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News Release: DHS Selects GMU as new CoE
S&T will provide CINA with a $3.85 million grant for its first operating year in a 10-year grant period.
S&T Works with NYPD to Test Communication Systems
S&T evaluated the Mobile Ad-hoc Networking (MANET) system, a communications system originally developed for military use, and an Android Tactical Awareness Kit (ATAK) to determine if they could improve communications and public safety situational awareness.
Responder News: NPSTC Report Highlights LTE Broadband Advantages for First Responder Communications
The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) has published a report to help make first responder agencies aware of broadband communications and how to incorporate them into their response.
News Release: DHS S&T Selects Cyber Apex Solutions for Cyber Research
DHS S&T awarded a five-year Other Transaction Agreement (OTA), with a maximum value of $70 million, to Arlington, Virginia-based Cyber Apex Solutions, LLC, to facilitate applied research of prototype cyber-defenses for critical national infrastructure sectors.
News Release: NRC team with USCG & DHS to Advance Icebreaking Tech
Today, the National Research Council of Canada hosted dignitaries from the USCG), DHS S&T, and U.S. Navy to discuss and showcase progress made on the testing and evaluation of design models for the U.S. heavy polar icebreaker acquisition program.
News Release: S&T Awards $200k to StackRox for Defense Against Cyber Threats
DHS S&T has awarded StackRox, Inc. of Mountain View, California, a $200,000 contract to harden the cyber defenses of financial institutions.
Keeping Communication Lines Open
This past week, I joined my team in Idaho Falls, Idaho for JamX 17. This jamming exercise, held at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory, gave us the opportunity to evaluate solutions to a threat that can leave responders in the dark in regard to communications—possibly escalating already dire situations.
News Release: DHS S&T Assesses Mitigation Tactics against Jamming
Nearly 100 federal, state, and local public safety and private organizations gathered last week to test tactics and technologies to identify, locate and mitigate illegal jamming of communications systems, such as GPS, radio and wireless systems.
Snapshot: Netherlands-U.S. Cybersecurity R&D Partnership is Thriving
“Cybersecurity is a global sport!” That is the worldview Dr. Douglas Maughan takes when it comes to fighting cyber-threats.
News Release: DHS S&T Awards VTO Inc. $928K for Drone Forensics R&D
To increase law enforcement capabilities to identify, collect and analyze evidentiary data from consumer and professional drones, S&T has awarded a $928,541 research-and-development contract to VTO Inc. of Broomfield, Colorado.
News Release: DHS S&T Awards $749K to Evernym for Decentralized Key Management Research and Development
DHS S&T has awarded Salt Lake City-based startup Evernym a $749,000 Small Business Innovation Program (SBIR) award to develop an easy-to-use, decentralized mechanism for managing public and private keys needed for the secure and scalable deployment of blockchain technologies.
Snapshot: Making Flood Forecasting Easier, Faster
Floods and tornadoes are the deadliest disasters in the world. In the United States alone, approximately 80 lives are lost every year due to flood related incidents. In addition to the loss of lives, the nation loses billions of dollars in property damage and spends billions on recovery and rebuilding efforts every year.
Snapshot: New Web-Based Tools to Help Food Companies Protect the Food Supply
Our economy, livelihood and wellbeing depend on food and its supply chains. Supply chains may break if a natural disaster destroys a crop in its primary production region, or if someone tampers with food to cause harm or raise profits. In such cases we need to find out quickly about these incidents and find alternative sources of food ingredients and supplies.
Snapshot: NBAF Think and Do Challenge Winner Develops Forward Looking Training Program
In May 2015, DHS S&T broke ground on the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) main laboratory space in Manhattan, Kansas. Scheduled to open in 2023, NBAF will feature advanced laboratory technologies that allow for catastrophic disease research on livestock.
S&T Joins the SBIR Midwest Road Tour
I’m excited to announce DHS S&T is participating in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Midwest Road Tour.
News Release: DHS S&T Awards $220K to University of Tulsa for Cybersecurity Research
DHS S&T awarded $220,209 to the University of Tulsa to study data production and usage by cybersecurity researchers, information that will help quantify the value of data-sharing and improve sharing incentives to address the interdependency of cyber-risk environments.
News Release: DHS S&T Licenses New Cybersecurity Tech to Atlanta Small Business
DHS S&T today announced that a network flow analysis technology that will help strengthen cybersecurity has transitioned to the marketplace through its participation in S&T’s Transition to Practice (TTP) program.
Snapshot: S&T develops five new powerful tools to combat FAD
DHS S&T recently filed five patent applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and provided the funding for research performed by collaborating federal scientists to file five additional patent applications to provide powerful new tools to combat Foreign Animal Diseases (FADs), specifically Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) and African Swine Fever.
News Release: DHS S&T Awards $206K to Carnegie Mellon University
DHS S&T has awarded Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh $206,062 to develop data and analysis platforms that cybersecurity researchers can use to understand and counter cyberattacks.
Innovative Cyber Solutions on Display at Next Week’s R&D Showcase
The R&D Showcase and Technical Workshop is the federal government’s largest cybersecurity R&D conference and a must-attend cybersecurity event.
News Release: DHS S&T Awards $200K to Wash. Startup for Cyber Defense
DHS S&T awarded $200,000 to Veramine, Inc. of Bothell, Washington, to harden the cyber-defenses of financial institutions.
Snapshot: Large-Scale Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device Testing
S&T’s Homemade Explosives (HME) program conducts Large-Scale VBIED testing to mitigate the threat posed by massive car bombs and to ensure such attacks do not occur in the U.S.
Snapshot: New Virtual Training Prepares First Responders for Active Shooter Incidents
Amid the chaos of an active shooter event, preparedness is key to a seamless, swift and effective response—and a new video game funded by DHS S&T and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory just might do the trick.
Empowering Rural Responders
It is the mission of S&T’s Next Generation First Responder (NGFR) Apex Program to help address the varied challenges that responders see in different settings.
Virtual Training for Active Shooter Incidents Now Available to First Responders
First responders of all disciplines will now be able to train together for active shooter and other critical incidents thanks to a new virtual training platform made available by the DHS S&T and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL).