US Southern Command Adds the Gatekeeper Security System to their Overall Security Program.

Gatekeeper Security has recently installed two under vehicle inspection systems at the United States Southern Command Headquarters in Miami, Florida. The addition of Gatekeeper is part of an overall increased security effort at USSOUTHCOM.

The United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), located in Miami, Florida, is one of nine unified Combatant Commands (COCOMs) in the Department of Defense. It is responsible for providing contingency planning, operations, and security cooperation for Central and South America, the Caribbean (except U.S. commonwealths, territories, and possessions), Cuba and the Bahamas, and their territorial waters; as well as for the force protection of U.S. military resources at these locations. USSOUTHCOM is also responsible for ensuring the defense of the Panama Canal and canal area.

USSOUTHCOM is a joint command comprised of more than 1,200 military and civilian personnel representing the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and several other federal agencies. The Services provide USSOUTHCOM with component commands which, along with our Joint Special Operations component, two Joint Task Forces, one Joint Interagency Task Force, and Security Assistance Offices, perform USSOUTHCOM missions and security cooperation activities. USSOUTHCOM exercises its COCOM authority through the commanders of its components, Joint Task Forces/Joint Interagency Task Force, and Security Assistance Organizations.

Gatekeeper is in the vehicle identification and bomb detection business. Gatekeeper is actively involved in combating global terror through its development and deployment of systems that deny terrorists the ability to use their weapon of choice, the vehicle borne IED (VBIED). Gatekeeper's technology is designed to automatically detect vehicle bombs and/or changes to a vehicle's undercarriage along with the authentication of each vehicle's identity.