Boeing to test cargo security system.The Boeing Company has been selected to demonstrate its cargo container security system for Operation Safe Commerce, a Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States initiative aimed at protecting U.S. ports. Boeing soon will begin a 10-month trial of its system at both the Port of Los Angeles The Port of Los Angeles is located on San Pedro Bay in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, approximately 20 miles (30 km) south of downtown. Also called Los Angeles Harbor and WORLDPORT LA and Port of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . "Out solution provides for the secure aid efficient movement of containerized con·tain·er·ize v.tr. con·tain·er·ized, con·tain·er·iz·ing, con·tain·er·iz·es 1. To package (cargo) in large standardized containers for efficient shipping and handling. 2. goods on a global scale from the manufacturer to a port of entry and on to retailers," said Rick Stephens, vice president and general manager of Boeing Homeland Security and Services. According to Boeing, its system integrates real-time, in-transit container information with existing and future networks and databases. "Our solution can confirm that [a cargo container] has not been tampered with along the way," said Fernando Vivanco, Boeing communications director. "Part of the tracking is knowing when the cargo left, that it [has] not been opened, and verifying [the cargo's security] all along the way." Boeing is teaming up with ADT Security Services  This article or section uses first-person or second-person inappropriately or excessively.Please [ edit this article] to use the more expected of an encyclopedia, per Wikipedia's . Inc., Global Marine Security Systems Company, Iridium iridium (ĭrĭd`ēəm), metallic chemical element; symbol Ir; at. no. 77; at. wt. 192.22; m.p. about 2,410°C;; b.p. about 4,130°C;; sp. gr. 22.55 at 20°C;; valence +3 or +4. Satellite LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control and Parsons Commercial Technology group, to take advantage of commercially available technologies, Vivanco said. Congress approved $58 million in funding, in 2002, for the Department of Homeland Security to improve protection of international and domestic cargo through pilot projects involving the three largest container load centers in the country. Boeing was awarded $4.2 million for the Port of Los Angeles demonstrations. However, the company declined to disclose the award amount for the Port of New York trials. Operation Safe Commerce will examine new techniques for increasing security of container shipments. The Port of Tacoma/Seattle, along with the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach, and New York/New Jersey, will work with private and public entities to identify supply chain weaknesses and develop technologies to secure cargo. |
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