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ICTS (other)
ICTS may refer to: * ICTS International, a Dutch firm of aviation and general security * Bombardier Innovia Metro, Intermediate Capacity Transit System (now Innovia Metro), a metro system * International Centre for Theoretical Sciences * International Container Terminal Services, a port management company in the Philippines * Iranian Center for Translation Studies * Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service See also *ICT (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ICTS International
ICTS International N.V. is a Dutch firm that develops products and provides consulting and personnel services in the field of aviation and general security.Dolev, 2004, p. 342. It was established in 1982, by former members of the Shin Bet, Israel's internal security agency, and El Al airline security agents. The company's shares are traded on OTCQB under the symbol . The firm and its subsidiaries specialize in aviation security services, operating airport checkpoints and electronic equipment, such as x-ray screening devices and manual devices, and verifying travel documents. Security services and consulting are also provided to other public and private transportation sectors. In 2014, the company employed 4,784 people with an annual sales revenue of US$173 million. Subsidiaries The main subsidiaries of ICTS International include the I-SEC international Security Group, Huntleigh USA and AU10TIX. I-SEC specializes in the provision of advanced aviation security services worldwide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombardier Innovia Metro
Innovia Metro is an automated rapid transit system manufactured by Alstom. Innovia Metro systems run on conventional metal rails and pull power from a third rail, but are powered by a linear induction motor that provides traction by pulling on a "fourth rail" (a flat aluminum slab) placed between the running rails. A new version of the technology being marketed by Bombardier is compatible with standard electric rotary propulsion. The design was originally developed in the 1970s by the Urban Transportation Development Corporation (UTDC), a Crown corporation owned by the government of Ontario, Canada. It was designed as a system that would provide economic rapid transit service in the suburbs, which would have ridership levels between what a bus could serve at the low-end, or a subway at the high-end. During development, the system was known as the ICTS (Intermediate Capacity Transit System). The ICTS was chosen for lines in Vancouver, Toronto, and Detroit. Further sales were no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Container Terminal Services
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) () is a global port management company headquartered in Manila, Philippines. Established on December 24, 1987, ICTSI is the Philippines' largest multinational and transnational company, having established operations in both developed and emerging market economies in Asia Pacific, the Americas, and Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The company is ranked the eighth largest container terminal operator, according to TEU equity volume. History ICTSI was established by Spanish-Filipino businessman Enrique K. Razon Jr., whose family has been managing harbors in the Philippines for three generations, in connection with the bidding for the privatization of the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT). In 2020, ''Forbes'' named Razon the third richest Filipino and the 565th individual in the world, with a personal wealth of $5.1 billion. In May 1988, the Philippine Ports Authority awarded the MICT contract to ICTSI, which st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iranian Center For Translation Studies
Research Institute for Translation Studies or RITS (Persian: پژوهشکده مطالعات ترجمه) is an Iranian research center working in affiliation with Allameh Tabataba'i University in order to initiate a ''translation movement'' and upgrade the status of translation in Iran. ''Translation movement'' in Iran, as the main orientation of this center, is defined as rationale and measured selection of fundamental books in various fields, providing appropriate grounds for research pertaining to translation as well as training professional translators. Among the most important activities of Iranian Center for Translation Studies are: *Training specialized translators *Preparing translation resource databases *Publishing professional glossaries *Translation of fundamental texts See also *Translation studies Translation studies is an academic interdiscipline dealing with the systematic study of the theory, description and application of translation, interpreting, and Langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service
The Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) ( ar, قوات العمليات الخاصة العراقية) are a special operations force of Iraq. The unit was created in 1950, but was disbanded and recruited from scratch by coalition forces after the 2003 invasion. The forces, directed by the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service, consist of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Command, which has three brigades subordinate to it. The Counter Terrorism Service (''Jihaz Mukafahat al-Irhab'', originally translated as Counter Terrorism Bureau) is funded by the Iraq Ministry of Defence. History Special operations troops of the Iraqi Army were first established when Colonel Khalil Dabbagh built the first royal special units in the name of "Queen Alia Forces" in the mid-1950s. It consisted of Sunni and Shia Arabs, as well as other components of the Iraqi population. They were mainly used on an emergency basis to carry out special missions inside of Iraq and outside when the country was at war. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
