To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. LAND SECURITY INDUSTRY NEWS First order placed for Z Gantry cargo and vehicle screening system The US Department of Defense has ordered Z Gantry multi-view Z backscatter cargo and vehicle screening systems from American Science and Engineering Inc., Billerica,Mass., a worldwide supplier of detection solutions. This is the first order for the new system. The Z Gantry’s bi-directional scanning platform operates in a gantry configuration by moving on rails past stationary vehicles and cargo to produce Z backscatter images from three sides — for left, right, and top-down screening. The system is designed to inspect cargo and vehicles for stowaways, explosives, and other contraband. (Source: American Science and Engineering Inc.) COURTESY AS&E Seattle Police use Azalea video network The Seattle,Wash.,police department successfully deployed a wireless mesh network from Azalea Networks, Milpitas, Calif., to establish a flexible video surveillance operation during the annual Mardi Gras celebration in the historic downtown neighborhood known as Pioneer Square. Facing the need to see and control potentially dangerous situations as they developed during the event, the Seattle Police Department sought a level of video throughput over multiple hops within the network. Semaphore Corp.,Seattle,Wash., managed the network’s installation. Azalea’s wireless network connects a series of cameras that provide streaming video over a 12-square-block area. Deployed in days, the wireless network provides speeds of up to 30 Mbps for backhaul of video to Seattle police headquarters, where the video is recorded, then sends that streaming video over the 4.9 GHz licensed public safety spectrum to a mobile police command center, where each camera view is monitored and controlled. (Source:Azalea) PHOTO: FEMA Sprint works to harden Florida networks Sprint Nextel, Overland Park, Kans., a wireless and wireline communications services provider, has invested approximately $50 million to harden Florida’s public safety networks for the 2009 hurricane season in an effort to provide critical communications to its customers before, during and after any storms. In 2008, Sprint’s network expansion and enhancements in Florida included network investments of approximately $27 million in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties, $11 million in Tampa Bay, $9 million in Jacksonville, and more than $2 million in the Florida Panhandle. The company added more than 20 new cell sites and installed permanent generators at approximately 90 cell sites throughout the state to its Nationwide Sprint Network and Nextel National Network. (Source:Sprint) This month’s issue is now available online at… 24 June 2009 | www.HSToday.us