Be prepared

Q&A | Most emergency alert opportunities will lie with the states, FEMA's Martha Rainville says.

Speaking the same language

Standards are critical for information sharing to work.

Analysts: ITT moves up the value chain with FAA win

ITT Corp. staked a claim as a major systems integrator when it captured the Federal Aviation Administration's contract for a satellite communications system.

L-1 gets orders for iris-scanning

L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. has won contracts from the Army and Navy for its portable iris and enrollment recognition devices.

FAA award makes ITT a more competitive integrator

ITT Corp. scored a major coup when it won a contract to replace the FAA's antiquated radar-based air traffic control system with a state-of-the-art satellite communications system.

Comtech unit to continue Army GPS work

<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color> Comtech Mobile Datacom won a $605.1 million contract from the Army to support a satellite-based system that tracks vehicles on the battlefield.

Wireless sets operations free

From state legislatures to ships at sea, new technologies address security and increase productivity.

Sirens call

Alarm systems alert people wherever they are.

SBInet struggles through first phase

Boeing, DHS take slow approach as they work out integration kinks.

News briefs

Army Secretary Peter Geren urged Army IT managers and industry executives to remain focused on technology efforts that deliver the right information to the right people in real time.

News briefs

Army Secretary Peter Geren urged Army IT managers and industry executives to remain focused on technology efforts that deliver the right information to the right people in real time.

ITT lands FAA air traffic control system

ITT Corp. has landed a FAA contract that could be worth more than $1 billion to build a new air traffic surveillance system.

Northrop subsidiary gets Dubai deal

Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Europe-based subsidiary, Park Air Systems, has won a contract from the Dubai Department of Civil Aviation to provide a range of integrated air traffic systems for the new Dubai World Central Airport.

Verizon, SAIC team for converged business

A new fiber-to-the-desktop solution delivered by Verizon Business and SAIC aims to enable agencies to converge voice, video and data network services.

Datapath wins Centcom satellite terminal deal

DataPath Inc. will provide field services through a contract for a network of 32 satellite earth terminals for the U.S. Central Command in Southwest Asia.

Colorado lab grabs satellite sensor deal

The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado-Boulder will build sensors for environmental satellites under a $92 million contract from NASA.

FCC accepts build-out advice

The FCC has adopted a build-out schedule recommended by public safety groups in its recent order authorizing a national wireless broadband network for first responders.

The hunt for a clear signal

Debate roils. FCC decision still leaves first responder networks with questions.

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