Homeland Security News

Senator Hutchison noted that the fiscal year 2010 budget for the nation’s surface transportation security is just $110 million, which represents just over two percent of TSA’s total budget. She said that this level of funding is not equal to the level of risk facing the country. Recent reports by the U.S. Government Accountability [...]

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Navy Adm. Mark P. Fitzgerald, commander of U.S. naval forces in Europe and Africa and of NATO’s Allied Joint Task Force Command Naples, suggested that commercial vessels should arm themselves when traveling through pirate-infested waters off the Somali coast. told Pentagon reporters that the scope of the piracy problem is too great to be policed [...]

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the purchase of more than 1,200 explosives trace detection units using $35.5 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding to improve explosives detection capabilities at airports nationwide while infusing Recovery Act dollars into local economies.
More than 7,000 explosives trace detection units are currently in use by [...]

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BroadSword Unmanned Aircraft System, designated the MQM-171A, goes into production. for the U.S. Army Targets Management Office (TMO). BroadSword was developed by Griffon Aerospace to represent a generic tactical class unmanned aircraft system that could be employed against U.S. and allied forces in the field. BroadSword is a 500 pound class, 17 foot wing span [...]

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American Science and Engineering, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASEI), a provider of X-ray detection solutions, announced a $11.8 million order from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for multiple MobileSearch™ HE (High-Energy) cargo and vehicle inspection systems equipped with both high-energy transmission and Z Backscatter™ X-ray imaging for comprehensive threat and contraband detection including weapons, explosives, [...]

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will begin implementing new enhanced security measures for all air carriers with international flights to the United States to strengthen the safety and security of all passengers—superseding the emergency measures put in place immediately following the attempted terrorist attack [...]

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