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Snapshot: Innovative S&T Developed Training Transitioned to Border Patrol
DHS S&T worked with United States Border Patrol and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers to research and develop training content and methods to enable agents to leverage knowledge, skills, and abilities of the expert trackers in their workforces.
Snapshot: S&T Intensifies Work on African Swine Fever Vaccine and Diagnostics
S&T intensified vaccine research efforts in collaboration with the USDA in Nov. 2018. The African Swine Fever Task Force was born, based out of S&T’s Plum Island Animal Disease Center.
News Release: S&T Seeks Partners for First Responder Technology R&D
DHS S&T's new Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) solicitation (BAA 18-02 Call 0001) will remain open until May 1, 2019.
Snapshot: New 3D Mapping Tool Makes Virtual 3D Crime Scenes
DHS S&T has teamed up with the Israeli Police to invest in a new tool. The tool, called 3D-Hawk, can turn a crash or crime scene into an interactive 3D model within minutes, based on high-definition (HD) video footage.
News Release: S&T Awards Auburn U $565K to Improve K9 Explosive Detection
DHS S&T has awarded $564,988 in funding to Auburn University for two research and development (R&D) projects designed to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of canines trained to detect explosives.
Snapshot: 5 Things You Don’t Know about S&T’s EDGE
DHS S&T Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment (EDGE) virtual training platform provides a safe, immersive environment where first responders, and now educators, can hone their skills and prepare for a multitude of incident responses.
News Release: S&T Awards $5.9M to Expand Critical Infrastructure Protection Platform
DHS S&T has awarded a total of $5,900,000 to the Norwich University Applied Research Institutes to expand the Distributed Environment for Critical Infrastructure Decision-Making Exercises (DECIDE) cyber-training platform.
Snapshot: New Best Practices Guide to Commercial Building Security Under SAFETY Act Now Available
DHS S&T OSAI in partnership with the National Institute of Building Sciences developed a set of best practices and a new online tool, Best Practices for Anti-Terrorism Security (BPATS), for building owners to evaluate their operations end-to-end before applying for SAFETY Act protections.
News Release: Nielsen to Keynote Cybersecurity Showcase
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen will speak March 19th at the 2019 S&T Cybersecurity and Innovation Showcase hosted by the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T).
Snapshot: S&T Testing Smart Sensor to Enhance Emergency Communications
DHS S&T, in conjunction with NASA JPL, is researching approaches to bring the possibilities of IoT to emergency communications for first responders today.