TSA wants to monitor movement of railcars carrying hazardous materials

Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector:  security_services TSA is gathering market research information from small businesses that can provide databases and reporting mechanisms that can monitor the movements of railcars carrying toxic inhalation hazards and other security-sensitive materials via “Car Location Message” (CLM) and global positioning satellite (GPS) support services. Read…

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NASA to field UAVs to monitor hurricanes

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption:  NASA Global Hawk 871 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will field two unmanned aircraft capable of high altitude, long duration observation, to fly over hurricanes during the peak of hurricane season in September. The two surplus Northrop Grumman Global Hawks,…

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