Science and Technology

High Resolution Enhancement for 3D LiDAR Systems

The Orbiting Actuated 3D Spinning Sensor device can be added to a LiDAR system to create high-resolution 3D composite images.
 

Technologically Speaking Podcast Season Two

The Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) invites listeners to take a deep dive into the science of homeland security and meet the experts on the frontlines of keeping America safe.

Technologically Speaking is a new podcast series that delivers insightful, thought-provoking, and unscripted conversations about timely national security challenges and the scientific solutions S&T is developing to tackle them. We even sprinkle in some behind-the-scenes stories, personal anecdotes, little-known facts, and technology tidbits so you can get to know S&T, and its people, a little better.

These casual conversations are unlike anything S&T has done before, but innovation is in our DNA.

S&T Seeks Solutions for Privacy Preserving Digital Credential Wallets & Verifiers

DHS S&T announced a new solicitation to create, improve and implement a new set of tools that protect the privacy of individuals when using digital credentials that can be used for a variety of purposes including travel, immigration and citizenship status, employment, residency status and more.

Licensing and CRADA Opportunities

The Department of Homeland Security relies on partners to commercialize its discoveries through licenses or further development under a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA).

DHS SBIR Success Story “Protecting Networks with Cyber Threat Intelligence Enforcement”

DHS SBIR Program is committed to identifying promising small businesses and innovative approaches to help address homeland security needs. This success story highlights the DHS SBIR company Centripetal., of Reston Virginia, which developed a disruptive solution to augment the CTI cycle with machine intelligence to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs of cybersecurity analysis.

DHS SBIR Success Story “Protecting Emergency Systems from Cybersecurity Attacks”

DHS SBIR Program is committed to identifying promising small businesses and innovative approaches to help address homeland security needs. This success story highlights the DHS SBIR company SecureLogix., of San Antonio Texas, which developed Call Secure, a managed service that provides security protection to mitigate TDoS attacks by authenticating calls and helping to defeat fraudulent call spoofing, shifting the advantage from TDoS attackers to network administrators.

DHS SBIR Success Story “Authenticating Calls in Real Time to Combat Spoofing"

DHS SBIR Program is committed to identifying promising small businesses and innovative approaches to help address homeland security needs. This success story highlights the DHS SBIR company SecureLogix., of San Antonio, Texas, which developed a solution that stops Caller ID Spoofing by auto-authenticating calls in real time.

2022 Biometric Technology Rally Results

The 2022 Biometric Technology Rally focused on the technical challenge of reliably identifying small, free-flowing groups of people opting-in to the process in crowded environments, like airports or ports of entry.

S&T Awards Funds to a Startup Developing Object Detection & Tracking Algorithms for Securing Soft Targets

DHS S&T announced an award to a Birmingham, AL-based company, to build artificial intelligence algorithms that link objects, such as unattended baggage to people, and track them from the time they enter a perimeter to when they exit.

2018 Snapshot Archives

The following snapshots were posted in 2018.