best Thermal/Night Vision/Infrared Cameras” at the 2012 awards dinner. Primary markets for the cameras, according to President and CEO Randall Foster, are facilities with large, outdoor perimeters to protect, such as airports, seaports, utilities, government sites and military bases.

Upcoming Events

Event Details	Dates of Event
Critical Security Controls International Summit 2013	Apr 26 - May 2
Secure India @Bangalore 2013	Apr 29 - May 4
Cloud Security Alliance CCSK Certification Training	May 6 - 7
SANS Security West 2013	May 9 - 19
SANS Brisbane 2013	May 13 - 18
GovSec Conference & Expo	May 14 - 15
CPM East Conference & Expo	May 14 - 15
TREXPO - The Law Enforcement Expo	May 14 - 15
SANS Austin 2013	May 19 - 24
DoD VA Healthcare Training Forum	May 20 - 23
ISSA-LA Fifth Annual Information Security Summit	May 21 - 21
Southwest Microwave Seminar	May 21 - 21
Southwest Microwave Seminar	May 21 - 21
Southwest Microwave Perimeter Defense Seminar	May 21 - 21
Southwest Microwave Seminar	May 22 - 22
Transport and Logistics of Hazardous Material	May 27 - 28
Southwest Microwave Seminar	May 28 - 28
Border Management Southwest Summit	May 29 - 31
Cyber Security Conference & Expo	May 30 - 30
Mobile Device Security Summit 2013	May 30 - Jun 6
Security Analytics Summit 2013	May 30 - Jun 6
Cyber Security Conference & Expo	May 30 - 30
Southwest Microwave Seminar	May 30 - 30
SANS Malaysia @ MCMC 2013	Jun 3 - 8
2013 SIA Government Summit	Jun 4 - 5
Southwest Microwave Seminar	Jun 4 - 4
NCT: CBRNe Israel, 4 - 6 June 2013, Tel Aviv	Jun 4 - 6
SEL Modern Solutions Power Systems Conference	Jun 5 - 7
Mission Command	Jun 10 - 12
Cyber Securty Brainstorm	Jun 11 - 11
EDGE Summit 2013	Jun 11 - 11
IPv6 Summit 2013	Jun 14 - 16
SANSFIRE 2013	Jun 15 - 22
Oak Ridge National Laboratory's 2nd Biosurveillance Symposium	Jun 17
Biodetection Technologies 2013	Jun 18 - 19
Southwest Microwave Seminar	Jun 18 - 18

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