It will supply <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />SydneyInternationalAirport with fifteen (15) fully integrated HI-SCAN 10080 EDtS checked baggage X-ray inspection systems. This new equipment is to be deployed as part of a large scale upgrade to the airport’s security system. Delivery will start this month, with project completion scheduled by late October 2005.

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Smiths Detection will supply Perth and CairnsInternationalAirports with trace detection equipment and Smiths Heimann X-ray inspection systems. In addition, PerthAirport has appointed Smiths Detection as its Preferred Equipment Supplier and ordered a number of Smiths Heimann 10080 EDtS automated X-ray inspection systems to upgrade its international baggage handling system.

As well as HI-SCAN 10080 EDtS equipment, CairnsAirport has also purchased HI-SCAN 10080 EDS systems for hold baggage screening and HI-SCAN 6040i systems for carry-on baggage, plus several Ionscan 400B explosive trace detection systems. This equipment is to be deployed as part of a large-scale upgrade to CairnsAirport’s entire security measures.

SydneyInternationalAirport has purchased the new screening equipment as part of a complete overhaul of its existing checked baggage screening systems. All of the EDtS systems provided under this contract, along with the airport’s existing Smiths Detection passenger screening X-ray systems are to be networked through a centralised management system, known as the Heimann Management Console (HMC).

This HMC will allow airport security management staff to configure and administer all of their security equipment from a single location, providing significant improvements in staff efficiency and effectiveness.

Hans Linkenbach, President of Smiths Detection International, commented: “In selecting Smiths Detection’s EDtS X-ray system for baggage screening applications, SydneyInternationalAirport now has one of the most complete and integrated security screening solutions anywhere around the world. Smiths Detection is excited about this project and looks forward to partnering with

SydneyInternationalAirport to create this major screening capability.”

Australia’s PerthInternationalAirport has purchased the new EDtS technology to enhance significantly its scrutiny of hold baggage intended for destinations abroad, and to meet the Australian Government’s requirement for local airports to implement the highest levels of aviation security possible.

Richard Gates, general manager of PerthAirport said, “The selection of the Smiths Detection HI-SCAN EDtS technology further demonstrates PerthAirport’s commitment to providing safe and secure airport operations. From early 2005, international departing baggage will be security screened using state-of-the-art equipment, offering a sophisticated, fast and efficient service.”

CairnsInternationalAirport has selected the new Smiths Detection screening equipment as part of a complete refurbishment of its existing passenger and hold baggage screening systems. This new baggage screening equipment is also going to be networked through an HMC, so CairnsAirport security staff will be able to configure and administer their new security systems from one location.

In selecting the full complement of Smiths Detection X-ray and trace products for both baggage and passenger screening applications, CairnsInternationalAirport will have one of the most complete and integrated security operations implemented to date.

The technology:

The HI-SCAN 10080 EDtS is a fully integrated, high speed stationary tomography cabinet baggage X-ray inspection system that provides the highest level of detection capability for explosive materials and potential threat items, with the lowest rate of false alarms. The system is ideally suited for integration into the baggage handling systems of large airports, or for standalone applications in small airports. The multiple images generated by the EDtS provide superior X-ray images to operators, allowing a significantly increased capability to detect threat items and dangerous goods.

Designed as a hybrid security solution, the DV-IP Server continually stores evidential-quality images on each local machine to ensure every detail of every incident is captured clearly. Simultaneously, the BS-8418 compliant system is able to stream MPEG-4 video, allowing efficient transmission over the ISDN and broadband connections used by remote monitoring stations.

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John Goy, senior product manager for DV-IP at DM explained: “Many IT managers are nervous about introducing video components onto their organisation’s computer network for fear of clogging up the system with heavyweight CCTV images.

The new DV-IP Server addresses these concerns in two ways. Firstly, by using MPEG-4, a compression technique designed specifically for low bandwidth environments, the required transmission capacity is kept to a minimum.

Secondly, since the server records all the data locally, CCTV images are only put on the network when requested by a viewing station. This is in direct contrast to pure IP camera-based architectures, where each camera continually floods the network with CCTV video for recording elsewhere.”

The DV-IP Server offers up to 100 pps record rate for high speed image recording and features tamper-proof alarm-handling capabilities in compliance with BS-8418, critical for central monitoring station applications.

DM also has new DV-IP viewing technology. The new multi-site DV-IP Viewer enables multiple cameras from multiple DVRs to be viewed within the same PC application, particularly important when accessing data across a large campus, town centre or international environment.

Dedicated Micros also has a new 5-channel DV-IP Decoder. Fully compatible with all DV-IP Servers, a single Decoder allows digital video from to be displayed on up to five standard composite monitors. These flexible solutions provide a cost-effective mix of traditional CCTV monitors and networked PC viewing across the installation.

