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Snapshot: HAAS Alert Collision Prevention for Emergency Responders
In an effort to reduce first responder related crashes, S&T is collaborating with a Chicago-based company developing and standardizing C-V2X (cellular vehicle-to-everything) technology that enables emergency response vehicles to send real-time digital alerts to supplement their lights and sirens.
News Release: DHS Awards London-based Start-Up $160K
DHS S&T awarded $160,902 to London-based startup CrowdVision Ltd. to develop an integrated proof-of-concept for an airport passenger counting and measuring system for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
S&T’s Latest Impact Series Takes on Scary Cyber Threats
At the mid-point of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, S&T is launching our latest Impact Series case study, one that highlights many of precautions and actions we are taking to strengthen our nation’s cyber capabilities.
News Release: CISA, S&T to Exhibit Mobile Security Capabilities, Technologies at Mobile World Congress Los Angeles 2019
DHS CISA and S&T will jointly showcase their cybersecurity capabilities and technology solutions at Mobile World Congress Los Angeles 2019 next week.
News Release: S&T Awards Texas Start-up $200K
DHS S&T awarded QED Secure Solutions of Coppell, Texas, $200,000 to field test a secure trust anchor for the Internet of Things (IoT) as part of S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP).
News Release: DHS S&T Awards Colorado Start-up $147K
DHS S&T awarded $147,413 to KickView Corporation to adapt their multi-sensor artificial intelligent (AI) software platform to provide real-time data analysis of passenger flow in the international customs processing areas of airports.
Snapshot: S&T Assesses Tech That Identifies Unknown Chemicals
The SAVER Program, managed by S&T’s NUSTL, conducts assessments and validations of commercial technology to save money and time for first responders when they need to purchasing high quality equipment.
Snapshot: S&T Assesses In-Suit Communications Equipment
In August 2019, DHS S&T’s NUSTL conducted a SAVER field assessment of In-Suit communications equipment.
News Release: S&T Awards $199K to Atlanta's Bastille Networks, Inc.
DHS S&T awarded $199,680 to Bastille Networks, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia to deliver its Internet of Things (IoT) security solution that will enable system administrators to gain real-time situational awareness of threats on connected devices.
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. This year’s overarching message for the month – Own IT. Secure IT. Protect IT. – focuses on personal privacy, consumer devices, and e-commerce security.
News Release: S&T Awards $200K to Start-Up for SUAS System Security
DHS S&T awarded $200,000 to CryptoMove, Inc., to continue to enhance its dynamic defense data protection system for U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) security.
News Release: DHS S&T Awards 143K for Blockchain Interoperability Infrastructure
DHS S&T has awarded $143,478 to Danube Tech GmbH, based in Vienna, Austria, to develop blockchain security technology.
Snapshot: Synthetic Opioids Detection
CBP recently joined forces with DHS S&T for a project called Synthetic Opioid Detection at Speed (SODAS).
S&T Technologies: Supporting Hurricane Dorian Response
Helping provide rescue and response efforts with life-saving technologies is an important and visible way DHS S&T contributes to the protection and safety of the nation and the first responder community.
Snapshot: TSL Inventor Helps Keep Detection Systems in Check
As the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screens nearly two million people each day, officers are faced with the challenge of finding even the smallest sign of a threat.
News Release: DHS to Engage with Innovative Small Businesses in Maryland
Maryland-area small businesses in the research and development domain will have an opportunity to meet with DHS SBIR program this week.
Snapshot: S&T is “SHAKING” Up Disaster Preparedness
Under the guise of a fictional 7.7 magnitude earthquake, S&T deployed teams and technologies to several Shaken Fury exercise locations in the region to improve response and recovery capacities and assist state and local organizations with the adoption of new technologies and protocols.
Snapshot: Rallying the Tech to secure Infrastructure, Citizens
DHS S&T is working with industry to help the systems, whether at airports, government facilities, border checkpoints, or public spaces like arenas, to work faster and smarter.
National Preparedness Month
September is National Preparedness Month in the U.S., but we, at DHS S&T, focus on preparedness all year long.
News Release: S&T Awards $200K to San Diego Company for SUAS Testing
DHS S&T awarded Planck Aerosystems, Inc. of San Diego, California, $200,000 to begin testing its autonomous small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) in operational settings.
News Release: DHS S&T, St. Louis Launch Smart Cities Tech Pilot
DHS S&T is launching a smart cities technology integration pilot in St. Louis, Missouri, in collaboration with both the city and the Open Geospatial Consortium.
News Release: DHS S&T Recommends Integration of EMM & APP
A new study released today by DHS S&T describes a continuous approach to mobile app vetting that integrates the capabilities of enterprise mobility management (EMM) solutions with app vetting tools to improve the security of mobile devices.
Snapshot: S&T, International Partners Establish Best Practices
Every emergency response entails an element of science; successful emergency response requires the latest science.
News Release: Cali Small Business Awarded $3.2M
DHS S&T awarded $3.2 million to California-based small business Intellisense Systems, Inc. for Phase III of a DHS SBIR program focused on designing, developing and testing a network of inexpensive, deployable flood inundation sensors.
Snapshot: First Responder Resource Group Annual Meeting
FRRG is an all-volunteer working group that includes 150 members of state, local, federal and tribal law enforcement agencies, fire departments, emergency medical services, emergency management and other disciplines. Its mission is to help S&T maximize first responder safety, effectiveness, and preparedness in the field.