http://www.ddn.com Defense Daily en-us 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:32:27 EDT The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans to issue a solicitation around Aug. 21 for Security Equipment Integration and Evaluation... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3697.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Transportation Threat Assessment & Credentialing, Hazmat Threat Assessment Program office has issued a pre-solicitation notice requesting contractor... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3698.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Engineering Service Center, Antiterrorism Services Team, is soliciting small businesses who have an interest in... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3699.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Naval Research Laboratory has a requirement to provide research and development (R&D) support for a wide range of research activities that include, but are not limited to: systems engineering and research support in... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3700.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Secure Border Initiative (SBI) Acquisition Office plans to host an... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3701.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is preparing to conduct qualification testing on mature explosive detection technologies capable of being employed by shippers and carriers for the air cargo screening environment within the nation's... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3702.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate is conducting market research related to the further development of Coherent X-Ray Scattering (CXS) or Diffraction (CXD) technology as a reliable for identifying and or... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3703.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT TSA Puts Smiths' IONSCAN 500DT on New ETD Qualified List The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has certified Smiths Detection's IONSCAN 500DT explosive trace detector (ETD) meets new standards created in December 2006, making it the first ETD unit... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3704.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Coast Guard Selects Five Firms for Financial Management Services The Coast Guard has selected AOC Solutions, BearingPoint, Inc. [BE], Grant Thornton, KForce Government Solutions and Pricewaterhouse Coopers to compete for task orders under a potential... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3705.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT iRobot [IRBT], a developer and supplier of small robotic vehicles to the military and commercial markets, has introduced a new robot to its product line aimed at providing public safety and civil security agencies with a low cost, tactical platform that can... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3706.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT American Science & Engineering [ASEI] 1Q09 1Q08 Sales $39.4M $44.5M Net Inc. $2.7M, 0.30 $6.2M, 0.66 Net income fell by more than half on the 11% decline in sales, a shift toward lower margin product mix, higher selling, general and administrative... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3707.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Accenture [ACN] says the Department of Homeland Security has notified the company that it will exercise the first option year of the US-VISIT contract. The contract was awarded in May 2004 and has a five-year base period, which runs through May 2009, and the... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3708.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT An industry consortium that has been fostering cooperation among and between millimeter wave and terahertz sensor equipment and component suppliers and government agencies in the U.S., Europe and Canada is set to release its first test protocol document that... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3709.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Moscow Reverts To Cold War Moves Just As NASA Plans To Buy Russian Soyuz Services; Cause Of Soyuz Woes Still Unknown Russia Cuts Oil Flow To Czech Republic, But Denies This Retaliates For Czech Agreement To Host Missile Defense Radar Russia... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3663.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT After months of negotiations, Poland signed an agreement allowing the United States to install ballistic missile interceptors in silos in Poland. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk disclosed the agreement in an interview on a news channel, TVN24, a deal with a... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3664.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Poll Results Come As Congress Weighs Financing For U.S. Missile Defense Programs A lopsided 87 percent of the American public supports creation of the multi-layered U.S. ballistic missile defense shield being developed by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA)... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3665.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Bush Warns Russian Military Not To Block Americans Bush Hints Russia May Be Kicked Out Of G-8 For Its Persistent Aggression In Georgia President Bush announced he is sending U.S. armed forces to Georgia with humanitarian aid for the embattled nation, and... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3666.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Russia Fires Dozens Of Missiles Into Georgia Russian Use Of Missiles Enhances Their Value In Eyes Of Rogue States And Terrorist Groups As Russia invaded the Republic of Georgia, it fired more than two dozen SS-21 ballistic short range missiles into the former... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3667.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] has launched a dozen target missiles successfully since 2005, the company announced. The company did so under a targets and countermeasures contract with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Lockheed provides unarmed targets designed... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3669.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT U.S. Air Force Launches Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile The U.S. Air Force launched a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with three unarmed multiple independent reentry vehicles on a trajectory of 4,220 nautical miles to... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3672.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT