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Homeland Security
July 2016
Want a Secure Border? Open Up the Coffers
Watching the recent House Homeland Security subcommittee hearing on border technology brought to mind the Yogi Berra axiom: "It's déjà vu all over again." -
Homeland Security
June 2016
New App to Alert First Responders to Emergencies
By Yasmin TadjdehDuring emergency situations, such as those involving active shooters, alerting authorities quickly can result in lives saved. One new app is helping to streamline that process. -
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
June 2016
Company Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Security
By Yasmin TadjdehThrough the use of artificial intelligence, Armorway, a Venice, California-based company, is predicting when terrorists or adversaries will attempt to strike a target, giving security professionals the chance to take preventative action. -
Cybersecurity
May 2016
Pentagon Chief Sees Problems With Cybersecurity Market
By Jon HarperThe private sector in the United States is underinvesting in cyber protection and hindering the growth of the cybersecurity market, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter told reporters on May 11. -
August 2014
More Training, Communications Funds Needed, First Responders Say
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August 2014
Company Designs Portable X-Ray Scanner
By Christina MunnellA company has developed a handheld X-ray screening device to improve border, maritime and aviation security. -
July 2014
South Texas in Line for Border Patrol Technology
The southwest border in Texas will start to receive some of the new sensor technologies that have heretofore been deployed solely in Arizona. -
June 2014
BioWatch 3 Ends, But Not ‘Lab-in-a-Box’ Goal
The BioWatch 3 program in April apparently joined the long list of Department of Homeland Security technology development programs that have been canceled or restructured because of cost overruns, or lack of progress. -
June 2014
Border Technology Vendors Face Stringent Acquisition Regime
After years of preparation, CBP’s acquisition department awarded in March a contract to Elbit Systems of America to build a third generation of fixed towers designed to monitor the border. -
June 2014
Researchers Tout New Approach to Detecting Smuggled Nuclear Materials
Scientists working with spectral X-ray technology said they have a potential new method of foiling smugglers who try to hide small amounts of nuclear material in luggage or shipping containers.
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