In-Q-Tel, the intelligence community’s investment arm, has partnered with OpGen Inc. to develop a genome mapping pipeline for the Department of Homeland Security. In a Monday joint statement, the companies said they will work to develop a high-throughput sequence and pipeline for microbial genome analysis. Microbial data analysis looks at samples from different sources to [...]
ATK won a contract with the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement to provide .40 caliber ammunition, the company announced Monday. The one-year contract includes four option years and calls for maximum volume of 450 million rounds. Ron Johnson, ATK’s security and sporting group president, said the company is a prime supplier [...]
Unisys Corp. is supporting Customs and Border Protection in opening the first pedestrian border crossing in El Paso, Texas. This initial phase of CBP’s Pedestrian Reengineering Initiative project features a combination of gate systems, mobile handheld devices and radio frequency identification technology to identify and process pedestrians entering the U.S. In the future, ten fingerprint [...]
Kroll chairman William J. Bratton recently participated in the launch of the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Homeland Security Group in Washington, D.C. The former NYPD and LAPD police chief is a member of the group and was selected as so due to his experience and expertise in U.S. law enforcement and international security. Featured at [...]
Powerwave Technologies will demonstrate Rapid Mobile Deployment Unit and Inside Out Solutions for public safety, defense and homeland security agencies at the 2011 APCO International Conference & Expo. The expo takes place this week at the Philadelphia Convention Center. “As the industry continues to face evolving mobile wireless habits and network advancements, it will be [...]
Joel Bagnal has spent most of his career working in the national security sector to help combat terrorism and assist companies in fighting cyber threats. Before joining L-3 Communications as senior vice president for cyber solutions, Bagnal worked as an independent consultant, helping IT companies develop strategies for cybersecurity customers for the U.S. government. Bagnal [...]
Raytheon has named Ron Stefano as new vice president of the company’s Mission Operation Services division, a role in which he will be responsible for the program’s financial performance, new business development and strategic planning. Stefano comes from Lockheed Martin, where he led the enterprise IT solutions for the company’s Information Systems and Global Solutions [...]
