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Last Updated: July 31, 2015 | Publication

S&T REDOPS Fact Sheet and Video

REDOPS is a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) program that supports public safety bomb technicians. The program provides a collaborative structure for addressing IED response and defeat capability gaps identified by federal, state and local bomb technicians, including the National Bomb Squad Commander’s Advisory Board (NBSCAB).

Last Updated: July 31, 2015 | Publication

S&T Trace Explosives Detection Systems Standards Fact Sheet

S&T partnered with NIST to develop calibration materials (trace explosive simulants) and methods to improve detector performance for both current and evolving threats.

Last Updated: July 30, 2015 | Publication

S&T TSL Fact Sheet

TSL is a national asset that supports the maturation of, evaluates, and certifies emerging explosives detection technologies.

Last Updated: July 30, 2015 | Publication

S&T PIADC Fact Sheet

PIADC has served as the front line of the nation’s defense against diseases that could devastate markets for livestock, meat, milk, and other animal products.

Last Updated: July 30, 2015 | Publication

S&T NBACC Fact Sheet

The National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) is the first national laboratory created by the Department of Homeland Security.

Last Updated: July 30, 2015 | Publication

S&T HSSEDI Fact Sheet

The Homeland Security Act of 2002 authorized the DHS Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, to establish one or more federally funded research and development centers to provide independent analysis of homeland security issues, or to carry out other responsibilities under the Act. In 2009, the MITRE Corporation was selected to operate the Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute (HSSEDI) FFRDC.

Last Updated: July 30, 2015 | Publication

S&T FFRDC Strengthening America’s Security Through Research And Innovation Fact Sheet

FFRDCs act as a vehicle for special research and development contracting within the federal government.

Last Updated: July 30, 2015 | Publication

S&T Robot Response Standards Program Fact Sheet

Robot performance standards and test methods were not in place leading up to and immediately after the terrorists’ events of 2001.

Last Updated: July 29, 2015 | Publication

S&T Commercialization Accelerator Program

DHS tasked S&T with creating a program to focus on the commercialization of federally funded cybersecurity research.

Last Updated: July 29, 2015 | Publication

S&T Software Quality Assurance Fact Sheet

S&T SwQA is developing innovative approaches to re-duce the risk and cost of software failures.