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Vigilo Solutions' Spotlight app alerts retail stores and people against terrorist attacks

The app is free to all users, and stores can send alerts that will be sent to every user on the network The terrorist attack on the Houses of Parliament last Wednesday has left many in shock. The mood since has been one of sympathy for the families, and praise for the police, with the Prime Minister describing PC Keith Palmer as “every inch a hero.” The current threat level remains one step below critical, and police presence is heightened throughout the UK. Spotl...

HENSOLDT airport surveillance radars to be installed at six military airfields in Canada

The ASR is combined with the MSSR 2000 I secondary radar for automatic identification of aircraft HENSOLDT, the new Sensor House, is to equip six military airfields in Canada with the most powerful new generation airport surveillance radar (ASR) available currently. The programme consists of seven radar systems, including one training system, which are scheduled to be handed over in 2017. The company has successfully passed the fourth Site Acceptance Test of its radar. Milita...

HENSOLDT launched post completion of transaction between Airbus Group SE and KKR investment firm

HENSOLDT will provide leading edge technology solutions to armed forces and security agencies Following the closing of the transaction between Airbus Group SE and KKR, an investment firm, a new European defence company headquartered in Germany, HENSOLDT, has been launched. The new company employs 4000 highly qualified staff, about 3400 in Germany and 600 in South Africa. The main industrial sites are Taufkirchen/Munich, Ulm, Friedrichshafen, and Oberkochen in Germany and Pret...

OmniVision teams up with Texas Instruments to create reference design for battery-operated smart home security cameras

The OV9712 CameraChip image sensor is built on OmniVision’s OmniPixel3-HS high-sensitivity pixel technology OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, in collaboration with Texas Instruments Inc. (TI), a semiconductor design and manufacturing company, announced a new reference design for low-power, battery-operated, instant-on smart home security cameras. OmniVision OV788 video processor This design pairs OmniVision’s OV788...

GJD acquires Embsec’s IP and laser technology plus intellectual property rights

Embsec’s laser scanning will position GJD as a leader in the field of laser detection GJD, a manufacturer and designer of professional external detector equipment and LED illuminators announced it has signed an agreement to acquire from Embsec AB, a Swedish R&D house, all of their internet protocol (IP) and laser technology plus all related intellectual property rights. The IP technology will be integrated into GJD’s D-TECT detector and Clarius LED illuminator...

Airbus and ENGIE Ineo to provide communications network for the French Ministry of Defence

DESCARTES STCA to provide air operations forces with an IP-based telephone service The consortium consisting of ENGIE Ineo as prime contractor and Airbus Defence and Space as co-contractor has been awarded the DESCARTES STCA contract to deliver a high-availability communications network to control the air operations of the French Ministry of Defence. This eight-year contract signed with the French defence procurement agency (DGA) is part of the DESCARTES programme. DESCARTES...

Send For Help accredited with BS 8484:2016 lone worker protection standard

BS 8484:2016 is the most complete version of the lone working standard to date Send For Help, a lone worker protection provider, is one of the first companies to be successfully audited against the latest version of BS 8484:2016—the standard for the provision of lone worker device services. Lone worker protection Following the rigorous audit, the award certifies that Send For Help’s subsidiaries—Skyguard and Guardian24, are working to the very highest stand...

SoloProtect lone worker solution protects Serco employees

The SoloProtect lone worker solution is BS8484 and EN50518 approved Serco is a service and outsourcing company and has been delivering essential public services for more than 50 years. Serco makes a difference to the lives of millions of people around the world. In 2012, Serco Group plc, announced that it had signed a contract with the UK Border Agency (UKBA) to deliver the COMPASS project, providing accommodation, associated services, and transport for asylum applicants in t...

Airbus DS EBS equips South Korean tanker aircraft with “Mode 5” encryption technologies

“Mode 5” employs highly sophisticated encryption techniques to avoid hostile signal manipulation Airbus DS Electronics and Border Security (EBS), future HENSOLDT, equips the recently ordered A330 MRTT multirole tanker aircraft of the South Korean armed forces with cryptographic technology employing the latest “Mode 5” NATO standard. Under a contract awarded by Airbus Defence and Space, the future HENSOLDT will deliver until beginning of 2018 eight crypt...

Airbus Defence and Space and TC Connect support modernisation of Norway’s national public warning service

Both companies will provide Tetra-based TMD880i modems to more than 1,200 siren sites all over Norway The Norwegian civil defence organisation “Sivilforsvaret” has started to modernise its nationwide public warning system with the help of Airbus Defence and Space and TC Connect AS. Both companies will provide Tetra-based TMD880i modems to more than 1,200 siren sites all over Norway, connecting the warning system to the national multi-agency public safety radiocommu...

