Fact Sheet: Hermes 450 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) |
The success of the Arizona Border Control Initiative (ABC) is contingent on impairing and stopping the smuggling organizations that transport human cargo across the border. To assist state, local and federal elements in their efforts, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has begun using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). |
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Department of Homeland Security Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Operating in Arizona to Support Border Security |
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announces the first sustained civilian use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to curb illegal activities along Arizona’s southern border. Two Hermes 450 UAVs will be used as part of the Arizona Border Control (ABC) Initiative to assist with border surveillance activities and augments manned aircraft, helicopters and ground sensors already in place. |
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Remarks by Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security James Loy at the German Marshall Fund |
International terrorism has become “the new totalitarian threat.” And unlike the past, we now face an enemy with no flag, no borders, no president, nothing but deeply held hatred and a desire to see our countries – and our citizens – harmed. |
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Announces Hellenic Republic Joins Container Security Initiative |
U.S. Deputy Secretary James Loy of the Department of Homeland Security, and Vassilios Manolopoulos, Director General of the Greek Directorate General of Customs and Excise announced today that the Hellenic Republic has joined the Container Security Initiative (CSI). |
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Homeland Security Information Network - Critical Infrastructure |
The Homeland Security Information Network initiative has been expanded to include critical infrastructure owners and operators and the private sector in the cities of Dallas, Seattle, Indianapolis and Atlanta. |
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Department of Homeland Security Delivers Guidance for Screening Partnership Program - Plan Available for Airports Considering Private Security Screeners |
Asa Hutchinson, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security, today released the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) “Guidance on the Screening Partnership Program” (SPP). |
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Homeland Security Launches Critical Infrastructure Pilot Program to Bolster Private Sector Security - Dallas First of Four Pilot Communities Sharing Targeted Threat Information |
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security in partnership with local private sector and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today launched the first Homeland Security Information Network-Critical Infrastructure (HSIN-CI) Pilot Program in Dallas, Texas with locally operated pilot programs in Seattle, Indianapolis and Atlanta to follow. |
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Secretary Tom Ridge Announces New Nationwide Port Security Improvements |
New security measures are being implemented across the United States providing for safer ports in America, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced today. With the implementation of these international standards, in advance of the July 1st deadline, the U.S. is better able to harden the port’s physical infrastructure, verify the security of individual vessels before they approach a U.S. port, and better restrict access to the port area. |
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Department of Homeland Security Announces First Designations and Certifications Under the Safety Act |
The Department of Homeland Security announced today the issuance of Designations and Certifications for four anti-terrorism technologies under the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 (the SAFETY Act). |
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Fact Sheet: Safety Act - Partnering With American Entrepreneurs in Developing New Technologies to Protect the Homeland |
On October 10, 2003, Secretary Tom Ridge signed the Interim Rule of the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies (SAFETY) Act of 2002 to begin the implementation of the program. |
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