Threatened at home by a massive Al Quaeda infiltration at all levels of society, and intimidated by neighboring ascending Iran with its fundamentalist Shia push, – Saudi Arabia’s rulers embark on a multi-tier homeland security project to protect themselves and their oil infrastructure, creating a market of more than $115 billion over the…

Saudi Arabia’s Homeland Security market is unlike any other market in the world. It is the only country whose very survival is threatened by terrorism resulting from both internal (homegrown infiltration of Al Qaeda and the Shia minority) and external forces (e.g. the threat of a nuclear Iran, an annual Hajj pilgrimage of millions…

The actual cost to the U.S. federal government of the war against terror is a subject of many heated debates in the halls of Congress. Estimates range from anywhere between the $700 Billion according to the Congressional Research Service, to $4 Trillion according to some private analysts.

The Secretary’s criticism specifically referenced the slow pace of fielding unmanned aerial vehicles over the battlefield. Such criticism is not new but it now comes from the most senior member of the American defense establishment. Gates continued to say, “Our services are still not moving aggressively in wartime to provide resources …

In a post to the DHS’s blog, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff charged the media for overlooking “a very significant story that tells us a lot about why we need some of the moderately inconvenient security measures with which we live” …

A nuclear arms race in the Middle East will have a deep impact on the homeland security market of Saudi Arabia. The Saudi government has already demonstrated on many occasions its decisiveness to go all the way in defending the Kingdom

With a 140% communications interoperability proposed budget increase, Louisiana is spearheading the implementation of sweeping interoperability communications reforms forecasted to spread across the U.S.

The National Applications Office is a new DHS body, clearing access of law enforcement, border security, Coast Guard and other agencies to satellite feeds. This move, while generating wide discussions over privacy issues and legal implications, may also have a profound impact on the market for commercial satellite imagery.