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News Release: S&T Awards Funding for Aviation Self-Screening Concept and Prototype

S&T Screening at Speed Program announced funding to develop a passenger self-screening concept design and prototype to streamline TSA PreCheck® operations.

News Release: DHS Announces SBIR Pre-Solicitation

DHS SBIR Program released 11 topics for the new Small Business innovation Research (SBIR) 22.1 Pre-solicitation.

News Release: DHS Selects Northeastern As COE for Engineering Secure Environments

Northeastern University will lead a consortium of U.S. academic institutions and other partners for a new Center of Excellence for Engineering Secure Environments from Targeted Attacks. 

Feature Article: Montana Skies Provide the Perfect Backdrop for Testing Border Security Tech

S&T and its National Urban Security Technology Laboratory collaborated with federal and industry partners on a series of air domain awareness technology demonstrations in Montana.

News Release: DHS Awards Small Business for Soft Target Security Solutions

Research will support ongoing work to address security and preparedness in places such as sports venues, shopping venues, schools, and transportation systems.  

News Release: DHS S&T Awards Funding to Design Passenger Self-Screening Solution

Micro-X, Inc,. to develop a passenger self-screening solution and associated hardware for airport checkpoints.

News Release: DHS Awards Texas Small Business for Urban Detection of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Technology solution provides an easily deployable system that leverages available 5G signals to detect and track UAV in urban environments.

News Release: DHS Awards $950K to Hawaii Small Business for Remote Sensor Data Protection

Funding to develop a sensor system capability that is resistant to spoofing or data manipulation. 

News Release: DHS Awards $981K to N. Carolina Small Business for Digital Paging Technology

Device Solutions will develop two robust paging receiver designs using public television ATSC 3.0 that leverage open standards, broadcast and public safety infrastructure, modern network devices, and new wireless electronics.

News Release: DHS S&T to Host Inaugural Homeland Security Startup Studio Showcase

DHS S&T will host the inaugural Homeland Security Startup Studio (HSSS) 21 Converge event to showcase the work of five teams from the HSSS 2021 program.

Forging Cybersecurity Bonds through Global Fellowship

S&T is sending its first-ever Embassy Science Fellow to Seoul to work on projects that have positive impacts on national security, economic development, and international collaboration.

Feature Article: Evaluating Border Security Technologies in the Plains of North Dakota

S&T and NUSTL have been working with a coalition of partners (including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Coast Guard, the Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration, and industry) for more than a year on Air Domain Awareness (ADA) efforts, culminating with a series of technology demonstrations that kicked off in April 2021.

Feature Article: How Investments in International Relationships Pay Off

S&T maintains strong individual relationships with its bilateral partners—Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

Feature Article: New Tech Makes Detecting Airborne Ebola Virus Possible

The Science and Technology Directorate’s National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center designed and conducted a study to optimize methods for collecting and measuring very small amounts of Ebola virus in the air.

News Release: DHS Partners with Harvard University to Support Blue Campaign

DHS S&T awarded $775,000 to the Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health to conduct research and evaluate the impact of the Department’s Blue Campaign.

News Release: DHS S&T Offers New Funding Opportunities Through LRBAA

To support DHS research and development (R&D) technology needs, DHS S&T released its annual announcement of the LRBAA. 

News Release: S&T Releases New Information Resource to Address African Swine Fever Proactively

S&T released today the ASF Master Question List (MQL), a comprehensive resource that provides an up-to-date authoritative summary of publicly available information about the virus to promote coordinated research and improved emergency response preparedness.

Feature Article: S&T Joins Coalition Seeking to ‘Flush’ out COVID-19 in Wastewater

S&T is working with NIST and the University of Louisville to develop guidelines to standardize Wastewater-Based Epidemiology testing methods nationwide.

Following the Science: Securing the Nation’s Reopening and Recovery

In collaboration with our whole-of-government partners, this week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) S&T is hosting a series of virtual conversations that show how S&T is investing in new ideas and technologies to keep you safe.

Feature Article: Here’s What We’ve Learned About COVID-19

DHS S&T's Master Question List is updated every week with the latest trustworthy COVID-19 information and data relevant to weathering the pandemic.

Media Advisory: S&T to Host Securing Your Digital Connection Virtual Town Hall

As part of National Cyber Security Month, DHS S&T will host a virtual town hall, Faced with Disruption: Securing Your Digital Connection, in collaboration with the ISC-West Conference.

Feature Article: Guiding Communities Through Emergency Alerts and Warnings

DHS S&T has been working with the FEMA IPAWS office and state and local response teams since early 2009 to develop effective alerts, warnings, and notifications programs, as well as identifying gaps in existing IPAWS alerting messaging.

News Release: S&T Seeks First Responder Technology for Demonstration

S&T's OpEx Program releases request for information with four technical topic areas to identify interest for participation in demonstration activity for state and local first responders.

News Release: DHS Awards Small Business to Develop Cybersecurity Information Sharing Tool

DHS S&T's SBIR Program awards $1 million to California-based small business InferLink Corporation to develop collaborative peer-to-peer tool for sharing cybersecurity information.

Feature Article: S&T Focus on Sensors Burns Bright During Wildfire Season