April 2017 deadline to secure Reliance Protect lone worker safety service benefits via NHS Framework Agreement

Since 2013, more than 33,000 red alerts have been handled by Reliance Protect for NHS Framework customers With the new year in sight, Reliance High-Tech is reminding all UK public sector and not-for-profit organisations that they only have until 30 April, 2017, to sign up or renew a contract for its Reliance Protect lone worker safety service package via an exclusive NHS Framework Agreement. NHS Framework Agreement The NHS Framework Agreement was originally introduced in 200...

Send For Help, lone worker protection provider ranked 47th in Fast Track 100 for 2016

With Skyguard and Guardian24, Send For Help protects more than 100,000 lone workers Send For Help, a lone worker protection provider, has just been announced as one of Britain’s fastest growing companies. The Fast Track 100 list, which is published annually in The Sunday Times, ranks Britain’s top 100 private companies with the fastest growing sales over their latest three years. Send For Help is ranked an impressive 47th in the league table for 2016. Pioneering...

PSA Security Network to enter pro audio-visual and communications market

The market expansion will allow PSA Security Network to expand its membership base PSA Security Network announced that it will be expanding its market footprint to include the professional audio-visual and communications market. The market expansion will offer qualified systems integrators in the professional audio-visual/communications and physical security industries access to more than 170 industry-leading product lines through PSA Security Network. “We are seeing mo...

Skyguard MySOS personal alarms offer lone worker protection to Wood Green employees

The palm-sized MySOS device allows users to call for help at the press of a button Wood Green, the Animals Charity has turned to Skyguard – a personal safety service, by equipping their lone workers with Skyguard’s award-winning MySOS personal alarms. Ensuring staff protection The charity, which has grown over the last 90 years to become one of the UK’s leading animal welfare organisations, have a range of lone working activities that present an inherent le...

ShotSpotter Flex technology applied in six new cities to prevent crime and reduce gun violence

The total new ShotSpotter coverage mileage is 118 miles for a total coverage area of more than 400 miles SST, a global leader in gunfire detection and analysis, announced that six new cities − including San Diego, California and San Antonio, Texas − have selected its ShotSpotter Flex technology to help the local law enforcement agencies prevent and reduce gun violence in their cities. SST also announced expanded coverage areas for eight cities already successfully...

Lone worker protection provider, Send for Help Group, announces record growth for FY/2015-16

Send for Help provides personal alarms, mobile phone applications linked to a alarm receiving centre The Send for Help Group, a leading lone  worker protection provider, are pleased to announce record growth and profits for the financial year 2015/16. The figures, published in Send for Help Limited’s Annual Report found that for the year ending 31st March 2016, turnover was up 81% year-on-year and operating profits had also increased by 42% within the same period....

Lone worker protection provider, the Send for Help Group, reports record financial growth for 2015/2016

Send for Help provides personal alarms and mobile phone applications linked to an alarm receiving centre The Send for Help Group – the world’s largest lone worker protection provider, are pleased to announce record growth and profits for the financial year 2015/16. The figures, published in Send for Help Limited’s Annual Report found that for the year ending 31st March 2016, turnover was up 81% year-on-year and operating profits had also increased by 42% wit...

AMAG Technology Symmetry access control integrates with G4S RISK360 incident and case management

Specified Symmetry alarms communicate with RISK360 allowing security teams to investigate incidents and produce accurate case management reports AMAG Technology, the security solution manufacturer specialising in access control, intrusion detection, video management, policy-based identity solutions and visitor management, announces the integration of AMAG’s Symmetry Access Control software with the G4S RISK360 incident and case management software. The integration delive...

SpotterRF introduces A2000 surveillance radar for low altitude drone detection

A2000 is the first radar specifically designed for drone detection and defeat applications SpotterRF, a manufacturer of low cost compact surveillance radar (CSR), announced availability of its new A2000, the first SpotterRF radar specifically designed for drone detection and defeat applications. The A2000 has the ability to detect small quadcopters at a range of 1000 meters, the longest range of any other SpotterRF model for that size of target. It is specifically tested in co...

Skyguard MySOS devices adopted by Lakehouse for lone worker protection

The Skyguard’s MySOS device ‘ticked all the boxes’ in terms of what the Lakehouse was looking for Asset and energy support services group, Lakehouse has implemented Skyguard’s MySOS devices to protect 85 employees working alone within the community. Lakehouse is a provider of construction, improvement and maintenance services for homes, schools, public and commercial buildings. Contact with the public is central to these operations with employees often...

