Dubai International Airport Chooses CEM Systems
CEM Systems, part of Tyco Security Products, has announced they have been awarded the contract to secure the new Concourse 3 at Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport. The industry-renowned CEM AC2000 security management system will be installed to ensure the highest level of security. The order was received from CEM business partner in UAE - Tyco Fire & Security UAE LLC.
Concourse 3, which will take a similar shape to Concourse
2, is predicted to handle 15 million passengers annually. It is being constructed to accommodate 20 aircraft stands, of which 18 will be exclusively for use by the Airbus A380-800, and the remaining two for the Boeing 777.
Garda Acquires Aeroguard
Garda Security Group has announced the acquisition of all the operations of Aeroguard, a pre-board screening services provider. Aeroguard was selected last August by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) to provide screening services for the Prairies Region, including its three largest airports: Calgary International Airport, Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport and Edmonton International Airport. The five-year agreement awarded to Aeroguard for the Prairies Region, effective from 1 November 2011 is valued in excess of $421 million in revenues with an option to extend for up to an additional five years, bringing the contract to 2022 with a potential value of $842 million in revenues. More than 1,200 security screening officers will be employed under this contract. Combined with CATSA's previously announced award of the Central Region contract, valued at $650 million in revenues to Garda, on 8 August 2011, the company will now be responsible for pre-board screening services in both the Central and Prairies regions, totalling $1.07 billion in revenues over five years, with the possibility of a five-year extension, and the employment of 3,300 professionals.
Los Angeles Selects Unisys for ID Card Reader System
The Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), which oversees airport operations for the city of Los Angeles, has awarded a contract modification to Unisys to upgrade its access control and alarm monitoring system, used to identify the 45,000 airport employees, contractors, police and others who work at the organisation’s three airports.
The work is an early step in LAWA’s plan to move to a biometrics-based identification system in which workers at the airports will be identified based on personal attributes such as fingerprints. LAWA awarded a contract to Unisys to operate and maintain the access control and alarm monitoring system in 2009.
Under the modification, potentially worth an estimated $10.3 million over one year, Unisys will provide services such as site assessments, engineering, installation and training on the system’s new features. Unisys will also upgrade LAWA’s network infrastructure to provide greater levels of reliability and security. With the new modification, Unisys will
replace the airports’ existing magnetic stripe card readers with a contactless system that will make it more difficult for non-authorised individuals to access secure areas.
Rapiscan Receives $3 Million Orders for Cargo and Vehicle Inspection
Rapiscan Systems, Inc has announced that the company has received orders for approximately $3 million from Asian customers to provide multiple units of its Eagle® series of X-ray cargo and vehicle inspection systems. Eagle cargo and vehicle inspection systems use proprietary transmission X-ray technology that, unlike other inspection technologies, is able to penetrate well beyond the surface of a container or vehicle to provide comprehensive detection of threats.
CEIA Cargo Screening Series Added to TSA Qualified List
CEIA has announced that the EMIS Series of Cargo Screening Systems have been placed on the TSA’s Air Cargo Qualified Technologies List (QTL). The EMIS series (EMIS 6047, EMIS 8075, EMIS 110160 and EMIS 130160) is designed for automatic detection of detonators, initiator devices and metal weapons inside non-metallic cargo such as paper, newspaper, perishable goods such as produce, fish and meat (fresh or frozen) and organic material in
general. The advanced electromagnetic technology minimises interaction with the goods themselves and does not depend on visual interpretation of an image by an operator. In today’s air cargo screening environments, speed and accuracy are key factors. The EMIS series offers a simple and highly effective way to screen packages or entire pallets with a fast analysis of up to 3,000 packs per hour for on-line installations.
XAVER™ 100 Launched by Camero
Camero has launched the Xaver™ 100. The Xaver™ 100 stems from the core radar-based imaging technology used in the Xaver™ line of through wall imaging products. The X100 uses micro-power, Ultra Wide Band (UWB), pulsed radar to penetrate standard building materials and alert the user to the presence of life on the other side of the wall. Developed with the specific needs of tactical operators in mind, the Xaver™ 100 provides instant critical situational awareness and target acquisition data.
The device operates on AA batteries, providing the operator with over two-hours of continuous operation. In a transportation security environment, the Xaver™ 100 may be used to help screen cargo containers for stowaways, aircraft for the presence of hijackers in certain locations before tactical entries and vehicles for sterile zone entry attempts.
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