Rapiscan Systems, a leader in advanced security screening solutions has been awarded a $1.6 million contract to provide an Eagle transmission X-ray cargo and vehicle inspection systems to an Eastern European customs agency.
Rapiscan Systems’ Eagle A1000 large pallet cargo screening system has been added to the US Transportation Security Administration's Air Cargo Screening Qualified Technology List. Developed for screening large air cargo containers and pallets, the system employs the Company's proprietary transmission high energy X-ray technology to detect threats in even densely packed containers, thereby reducing the need to break down the container or pallet being inspected. The system is designed to accommodate large pallets that are difficult to inspect using traditional screening technologies.
On Monday, August 16, 2010, the U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, Harry K. Thomas, Jr., on behalf of the US Government presented four police patrol boats to the Philippine National Police Maritime Group Special Boat Unit (SBU) headquartered in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Vigilance learnt that the funding from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) helped establish and train the unit and that it was a gesture meant to reflect the U.S’ partnership with the Philippines' law enforcement agencies in efforts to protect citizens of both countries against cross-border criminal threats.
Recent reports about the global property market, especially the UK property market are mixed under the current recession, but mighty MITIE, the strategic outsourcing company, is not moved in any least way as it recently braved the murky waters of the property market with its entry into the Property Insurance Claims market, with the launch of MITIE Property Solutions.
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