Lodge Service's Lodg:IC App enables facilities managers and contractors to minimise security lapses

Lodg:IC app is also used to protect and support guards In the wake of the Manchester United bomb scare, a new smartphone application is launched to enable facilities managers and contractors to minimise lapses in security, says Lodge Service. Its Lodg:IC app has a ‘guard tour’ programme with pre-set activity logs that guards must complete as they visit designated locations and undertake scheduled tasks on site, such as in a sports stadium, transport network or reta...

Recent Jakarta attacks and rising government security spending to boost Indonesia’s video surveillance market - 6Wresearch report

Indonesian government to deploy 6,000 security cameras in Jakarta which would spur the growth of the market Indonesia has remained one of the most promising markets for electronic security systems in Southeast Asian region. In overall Indonesian electronic security market, video surveillance systems have captured key share of the market pie. Rising security concerns, increasing government security spending, surging IT infrastructure and spending have led for the growth of vide...

CIVSEC 2016’s Aviation and Airports Security seminar to highlight recent developments and future issues of the Indo-Asia-Pacific industry

Aviation and Airports Security Seminar will be an essential event for those involved in public safety & security at airports and airlines The increasingly complex challenges of aviation and airport security will be the subject of a timely and highly informative seminar at CIVSEC 2016. The event, presented by aviation industry security experts, will highlight recent developments and future issues that are unique to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The moderator will be the C...

Tyco’s new Total Security integrated solution for remote management of access control, IP video surveillance and intrusion detection in real-time

Available via a unified GUI, Total Security allows users to remotely manage more than 20 security tasks in real time, from anywhere on any Internet connected device Tyco Integrated Security (TycoIS), the leading security systems integrator, announced the availability of Total Security, a solution including access control, IP video surveillance and intrusion detection. Available via a unified graphical user interface (GUI), Total Security allows users to manage multiple securit...

Skyguard MySOS personal safety alarm protects field engineers of TalkTalk service provider in UK

With GPS, 2-way communications, Mandown fall detector & voice-memo, MySOS is ideal for lone worker safety TalkTalk, the UK’s leading value for money provider of broadband, mobile and TV services, has turned to Skyguard to help protect their field engineers whilst working alone and out of hours. A complete lone worker protection solution With any form of lone working, a robust policy should be in place to ensure staff is adequately protected when performing their du...

Tyco Security's PowerSeries Neo and DSC Touch selected for Monitronics authorised dealer programme

 Addition of these products allows Monitronics to offer a portfolio of reliable security and home control devices   Tyco Security Products is pleased to announce that Monitronics has selected the DSC PowerSeries Neo platform and the DSC Touch all-in-one smart panel to be part of its authorised dealer programme, a network with more than 600 dealers from throughout North America. A portfolio of up-to-date security devices The addition of these two products is pa...

GJD to exhibit perimeter protection products at Security TWENTY 16 North conference and exhibition

At Security TWENTY 16, GJD will demonstrate its Clarius Plus range of Infra-Red and White-Light LED illuminators GJD, a manufacturer of professional external detector equipment, as well as Infra-Red and White-Light LED illuminators, will be exhibiting its full range of perimeter protection products at Security TWENTY 16 on Tuesday 5th July at the Hilton Deansgate Hotel, Manchester. Security sector developments Security TWENTY 16 is positioned to help professionals who specif...

Prague Fire & Security Days 2016 to highlight latest trends in fire-fighting and security technologies, systems and services

FSDays 2016 will be spread across two halls for professional visitors and the general public The 8th International Trade Fair of the latest trends in fire-fighting and security technologies, systems and services – Prague Fire & Security Days 2016 (FSDays 2016) - will be held on the 20th – 24th September, 2016 in Prague in Czech Republic in parallel with the international building fair FOR ARCH 2016. Prague Fire & Security Days 2016 Prague Fire & Secur...

Send for Help Group world’s largest lone worker protection provider, says "People Monitoring and Safety Solutions" report

Skyguard and Guardian24 owner Send for Help’s successes can be attributed to its product ranges, Alarm Receiving Centre & client management portal The Send for Help Group, which owns subsidiary brands Skyguard and Guardian24, has been confirmed as the world’s largest lone worker protection provider in a recent market research report. Over 100,000 end users The ‘People Monitoring and Safety Solutions’ report published by business intelligence speci...

Nortek Security's new Smart Cradle wearable accessories paired with Numera Libris mPERS system enhance personal safety options

Nortek Security & Control LLC, a Nortek Company and a leader in the security, smart home and wellness technology markets, launches an expanded line of complementary products for the Numera® Libris® mPERS system which leverages its industry-leading fall detection and integrated EverThere® cloud-based platform. The Numera Smart Cradle paired with new lightweight wearables can be used for personal safety during daily activities locally within the home and remain connected to the pri...

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