Homeland Security News

Riot Control Technology has been demonstrated today at the opening of Israel Defence Exhibition (ISDEF) 2010.

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The 4th Annual Israel Defence Exhibition (ISDEF) for Army & Police is taking place on the 18 – 20 of October, 2010 in Israel.
ISDEF’s advantage is that it uses Israel’s excellent reputation as a world leader in the fields of Defence and Homeland Security and collaborates between major decision makers. Being the only major [...]

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In fiscal 2012 eight more homeland response force units will be established. The units are regional forces that will cross state lines when needed. They are part of a restructuring of the nation’s chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive consequence management enterprise. Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Utah and California each will [...]

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Counter Terrorism Conference “Prepare, Prevent, Pursue, Protect” will be held 10th – 11th November 2010 at Hilton London Kensington, United Kingdom. Take the chance to hear a Keynote Address from Richard Bryan, Director of Commissioning, Olympic and Paralympics Security Directorate, Home Office, UK. His presentation will update you on the challenge of securing the London [...]

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We, the Leaders of the G-8, reiterate our absolute condemnation of terrorism in all of its forms and manifestations, and our commitment to work together to eradicate this threat. Recent events, such as the attempted bombing on December 25, 2009 of the airline en route to Detroit and the brutal attacks of March 29, 2010 [...]

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Military procurement of UAS, including unmanned aircrafts, payloads, CGS makes the DoD the single largest consumer of UAV technology in the world. We can predict with a great deal of confidence that the U.S. Government will continue to invest in UAS as much as needed to keep its dominance, both technological and pure force factor, [...]

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Fact Sheet:
Treasury Announces New Sanctions on Iran, Including First Set of Actions in Response to President Obama’s Call for Vigorous Enforcement of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1929
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced today a set of designations targeting Iran’s nuclear and missile programs – the first set of measures from the United States [...]

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the adoption of the final standards for the Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness Accreditation and Certification Program (PS-Prep)—a major milestone in DHS’ implementation of a program recommended by the 9/11 Commission to improve private sector preparedness for disasters and emergencies.
PS-Prep is a partnership between DHS and the private sector that [...]

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The latest SmartBio Sensor of Smiths Detection has been successfully field tested with a major metropolitan police department in the U.S. with the aim of becoming part of its overall protection plan. The battery-powered SmartBio Sensor is portable and ruggedized, enabling it to be used to proactively protect public venues in various applications including [...]

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Technological Responses to Biological Threats
BOSTON, MA – May 12, 2010 - The Knowledge Foundation has announced that the opening keynote address for the 16th Biodetection Technologies conference will be made by Dr. Michael V. Walter, BioWatch Program Manager at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Dr. Walter will discuss lessons learned from technological problems, the [...]

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