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Lockheed Martin and Elbit Systems have partnered to compete for a contract to update the U.K. army’s fleet of Challenger 2 tanks. The U.K. subsidiaries of Lockheed and Elbit Systems will submit a bid to the U.K. defense ministry to extend the British army’s main battle tanks through 2035 under the Life Extension Project, Lockheed […] More
The Clayton County Police Department in Georgia will use 200 Utility-developed body cameras with automatic recording and redaction functions in support of efforts to protect citizen and police officer privacy. Utility said Thursday the BodyWorn technology features policy-based auto-recording triggers, automatic redaction software, instant video playback and a real-time offloading function that sends videos to an Amazon Web Services cloud server. Michael […] More
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has asked government agencies and industry to provide information on the current and future cybersecurity challenges and trends as well as novel approaches to address such challenges. NIST said in a Federal Register notice posted Wednesday the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity will use the responses from the request for […] More
New Jersey-based public safety consulting firm Rodgers Group has launched a business group in response to a growing demand for visual-based emergency management plans. The company said Tuesday its Critical Response Group aims to help clients transform text-based emergency action plans into collaborative response graphics with BAE Systems‘ Geospatial eXploitation platform. Rodgers Group President Frank Rodgers said he believes […] More
Motorola Solutions will demonstrate a virtual command center proof of concept Monday and Tuesday at the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The company said Wednesday its virtual public safety command center will showcase  Eyefluence‘s eye-interaction technology — a venture capital investment of Motorola Solutions. Motorola Solutions will also launch its APX 8500 P25 all-band […] More
The American Council for Technology – Industry Advisory Council has appointed Judith Douglas, a client industry executive at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, as vice chair of the council’s Institute for Innovation Advisory Board. The institute seeks to utilize thought leadership in information technology to support government missions, as well as oversee projects designed to address issues through government and […] More
The Department of Homeland Security plans to provide $40 million in funds to an institution that will lead a new center of excellence for homeland security quantitative analysis. DHS said Monday the funds will cover 10 years of CoE operations under a cooperative agreement with the lead institution. The department added it also seeks potential partners from academia, industry, federally funded research […] More
SimplyHome has received a $200,000 grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop a technology platform for voice commands to control assistive technology under the Specially Adapted Housing Assistive Technology program. The company said Tuesday the platform will work to enable physically disabled veterans and service members to use voice commands to trigger pre-customized actions on the technologies installed […] More
Smiths Detection has secured $24.8 million in contracts from Egyptian security company Falcon Group to provide advanced detection systems for installation at airports across Egypt. Smiths Detection said Wednesday it will provide HI-SCAN 6040aTiX, HI-SCAN 6040-2is HR, HI-SCAN 100100T-2is, HI-SCAN 145180-2is and IONSCAN 600 platforms for Egyptian airport security personnel to detect explosives at passenger checkpoints. The contract also covers the provision of CIP-300 and […] More
The Justice Department has exercised the first option under a previously awarded five-year, $65 million task order to Hill Associates Corporation for information technology management and technical support services to DOJ’s Office of the Chief Information Officer. Hill Associates said Tuesday it will continue to help the department manage wide area network, voice modernization and network infrastructure projects. The company […] More
Force Protection Video Equipment has secured an order from the U.S. Forest Service for LE50 high-definition body camera kits built on Ambarella chip sets. Force Protection Video said Tuesday LE50 is designed to provide 10 hours of 1080-pixel record time or 12 hours of 720p recording, as well as 50 hours of standby time with 32 gigabytes of internal storage. The camera kits […] More
Jacobs Engineering Group has been selected to evaluate requirements for a U.K. defense ministry contract related to a land equipment project in the country. Jacobs said Wednesday it will support the service provision and transformation contract for the ministry’s strategic support supplier project that aims to make training and operations equipment available to the British navy, army […] More
