perimeter_protection Sony has recently announced a hybrid line of cameras, according to Mark Collett, which allows customers to use or replace their analog cameras with a hybrid camera that simultaneously streams HD video along with traditional analog, enabling customers to integrate HP quality video into existing infrastructure without changing the…
LRAD lands U.S. Air National Guard order for LRAD 100X units
Top Priority Sector: military_force_protection Image Caption: LRAD’s 100X LRAD Corp., a provider of long range acoustic hailing devices (AHDs), announced on Sept. 26 that it has received a new order from the U.S. Air National Guard for LRAD 100X systems. The order totals $550,000 and is scheduled to ship this…
Nasatka Security completes integrated security deployment for Rapiscan’s U.S. Army contract
Top Priority Sector: perimeter_protection Image Caption: Mobile barrier fromNasatka Security Nasatka Security’s president, David Natelson, on Sept. 25 announced that a $20 million order the company landed in December 2011 from Torrance, CA-based Rapiscan Systems Inc. is now complete. As a subcontractor to Rapiscan, Nasatka Security will provided more than 130 mobile barriers,…
CBSA to allow appeal of private U.S. boat seizure on Lake Ontario
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Port Dahlousie The Canadian Border Services Agency will allow two U.S. boast owners to appeal its seizure of their boats in Port Dahlousie in August, but a U.S. senator is still pressing for clearer rules on notifications for U.S. boaters in the…
Despite Afghan corruption, U.S. Troops can track and account for U.S. supplies in Afghanistan
Del Williams Top Priority Sector: military_force_protection Image Caption: Del Williams 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…
U.S. embassies tighten security in wake of Libyan attack
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: military_force_protection Image Caption: Ambassador Chris Stevens The U.S. State Department has tightened security measures at embassies in the middle east, Africa and the Caucuses, according to reports, after a chaotic Sept. 11 gun, mortar and grenade assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya that…
U.S. and Czech Republic increase nuclear smuggling defenses
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: Daniel Poneman Under an agreement signed on Sept. 7 with the U.S. nuclear security agency, the Czech Republic will receive portable radiation detection gear to help prevent illicit trafficking of special nuclear and other radioactive material. The country signed a Memorandum of…
Dimerco opens second customs brokerage office in U.S.
Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Dimerco, Los Angeles Taipei, Taiwan-based global logistics and service provider Dimerco Express Group opened its of its second customs brokerage office in Los Angeles on August 15th, 2012. Homepage position: 10 read more View full post on Government Security News View full post on…
U.S. health officials search worldwide for more possible hantavirus victims
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: Curry Village, Yosemite After two visitors to Yosemite national park died from a dangerous infectious disease they contracted at the park in mid-summer, the National Park Service’s (NPS) office of public health launched an “extensive national and international outreach” for other potential…
Ships that have called on ports in Yemen face security restrictions in U.S.
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: security_services Image Caption: Port of Adenin Yemen The U.S. Coast Guard has announced that, effective on Sept. 18, vessels that have visited a port in Yemen during its last five port calls cannot visit the United States unless they comply with certain tighter security measures….