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S&T’s NBAF Construction Wins Best Project Award
DHS S&T announced the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) won the “Best Project, Government/Public Building” award from Engineering News-Record (ENR) Midwest.
DHS Awards funds to 15 U.S. Small Businesses for R&D Prototypes
DHS SBIR Program awarded a total of $14,994,521 to 15 small businesses to further develop technologies intended to support homeland security mission needs.
Feature Article: The Evolution of National Laboratories and Homeland Security
A look at how S&T’s five labs—and collaboration with the Department of Energy’s 17—have shaped two decades of research and development innovation.
Feature Article: Using Hydrogen to Power Disaster Relief
S&T worked with the Department of Energy, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to develop H2Rescue, a prototype response vehicle capable of powering disaster scenes with zero emissions.
Feature Article: Helping DHS Mitigate Explosive Threats
New Explosives Planning and Research Tool (ExPRT) aggregates decades of research and data into a central, accessible, and actionable repository.
Feature Article: Helping Underserved Communities, and the Nation, Tackle Tough Challenges
Through its SLA Program, S&T is working to tackle the challenges underserved communities face.
DHS S&T Awards Funds to PNNL to Research the Future of Emergency Management
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)Science and Technology Directorate(S&T) awarded $1.67 million to the Department of Energy (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to conduct research on strengthening and reimagining the future emergency response structure.
DHS Awards U.S. Small Businesses for Proof-of-Concept Research
DHS SBIR program awarded a total of $3,150,000 in research contracts to 20 small businesses to address seven homeland security technology needs in research and development.
S&T Tests Next Generation Flood and Wildfire Alerting Technology
DHS S&T in collaboration with FEMA IPAWS, conducted a demonstration of new technology that integrates unattended flood and wildfire sensors with IPAWS Open Platform for Emergency Networks (IPAWS-OPEN).
S&T Seeks Solutions for Privacy Preserving Digital Credential Wallets & Verifiers
DHS S&T announced a new solicitation to create, improve and implement a new set of tools that protect the privacy of individuals when using digital credentials that can be used for a variety of purposes including travel, immigration and citizenship status, employment, residency status and more.