The research aims to improve the safe operation of drones in both urban and rural environments, particularly in the field of advanced air mobility that could one day include autonomous transport of people and cargo. Keep Reading
TSA has always been a forward-looking federal security agency, partly because it must keep ahead of what bad actors out there might try to do to defeat the multi-layered aviation security defenses which have grown up since 9/11. Keep Reading
Professor Alan Mantooth of the University of Arkansas has received a $3.6 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office to advance technologies that integrate solar power systems to the national power grid. Keep Reading
Germany’s air navigation service provider Deutsche Flugicherung GmbH has issued a tender for support services in evaluating its nationwide Drone Detection Systems network. Keep Reading
Analytical AI proposes to generate deep learning algorithms to develop an object identification engine that can rapidly and accurately detect common Stream of Commerce (SoC) items. Keep Reading
DHS has renewed the sponsorship for the continued operation of the Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute, Federally Funded Research and Development Center with the MITRE Corporation. Keep Reading
Currently, the CDC is tracking 70% or more of all hospital visits in the country, with more than 4.25 billion records received and processed by the ESSENCE system and algorithms. Keep Reading
In normal times, it can take months to issue one contract for readily available goods or services. These are not normal times. Understanding FAR part 18 and how to bid for contracts using it can help you help the government right now. Keep Reading
Powerful explosives can be made from common consumer goods, like pool sanitizers, fertilizers and paint removers, that are bought and sold every day in the United States. Keep Reading
For the 2020 GET-CI event, DHS S&T will be creating a live-sky GPS spoofing environment primarily for testing fixed infrastructure applications but will also have limited support for ground-based mobile applications. Keep Reading
First responder organizations rely more and more on them to enhance their response capabilities and better execute their missions. But how can first responders be sure the drones they are buying meet their specific mission needs? Keep Reading
This work is being done at the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) laboratory in cooperation with the DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office. Keep Reading
As the number of women entering the field continues to rise, so too has the demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) that is designed for the female physique to ensure women are as safe, efficient, and comfortable as men while on the job. Keep Reading
As ASF continues to rapidly spread in other parts of the world, scientists at S&T’s Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) sought to evaluate available technologies for rapid detection. Keep Reading
The dataset represents the most extensive machine-readable Coronavirus literature collection available for data and text mining to date, with over 29,000 articles, more than 13,000 of which have full text. Keep Reading
Iceni Diagnostics is developing a new approach that identifies the virus - not by its genetic code, which can mutate, but by using its reliance on chains of sugars which are constant and unchangeable. Keep Reading
An interdisciplinary team of engineers and medics is addressing ways to increase the United Kingdom’s capacity for ventilator manufacture. Keep Reading
A team of medical research and bioethics experts at Oxford University in the U.K. are supporting several European governments to explore the feasibility of a coronavirus mobile app for instant contact tracing. Keep Reading
“Finding a safe and effective vaccine to prevent infection with SARS-CoV-2 is an urgent public health priority,” said NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Keep Reading
The isolated virus will help researchers in Canada and across the world develop better diagnostic testing, treatments and vaccines, and gain a better understanding of SARS-CoV-2 biology, evolution and clinical shedding. Keep Reading
