US company Culmen launches training course for border crossing's K9 unit. Sami Zaptia Libya Herald Editor-in-Chief Libya's Customs Authority reported last Tuesday (11 August) that the Head of the Ras Ajdair Customs Centre received the team from US company Culmen - in the presence of Colonel Souf Graiz, the K9 Unit Supervisor for the General Administration - to mark the launch of a training course for the border crossing's K9 unit (canine police detector / sniffer dogs). The three-day course, which began last Tuesday, aims to train nine personnel in both theoretical and practical aspects, as well as to enhance the capabilities and efficiency of the dogs deployed at the crossing. The Centre Head also discussed the training programme and its requirements with the company representatives - assisted by an interpreter - pledging to provide and facilitate everything necessary for the course's success and the achievement of its objectives. The Customs Authority said this course is part of an initiative to support and develop the K9 unit's capabilities and to elevate the standard of security and customs operations at the crossing.

Culmen International and Syntes AI announce strategic partnership to deliver operational AI for Government and global missions. Apr 15, 2026, 09:00 ET Culmen International and Syntes AI announce a strategic partnership to help government agencies move beyond analytics toward secure, explainable, and operational AI. By integrating AI directly into mission workflows with full governance and oversight, the partnership enables real-time decision-making and execution across complex global environments. Alexandria, Va. and Bethesda, Md., April 15, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ - Culmen International, LLC, a trusted provider of mission support services to the United States Government and foreign partners, today announced a strategic partnership with Syntes AI, an enterprise AI platform delivering live operational context and governed execution capabilities. Through this partnership, government agencies and international partners can move beyond analytics and experimentation toward secure, explainable, and operational AI deployment. By integrating Syntes AI into Culmen's service offerings, mission teams can apply AI directly within operational workflows while maintaining accountability, compliance, and human oversight. Culmen supports complex missions across border, aviation, and maritime security; counterterrorism and homeland security; law enforcement; nonproliferation; health security; humanitarian assistance; international development; and security cooperation. These environments require rapid decision-making across distributed systems, partners, and geographies where governance and traceability are essential. "Culmen's customers are under increasing pressure to act faster while operating within strict legal, policy, and oversight frameworks," said Dan Berkon, Chief Executive Officer of Culmen International. "This partnership strengthens our ability to help agencies adopt AI that is explainable, auditable, and operationally durable in real-world mission environments." Syntes AI provides a real-time operational context layer that connects structured and unstructured data, system state, and mission logic into a governed knowledge graph. This enables AI-driven analysis and execution across domains such as logistics planning, sanctions monitoring, health security response, personnel operations, and program oversight, while preserving transparency and control. "Government organizations do not lack data or analytics. They lack a safe way to turn insight into action," said Christopher Ramsey, Co-CEO of Syntes AI. "Working with Culmen, we are enabling AI that respects mission authority, operates within policy, and supports execution across systems with full accountability." The partnership will initially focus on joint solution development aligned with Culmen's core service lines, with plans to expand into additional government and international mission areas over time. About Syntes AI Syntes AI delivers a live operational context and execution layer that enables trusted, explainable AI across enterprise and government systems. By unifying structured and unstructured data into a real-time, governed knowledge graph, Syntes AI allows organizations to analyze, decide, and execute with confidence, closing the gap between AI insight and mission-ready action. About Culmen International Established in 2004, Culmen International, LLC is a privately held U.S. company with more than twenty years of experience delivering mission-critical support to the United States Government and foreign partners. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, with personnel permanently based in more than 50 countries, Culmen enhances global safety and security, strengthens homeland defense, advances humanitarian and health security missions, and optimizes government operations. SOURCE Syntes AI