To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. HOMELAND SEC INDUSTRY NEWS INDUSTRY ROSTER Lawrence Prior III was named president and CEO of ManTech International Corp. after resigning from SAIC as chief operating officer. … Link Solutions Inc. has appointed Steve Walker executive vice president for operations. … Charles Johnson joined the sales staff of Integrated Biometrics. …Global InfoTek Inc. added Chip Block as vice president of strategic development. …IndigoVision appointed Ivo Drent as senior vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. ELSAG MPH-900 license plate recognition system in nationwide use All 50 US states have deployed the Mobile Plate Hunter-900 (MPH-900), an automatic license plate recognition system by ELSAG North America, Brewster, NY, a provider of defense and security solutions. Mounted on a police cruiser or in any fixed location, the MPH-900 is a progressive infrared camera capable of scanning the license plates of passing cars in seconds, translating the digital pictures into data and then cross-referencing that information with databases for wanted drivers and relaying the information to police personnel instantaneously. ELSAG North America’s systems are currently used by nearly 600 agencies in every state. Among other applications, the MPH-900 system has been used in the conviction of murderers, in the apprehension of sex offenders’ parole violations, recouping unpaid taxes and recovering stolen vehicles. (Source:ELSAG North America) TSA, EU pick Rapiscan for scanning, border security The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has awarded a follow-on order for approximately $3 million to Rapiscan Systems Inc., a global supplier of security inspection systems, for its Rapiscan 620DV (Dual-View) Advanced Technology (AT) X-Ray scanning systems. This order brings the total amount awarded to date to approximately $40 million since Rapiscan Systems received an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) order from TSA in August 2007. This award is one of the first awards made by TSA that uses funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Overseas, the European Union (EU) has handed over the first of 12 Eagle M4500 series mobile X-ray systems for deployment at different crossing points between the Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Russia and EU countries. The deployment is part of an EU project to enhance border and customs controls in Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine to combat arms and drug smuggling, counterfeiting, revenue fraud and other cross-border criminal activities. The multiyear EU contract, which was awarded following a global competitive tender, funds the deployment of the systems, as well as training and contininuing technical support. (Source: Rapiscan Systems) New generation of water purification technology deployed by US Army The United States Army has utilized membrane water purification technology from Mechanical Equipment Company Inc. (MECO), Sugar Land, Texas, a specialist in water purification systems, to support highly mobile military operations and humanitarian missions. MECO’s Lightweight Water Purifier (LWP) is designed to be easily transported to remote locations to produce safe drinking water from almost any available raw water, including highly turbid surface water, brackish water and seawater. Additionally, the LWP is capable of purifying water contaminated with nuclear, biological and chemical warfare agents. (Source:MECO) 22 August 2009 | Homeland Security Today Magazine This month’s issue is now available online at…