Israeli-Owned Company Wins U.S. Border Contract
A contract for towers carrying high-tech sensors to detect movement along the southwest U.S border with Mexico border went to Texas-based EFW, a U.S...
Introduction to Border Security
By Boaz Zalmanowicz
Securing borders against illegal infiltration is one of the most important issues today's security industry is dealing with. The U.S., for...
Biometric Exit Test Facility to Start Operation This Spring
A mock airport facility where U.S Customs and Border Protection plans to test devices to record biometric data from travelers exiting the country is...
Report: Automated Border Control Market Soaring
Acuity Market Intelligence reports that the rapidly evolving Automated Border Control (ABC) eGate and kiosk market will generate more than $1.2 billion dollars in...
New Security Scanners for Canada’s Border Service
Smiths Detection has won a follow-on order for over $8 million to supply mobile X-ray cargo screening systems to the Canada Border Services Agency...
iHLS TV: Chemical Terror Attacks – A Security Nightmare
Interview with Shahar Belkin, CTO of FST 21, on the concept of "convenient security", security systems that don't interfere with daily life. The full interview...
Man vs. Machine: Border Patrol Robots Hunting Smugglers
Israel may look at some systems currently being used by the U.S. Border Patrol for fighting drug-smuggling tunnels.
The U.S. Border Patrol unveiled one of...
New Israeli Security Tech Reads Your Mind
9/11 was the catalyst for many HLS technologies. Shabtai Shoval, founder of SDS (Suspect Detection Systems), following the terror attack, asked himself whether the...
UAVs Aid U.S. Border Agencies
Monitoring and policing 7,000 miles of border shared by the United States and its northern and southern neighbors has always been a tall order...
Visiting the U.S.? Forget About Your Privacy
A federal court upheld a Homeland Security Department policy that allows authorities at border checkpoints to search laptops and other electronic devices belonging to...
Fast Draw: Weak Israeli Response to Lebanese Border Incident
How convenient. Israel accepted the Lebanese version, according to which Shlomi Cohen, a 31 year-old IDF NCO from Afula, was killed by a Lebanese...
Libya’s New Border Monitoring Satellite Program
Libya will build a satellite surveillance system with Italian expertise to help secure its borders in order to stem the flow of Islamist militants...
New Thermal Imaging Cameras for U.S. Border Patrol
The U.S customs and borders (CBP) has awarded a contract worth more than $67,000 to General Dynamics Global Imaging Technologies, Inc. to supply its...
AUS&R Preview: The Magal Roboguard
Magal will present its Roboguard robotic solution in the upcoming AUS&R 2013 exhibition. The Roboguard replaces humans in securing border fences. It uses a...
Drug-Smuggling Super Tunnel Beneath U.S.-Mexico border
Law enforcement officials in San Diego recently discovered a “super tunnel” used to smuggle drugs from Tijuana, Mexico to an industrial park in San...
Aerostat Systems Aid U.S. DHS Border Patrols
TCOM, the supplier of airborne persistent surveillance solutions, is supporting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to improve U.S. Border Patrol operations in the...
Israeli Company Plasan Opens New HLS Division
Plasan, Israeli developer of protective systems for vehicles, established a new division – the Security Division for HLS. The new division will offer integration...
U.S. Homeland Security to Operate Air Force Border Blimps
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will take over control of the fleet of aerostat radar systems along the U.S.-Mexico border. Until now...
New, Advanced Border Protection Technology for the IDF
After 7 years of development and extensive testing, the IDF officially declared Magna system as a lead technology for border protection and critical cross-point...
India Will Use New Mini-Drones to Guard its Borders
Stepping up surveillance along the tense border of China and Pakistan, the Indian Army is equipping its troops with hand-held drones. It has floated...
Analysts: DHS Budget Shows Government Doing More With Less
The 2014 funding request from the U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shows a number of program cuts. Emphasizing the Secretary of Homeland Security's...
Critics say California threatens homeland security
The approval achieved last week in both houses of the California Legislature, granting driver’s licenses to illegal aliens, poses a serious threat to the...
Latest
New Zero-Data Technology Brings Military-Grade Security to Mobile Communications
Mobile communications have become essential for modern military organizations, but they also create a security challenge. Smartphones and tablets offer flexibility and rapid access...
