ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu underscored the extent to which innovation will be impacting security and health screening measures for governments and air travelers to enable a full air transport recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and to facilitate the sector’s ability to withstand future pandemic events. Keep Reading
This effort will focus initially on S&T-funded technologies, with plans to expand in the future to include technologies from other agencies and laboratories. Keep Reading
Trained dogs are incredible chemical sensors, far better at detecting explosives, narcotics and other substances than even the most advanced technological device. Keep Reading
A new study of face recognition technology created after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic shows that some software developers have made demonstrable progress at recognizing masked faces. Keep Reading
H4HS will provide DHS with the unique capability to drive innovative solutions and identify future interns with applied knowledge to work on DHS mission-relevant topics. Keep Reading
Any other CA Notify users who have been within 6 feet for 15 minutes or more of the COVID-19 positive individual will get an anonymous notification of possible exposure. Keep Reading
Speaking after the Industry Day, Pekoske listed the insider threat, cybersecurity and cargo security as some of the primary challenges that industry could help with. Keep Reading
Thales has announced a new collaboration with Google Cloud designed to accelerate the ability of enterprises to safely migrate sensitive data between public cloud, hybrid and private IT infrastructures. Keep Reading
The customized IMSI-catcher device uses the mobile network to help detect, track, and locate illegal activity in and around airports. Keep Reading
An important part of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) mission is to develop, implement, improve-upon, and ensure the effectiveness of cutting-edge screening equipment and protocols that help protect the traveling public. Keep Reading
As the DHS Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program prepares for the upcoming 21.1 Solicitation, we’re taking the opportunity to help small business innovators understand the DHS SBIR proposal process. Keep Reading
AutoIdent Substantial offers digital identity verification with a range of features and customizable additions. These include ID document verification, authenticity check, liveness / biometric detection and optional agent review. Keep Reading
A group of geologists in Dunedin are hoping to reduce climate-damaging emissions by drilling deep into an extinct 11-million-year-old volcano below the South Island city to harness its heat. Keep Reading
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the approved indication for Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) to include post-exposure prevention of influenza (flu) for patients 12 years of age and older after contact with an individual who has the flu. Keep Reading
I am personally thankful for frontline medical and essential workers, as well as our first responders, doing their job regardless of the added risks, because they put others ahead of themselves. Keep Reading
Commercial technologies accepted through the RFI will be included in a market survey by S&T’s National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL). Keep Reading
The laces could have a number of applications in the future, including to alert wearers to various signals such as GPS route navigation and identifying certain threats identified nearby, acting as a non-intrusive early warning system. Keep Reading
The U.K. has announced a new agency dedicated to developing Artificial Intelligence, the creation of a National Cyber Force and a new ‘Space Command’ that will protect the U.K.’s interests in space. Keep Reading
The list of what we don’t know is still long, but thanks to the dedication of numerous researchers, such as those at S&T’s National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC), many important questions have been answered. Keep Reading
The agreement establishes two new expert groups which will review the latest innovations in the areas of urban air mobility and artificial intelligence in aviation. Keep Reading