Companies / JVs / Partnerships

  • World's first practical jetpack commercially available for $75,000

    Kiwi company Martin Aircraft is offering the world's first commercial jetpacks; the machine is expected to revolutionize the military and be taken up by emergency services; the jetpack travels for about 30 minutes on a five-gallon tank of premium gasoline, has top speeds of 60 mph, and reaches heights of 2,400 meters (about 1.5 miles)

  • Shape of things to comeNew surveillance camera offers panoramic view, zoom-in capabilities

    Not unlike the surveillance cameras that tracked Will Smith's every move in the movie "Enemy of the State," Adaptive Imaging Technologies' "panoramic telescope" may yet revolutionize the field of surveillance: the camera can, at the same time, monitor a panoramic field of view and zoom in on any spot in real time with exceptional clarity

  • Tiny sensor "listens" to gunshots to identify source of fire and type of weapon

    The sensor, developed by a Dutch company, is smaller than the head of a match, made of two 200-nanometer-thick, 10-micrometer-wide platinum strips that are heated to 200 degrees Celsius; the sensor does not truly “listen” to sounds; rather, it senses air particles that flow past the platinum strips and cool them unevenly

  • Security professionals -- ISC West, March 23-26, 2010, Las Vegas

  • Seeing through the Earth's crust, clearlyGeospatial Corporation maps the world under the Earth's crust

    Pennsylvania-based Geospatial Corporation -- company's motto: "Mapping the underground / Managing the global infrastructure" -- offers a solution which creates detailed 3D maps of underground regions; the Pentagon has already contracted Geospatial to create 3D maps of the deep earth beneath their "critical facilities"

  • Boeing develops Phantom Eye UAV, hopes for bigger share of UAV market

    The unmanned aircraft market is currently dominated by Northrop Grumman and General Atomic; Boeing wants to change that, and it is working on the Phantom Eye -- a UAV with a 150-foot wingspan which will carry a payload of as much as 450 pounds up to 65,000 feet in altitude; the UAV will be powered by a hydrogen-fueled Ford compact truck engine

  • Passive millimeter-wave technology promoted as solving privacy, health concerns

    There are three leading technologies in whole-body scanning: backscatter X-ray, active millimeter wave, and passive millimeter wave; the first raises privacy issue; the second raises health concerns; Florida-based Brijot, a champion of passive millimeter wave, says its technology addresses both sets of concerns

  • Border Security Expo & Conference, Phoenix, Arizona – April 23 & 24, 2010

  • Homeland security incubator opens on Long Island

    The Morrelly Homeland Security Center in Bethpage, Long Island, occupies a 90,000-square foot facility which once was Grumman Plant 5; the lunar module was built there in the 1960s and 1970s

  • IBM completes acquisition of NISC

    IBM is strengthening its position in the security services market by National Interest Security Company, a privately held company headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia; (NISC), which has 1,000 employees, has expertise in systems engineering, biometrics, document and media exploitation, systems integration, software development, enterprise architecture, security, information assurance, analysis support, and critical infrastructure protection

  • Unisys withdraws protest to GAO over TSA's ITIP contact

    Unisys filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office over the awarding the TSA's Information Technology Infrastructure Program (ITIP) contract to Computer Sciences Corp; the ITIP award has been worth over $1 billion to Unisys and going forward was valued at $500 million over five years to run TSA’s information technology infrastructure; Unisys has now withdrawn the protest

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  • ISC West: Premier security event, showcase for the latest security technology

    ISC West is the premier showcase for security technology and solutions; more than 20,000 attendees, and nearly 1,000 exhibitors will meet in Las Vegas to exhibit -- and to examine -- the best and the latest in security technology

  • Axis shows innovative and affordable HDTV Network Cameras

    AXIS M32 Series and P3304 offer a flexible and easy-to-install HDTV solution; M1054 is the smallest and smartest HDTV network camera on the market; at ISC West, Axis will provide conference attendees with product demonstrations and information, as well as insight into the latest video surveillance technologies

  • DSC continues to innovate in security monitoring, Internet security communications, and wireless security products

    DSC is a big player in electronic security, manufacturing control panels and IP alarm monitoring products; the Toronto-based company has manufacturing facilities in Canada and Italy, and its products are sold in 140 countries

  • Next Level believes in the integration of traditionally separate subsystems into a single appliance

    Next Level, founded by industry veteran Peter Jankowski, believes that the integration of traditionally separate subsystems into a single appliance can bring significant value to the entire market; the company's flagship product, the NLSS Gateway, integrates traditionally separate subsystems into a completely unified networked solution from the ground up

  • Samsung, GVI Security to in collaboration which will lead to one product line

    Samsung, a manufacturer of video security products offering IP, thermal, and analog cameras, network and digital video recorders, establishes a strategic partnership with GVI Security, a provider of video security solutions to the homeland security, institutional, and commercial markets, to provide optimal security solutions to customers in North and Latin America

  • iBio to license vaccine production facility using green plant technology

    iBio will license the iBioLaunch platform to G-Con, LLC, a private Texas company; the “GreenVax Project” uses Nicotiana plants grown hydroponically; the green plant technology platform holds the promise of shortening vaccine production from months to weeks

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  • TrendGlobal UAV sales boom, but South Africa's UAV sector flounders

    South Africa was among the world's leaders in designing and manufacturing UAVs; UAVs are the most dynamic segment growth sector in the global aerospace industry; South Africa could have benefited from the growing interest in UAVs, lack of investment in R&D and in finished products may cause South Africa to abdicate the UAV lead it once held

  • Spyware big seller in China

    The Chinese government no longer has a monopoly over domestic spying; sales of James Bond-like hidden surveillance tools such as cameras disguised as pens or buttons to companies and individuals soar

  • India's private security companies flourish

    As a result of the Mumbai attacks, the Indian private security industry has been growing by leaps and bounds; already the country's private security force numbers 5 million, 1.3 million more than India's police forces

  • The 25 most dangerous places for offshore outsourcing

    Are you thinking about outsourcing your company's back-room work to companies in Bogota, Bangkok, or Johannesburg? Think again; here is a list of the 25 worst outsourcing cities

  • Calm amid the stormNorthrop Grumman is attractive

    Northrop Grumman is in a good position, as they really only need to perform as "average" to deserve a higher stock price appreciation; as the worst performing of the "big" defense contractors in 2008, it should be the year for a turnaround at Northrop

  • Trend: Private security companies grow Growing crime in Central America boon to private security companies

    A combination of a dramatic increase in crime -- from drug-related murders to kidnapping for ransom -- and a growing perception that government agencies cannot or would not do much about it, have led to a boom for private security companies in Central and Latin America

  • DHS to use TeraView's terahertz technology in chemical detection

    Goodrich chose U.K. terahertz technology specialist TeraView for developing a DHS-sponsored chemical detection system for government and public buildings, and on the battlefield