DHS Science & Technology Directorate Developing GPS Security Plan
DHS S&T has hosted numerous events testing GPS jamming and spoofing with GPS equipment manufacturers and critical infrastructure owners and operators. Keep Reading
PERSPECTIVE: Innovative Public-Private Partnerships Help Secure Critical Infrastructure
The real challenge for officials is to work as a group to prioritize and articulate unsatisfied needs of their regions. Keep Reading
DHS Updates Dam Breach Simulation Software with New Contract
New features are a flood hazard map and a human consequence module, which will tabulate U.S. Census Bureau block population data and gridded nighttime and daytime population data from LandScan USA. Keep Reading
Research and Development Spotlight: Symposium Investigates Energy and Maritime Risk
A disruption to the Marine Transportation System (MTS), natural or manmade, could have a devastating impact on America’s economy and national security. Keep Reading
USCG Research, Development, and Test Spotlight: Night Vision Devices Evaluation
The newer NVD technology demonstrated increased field of view and improved depth perception as well as significant clarity and resolution improvements. Keep Reading
Report: Defense Industrial Base at Risk from Workforce Skills Gaps, ‘Fragile Suppliers’ Near ‘Extinction’
The report blames budget uncertainty, "collateral damage of globalization" and China for weakening the U.S. manufacturing base. Keep Reading
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Spotlight: Arctic Technology Evaluation 2018
Personnel evaluated how a combination of unmanned technology could be used to detect, identify and analyze possible oil spills without deploying assets. Keep Reading
DHS Awards $119K to Locuslabs, Inc. for Intelligent Wayfinding Tech
Proposed solution is LocusMaps to let users receive information from CBP on how to better navigate the customs process while airports receive information allowing them to identify and analyze bottlenecks. Keep Reading
DHS S&T Awards $3.5M to Improve X-Ray Detection Technology
Three new research and development projects designed to improve the threat detection capabilities of current X-ray technologies for checked baggage systems. Keep Reading
DHS Awards $199K for Development of Energy Harvesting Fabric
The first phase will see Protect the Force fabricating and testing the PV fiber and weaving said fiber into a textile matrix. Keep Reading
