Coast Guard Awards Teledyne $49M for Long-Range Imaging Systems
Teledyne FLIR Defense has won a $48.7 million contract to provide Maritime Forward Looking Infrared II sensors and multiple variants of its SeaFLIR 280-HD electro-optical/infrared surveillance systems for the Coast Guard. The systems will be sued on new Coast Guard cutters and as sensor upgrades for existing cutters with legacy technology. Work is expected to be completed by March 2027. The SeaFLIR 280-HD can determine and disseminate target location coordinates, or slew other systems to objects identified by its imagers. Teledyne FLIR Defense is part of Teledyne Technologies
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TSA Lining Up Security Equipment Support Awards
The Transportation Security Administration plans to award a non-competitive indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to four manufacturers of security equipment, Leidos [LDOS), OSI Systems’ [OSIS] Rapiscan Systems division, Rohde & Schwarz, and Smiths Detection. The contract will cover technical and engineering support for the various checkpoint and checked baggage screening technologies the four companies have deployed to U.S. airports. TSA says the services will ensure its fleet of security equipment remains fully operational, capable of meeting evolving requirements, and able to ensure security effectiveness in airports. The value of the pending ID/IQ award was not published.
DHS S&T Awards Cignal Phase 3 Funding for Screening at Speed Effort
Cignal LLC has received a $500,000 contract from the Department of Homeland Security to test and validate the accuracy, utility and realism of volumetric, synthetic X-Ray computed tomography data that are generated within its platform, such as weapons, stream-of-commerce objects, and prohibited items. The Phase 3 award was made by the DHS Science and Technology Directorate’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program. Cignal will also conduct research and development into on-person screening (OPS) systems to identify a pathway for integrating millimeter wave transmission and simulation into the company’s patent-pending compute and rendering engine. “We’ve developed the Cignal Engine to help the industry develop, train, and test advanced AI systems that improve detection while maintaining efficiency and speed at the checkpoint,” says Eric Fiterman, Cignal’s chief technology officer. “We’re pleased to continue our work with DHS S&T in our Phase 3 project, which allows us to build on our successes with checkpoint CT and apply them to OPS systems. “This will provide comprehensive data services for additional checkpoint screening systems and more advanced detection models.”
SynergisT JV Nabs Cybersecurity Support Contract for FLETC
SynergisT JV, LLC, a mentor-protégé joint venture between The Informatics Applications Group (TIAG) and Saliense, received a new five-year cybersecurity support services contract supporting the Department of Homeland Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC). The new prime contract is the fifth for the JV supporting the federal government in the cybersecurity space. SynergisT JV will provide direct support to the FLETC chief information security officer and the cybersecurity division by working with the CISO to help improve the cybersecurity program’s effectiveness, efficiency, and ensure alignment with National Institute of Standards and Technology guidance and federal policy.
FEMA Plans to Award Lexis Nexis $15M Increase to Contract Ceiling
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is proposing to increase by $15 million the ceiling value of an existing contract with Lexis Nexus for identity verification and authentication services. The current ceiling of the indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract is $15.25 million. FEMA says the increase is urgently needed to continue to provide the services in support of disaster survivors of Hurricane Fiona and Hurricane Ian. The identity verification and authentication operations support includes processing of all verification and authentication of identity, occupancy, ownership, insurance, vehicle and demographic information for individuals registering for FEMA disaster assistance or family reunification purposes where a disaster has occurred.