“In the past, we were viewing our solution as buildings. Today, we are expanding that and looking more at an overall environment than a building,” Calegari, told SSN. “We are redefining SBT’s mission altogether.”

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Calegari told SSN Siemens plans to make aggressive moves in some vertical markets, especially in supplying security systems for hospitals and higher education customers. The company will also focus on IT/physical security integration.

“It is a necessity to migrate physical and electronic/IT security and come to not an overlap, but a better utilization of what these separate forms of security have done and come up with a better security plan,” Calegari says.

“We’re much more unified in the field and consistent in approaches and methodology and more aggressive in customer satisfaction (now),” says Calegari.

The new system records and plays back up to 520 TV lines of camera resolution. It comes with a standard removable HDD and can hold up to 540GB in its HD tray.

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Recording is at 50 images per second and there’s pre and post alarm recording. The unit has a compact size – 210mm width. Other features include 27 different recording speeds and 5 levels of picture resolution.

There are 3 different storage areas on HDD. You get normal recording, alarm recording and archive recording.

A built in video sensor makes it easy for motion detection search, while hot stamp images to Compact Flash card in seconds. An optional communication board (sold separately) provides for LAN/RS485 & RS232C connectivity, while an easy multiplexer connectivity with most brands.

Police told the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />New York Sun that the new FreedomTower is being built too close to the street so there’s no room to build a buffer zone around the building.

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A board member of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation which looks after the site reports that police say the 8m distance been the building’s walls and the street is half as much as they’d like – they want 16m.

The fear is that close proximity will make the new building vulnerable to the sort of truck bomb that obliterated the federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995.

One solution mooted could see a move of the street to create a larger buffer zone.

“Pyramid Vision’s award winning technologies are the direct result of our access to the world-class vision labs of Sarnoff Corporation,” said Pyramid Vision President & COO Craig Chambers. “This relationship enables Pyramid Vision to stay in the forefront of delivering advanced tools for facility protection to our customers in the most challenging physical security environments.”

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Pyramid Vision was one of just two firms cited for innovation in facilities security. According to the Wall Street Journal’s press release, an independent panel of judges chose 40 companies from among 585 applicants in more than 24 countries. The selection criteria included:

—  Innovations that go well beyond what already exists and do not

        simply represent incremental improvements.

    —  Innovations that address major challenges for which new

        solutions would have a wide-ranging impact in a particular

        industry.

    —  Applications that were supported by rigorous data         rather than unsubstantiated claims of potential.

“We are honored to be recognized by the Wall Street Journal for our work in video surveillance technologies,” said Dr. Peter Burt, Pyramid Vision Chief Scientist and director of Sarnoff’s computer vision laboratory.

“These innovations translate directly into products that are making a difference for our armed forces and civilian security operators as well.”

The Video Flashlight/VisionAlert system provides advanced threat detection in a three-dimensional visualization interface that changes the way security forces view the world. The core innovation is the ability to “warp and stitch” video streams into 3D space, and analyze and display them in real time.

It permits a single view to contain multiple video streams, all in their correct locations, with the freedom to see the images from any arbitrary point in space. Now security forces are able to intuitively grasp spatial relationships–the previously missing “context” that is critical to understanding the nature of the threat and directing the response.

Video Flashlight(TM) combines multiple video feeds to create a unified, 3-dimensional view of a facility in real time. It enables action-centric navigation, independent of specific camera controls.

VisionAlert(TM) is the only commercially available video analytics product to offer “motion-on-motion” detection capabilities for both fixed and pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) cameras.

By electronically stabilizing video images and subtracting background motion, VisionAlert transforms video cameras into intelligent security sensors that spot perimeter breaches and abandoned or loitering objects, and track moving targets – even in low light or bad weather conditions.

About Pyramid Vision

Founded in 1997 as a subsidiary of the Sarnoff Corporation, Pyramid Vision ( www.pyramidvision.com ) develops and manufactures applications that enhance the ability of security operators, public safety authorities and military forces to understand and respond to physical security threats. Under an exclusive licensing arrangement with Sarnoff, Pyramid Vision’s security products are based on a wide portfolio of patents that are fundamental to intelligent video surveillance.

Albert L. Wright, vice president of engineering for UPS, says the parcel service plans to provide RFID systems and services to customers, will participate in RFID standards bodies, be an internal user of the technology and invest in RFID systems. UPS has invested in Impinj Inc. and Savi Technology, two RFID companies.

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“To say today that RFID is going to be an end-all solution to transform the logistics supply chain I think is a little premature,” says Wright. “The value proposition for RFID has to be done by each industry, and each user, to determine if there is a return on invested capital.”