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MAG and Logos Technologies Successfully Test Wide-Area Sensor for On-Demand Airborne ISR Services

MAG Aerospace and Logos Technologies announced that the ultra-light Redkite wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) sensor has been successfully tested aboard a Cessna 206 turboprop...

Implant Sciences Deploys ETDs to Over 160 Airports

Implant Sciences Corporation, a Massachusetts-based manufacturer of explosives trace detection (ETD) solutions for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) applications, announced on June 9 that...

Smiths Detection Extends IONSCAN 600 Capability to Detect Narcotics

Smiths Detection’s IONSCAN 600 trace detector has been enhanced to detect and identify narcotics, in addition to its existing capabilities for explosives. Extending the...

Appropriators Slap Cap on TSA Screeners

House spending committee leaders decide today how much they want TSA to get from the federal piggy bank come Oct. 1, the start of...

FAA: Military Testing Could Leave GPS Unreliable for Pilots Across West in June

The Federal Aviation Administration is warning pilots that GPS testing could leave the global-positioning signals “unreliable or unavailable” across much of the West for...

TSA to Undergo Covert Security Tests This Summer

The inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is planning another round of covert security audits at airports around the country this...

Political Antipathy Clouds End of Cuba Travel Restrictions

When commercial flights between the United States and Cuba begin next fall, another stone will be laid on the path toward full normalization...

Police-Community Relations Fundamental to Homeland Security

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) uses the slogan, “If You See Something, Say Something.” However, an increasing number of Americans are unwilling...

Federal Air Marshal Service: Actions Needed To Better Incorporate Risk in Deployment Strategy

Federal Air Marshal Service: Actions Needed To Better Incorporate Risk In Deployment Strategy - GAO audit report to Congress. 

RELM Wireless Receives Contract Extension Totaling $1.9 Million From TSA

RELM Wireless Corporation has announced that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the US Department of Homeland Security has exercised a portion of the first option...

FAA Is Testing British Ray Gun To Shoot Down Drones

British companies are sending an anti-drone ray gun to America so the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) can test knocking down Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAVs)...

New Members of Homeland Security Advisory Council Sworn In

John F. Kelly and Karen P. Tandy were sworn in as the two newest members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) by Department...

SPECIAL ANALYSIS: Charles Faddis on Time is of the Essence to Prevent Global Chaos and Conflict

In the summer of 2002, I was sitting in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan on the Iranian border. I was the leader of an...

GAO: TSA’s Airport Perimeter Security Strategy Needs an Update

Weaknesses in the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) oversight of airport perimeter security and access controls may be putting the nation’s civil aviation system at...

GAO: TSA’s Airport Perimeter Security Strategy Needs an Update

Weaknesses in the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) oversight of airport perimeter security and access controls may be putting the nation’s civil aviation system at...

Lawmaker Presses TSA to Use Private Screeners to Cut Wait Times

Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) is demanding answers from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) about recent spikes in airport wait times and urging the agency...
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