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News Release: DHS S&T Selects 10 Start-Ups for First Responder Innovation
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has announced the selection of 10 startup companies to be part of EMERGE 2016: Wearable Technology, a program designed to bring startups, accelerators, and other strategic partners together in a common research and development effort.
DHS S&T announces new partnership to improve responder communications
DHS S&T and America’s Public Television Stations have signed an agreement that will enable them to leverage both organizations’ strengths and resources to benefit the first responder community.
Snapshot: S&T, NASA Unveil Online Tool to Help Prepare for Solar Storms
DHS S&T and NASA GSFC recently developed an Online Geoelectric Field Calculation Tool.
DHS AWARDS $494.7M TO RAND CORP TO OPERATE STUDY & ANALYSIS CENTER
DHS S&T has awarded a $494.7 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to the RAND Corporation to operate and manage a new FFRDC known as the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center.
October is Cybersecurity Month!
We live in an interconnected world that allows us to move at an unprecedented pace. Our phones, our cars, even our houses can be “smart.” But we know that with the advancements of the cyberworld, comes cybersecurity risk.
Responder News: New Turnout Ensemble Aims to Reduce Firefighter Cancer Risk (Photo Essay)
A photo essay highlighting the buildup of harmful particulates on firefighter turnout gear. First Responders Group is developing a prototype that may be the answer.
Help S&T Reduce the Impact
By fostering conversations from firsthand accounts of flood disasters, S&T is increasing information that can promote emergency management decision making.
Showcasing Technologies that Support the Homeland Security Enterprise
One of my overarching goals for S&T was for us to expand how people think of us and our capabilities. There are several ways in which we protect and secure the homeland and serve the Homeland Security Enterprise.
Snapshot: Small Businesses Show Off Tech Solutions at Small Business Innovative Workshop
S&T’s Deputy Under Secretary Dr. Robert Griffin kicked off the SBIR Workshop by showcasing cutting-edge cyber security research and development (R&D) solutions being developed through the SBIR program.
Snapshot: FBI Hazardous Devices School Becomes REDOPS Testbed
The DHS S&T Response and Defeat Operations Support REDOPS program is adding a fifth Bomb Squad Test Bed location hosted by the FBI Counter IED Unit at the FBI Hazardous Devices School (HDS) in Huntsville, Alabama.