Lois Ann Riess is a suspect in the death of a Florida woman who was found dead April 9 in a condo in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. The Lee County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office said Pamela Hutchinson, 59, was killed by Riess who was on the run after killing her husband in Blooming Prairie, Minn., in March.

Manhunt for Grandma: Killed Husband & Doppelganger to Steal ID (Videos)

By Melissa Montoya and Michael Braun, The News-Press and USA TODAY A nationwide search for a Minnesota woman is ongoing as she is wanted in connection with the death of her husband and then of a...
Mobile Security R&D Program Guide Vol. 2 (Courtesy of DHS S&T)

Check Out DHS S&T’s New Mobile Security R&D Program Guide Vol. 2

Mobile devices have revolutionized the way we do work, enabling on-demand access to services and information anytime from anywhere. In the United States, there are an estimated 200 million smart mobile devices and two...
Innovative positioning beacon will increase soldier survivability, by transmitting both open and secure signals to alert and notify that a soldier has become isolated, missing, detained or captured.

Orolia to Increase Soldier Survivability with Recovery Devices for US Army

Orolia, a world leader in Resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) solutions, and a Platinum Award Winner in the 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, has been awarded a $33,986,800 IDIQ contract through its subsidiary,...
7 inmates are dead and 17 injured after hours of rioting at South Carolina’s Lee Correctional Facility, ‘Was all about territory’ officials say

7 Dead in SC Prison Riot, All About Cellphones & Territory (Multi-Video)

By Meg Kinnard, The Associated Press and ABC News Inmates armed with homemade knives fought each other for about seven hours over territory and money, leaving seven of them dead in the...
The Aquabotix SwarmDiver™ is smart, small and easily deployable. Multiple SwarmDivers can function simultaneously as a single coordinated entity, be easily controlled via one operator on the surface, and perform dives on command to collect valuable intelligence.

See Aquabotix Revolutionary SwarmDiver Micro USV/UUV in Action

Aquabotix, an underwater robotics company with operations in Australia and the U.S., has released SwarmDiverTM, a micro unmanned surface vehicle (USV) and unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) that operates in a swarm. Multiple...
Del Rio Border Patrol Sector has begun briefing National Guard personnel deployed for Operation Guardian Support.

National Guard Support Begins for Del Rio Border Patrol Sector (Multi-Video)

Del Rio Border Patrol Sector welcomed initial planning teams from the National Guard who are deployed in support of Operation Guardian Support last week. “The U.S. Border Patrol remains steadfast in our commitment to gain...
Teams participating in the NAILS challenge developed machine learning methods to detect – through brain activity – whether an image that a person was seeing was a task-relevant image or not.

DCS & Army Research Lab Team Win Intl Machine Learning Challenge

A joint effort between the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and DCS Corporation have won the Neurally Augmented Image Labelling Strategies (NAILS) challenge, at an international machine learning research competition in Tokyo. Dr. Vernon Lawhern,...

Are Your Employees Prepared for an Active Shooter Situation?

By John Arendes, VP and GM, