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DHS Awards Small Video Analytics Contract To Help With Checkpoint Self-Screening

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, March 5th, 2021

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DHS Awards Small Video Analytics Contract To Help With Checkpoint Self-Screening

Lauretta AI's behavior recognition technology is also used in security applications. Photo: Lauretta AI

The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate in the past month has awarded small contracts to two high-technology start-ups that have developed video analytics software for commercial applications with the goal to apply the technology to potential passenger self-screening systems at airport checkpoints. The awards to Lauretta AI and Deep North are for just under $200,000 each and were made through S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP), which taps into commercial research and development companies that have…

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