Security Industry

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Organizers for the biannual Force Protection Equipment Demonstration conference held in Virginia have opened online registration availability.

TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Israeli security solutions provider Mer Group has contracted Radwin to support security operations around the City of David landmark in Jerusalem.

HONG KONG, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Ghana traditionally has been a client country of Western weapons manufacturers. It does have some Russian equipment in service, however. The People's Republic of China is now promoting its latest gun-launched laser-guided projectiles on the African continent.

ANDOVER, Mass., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. Homeland Security Department has contracted Dynamics Research Corp. to support the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has contracted Parsons to support master planning services at U.S. military installations.

MOUSTACHE ISLAND, Iraq, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- On Moustache Island, on the Tigris River, close to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, American soldiers slowly worked their way through the groves and orchards, map grid by map grid, pulling apart piles of fallen branches and palm fronds, digging through dung piles used for fertilizer and checking large holes or mounds of dirt in a recent operation.

ADELAIDE, Australia, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- After completing approval requirements, BAE Systems has officially acquired Australia-based defense supplies management company Tenix Toll Defense Logistics.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Russia is testing a new missile for its formidable S-400 Triumf air defense system that, if it performs according to its claimed specifications, is the most formidable long-range anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense system in the world.

ESPOO, Finland, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Check Point Software Technologies has acquired Finland-based Nokia's mission critical security appliance business.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Kansas-based Digital Ally Inc. announced the launch of a new surveillance technology for police motorcycle fleets.

MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has contracted Science Applications International Corp. for a delivery of the company's mobile threat inspection technology.

LONDON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The British Ministry of Defense has contracted Rolls-Royce Defense Aerospace to supply engine technologies for the British fleet of Sea King helicopters.

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force has contracted a Lockheed Martin-led team to support situational awareness capabilities to protect U.S. space operations.

ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Like civilian users, the U.S. armed forces have eagerly embraced the promise of Internet Protocol communications, identifying myriad ways in which the new technology might enhance the survivability and effectiveness of war fighters.

MOUSTACHE ISLAND, Iraq, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Moustache Island, named for its shape, is located in a bend in the Tigris River northeast of Baghdad. It's just over half a mile long and more than 1,200 feet at its widest.