S&T NUSTL Urban OpEx Fact Sheet
Urban Operational Experimentation (OpEx) Hosted by the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory Fact Sheet and Video
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Urban Operational Experimentation (OpEx) Hosted by the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory Fact Sheet and Video
The Department of Homeland Security ensures that our Nation and its people are safe, secure, and resilient against terrorism and other hazards.
This transcript provides text descriptions for the We Are DHS video.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations Executive Assistant Commissioner Randolph Alles, CBP Office of Technology Innovation and Acquisition Assistant Commissioner Mark Borkowski, and CBP U.S. Border Patrol Acting Chief Ronald Vitiello address the acquisition and deployment of border security technology between the nation’s ports of entry.
S&T is working on automated high-speed, high-performance checked baggage explosives detection systems for acquisition by the TSA.
The Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) recognizes that a dog's sense of smell is a million times more sensitive than a human’s. Canines can be trained to detect a wide variety of specific odors, such as explosives, humans, drugs, and even fruits and vegetables. Dogs are trained to alert to the presence of these odors with a learned response such as sitting or lying quietly.
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).
Get the latest news, events and multimedia from the Science and Technology Directorate.
New technologies are developed every day to enhance responder performance and safety, but are they durable? Will they perform under pressure? That’s what the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) aims to ensure.
The Secondary Screening Technology Development Program focuses on research, development, testing and evaluation of explosive trace detectors (ETDs).
The SAFETY Act provides incentives for the development and deployment of anti-terrorism technologies by creating systems of risk and litigation management.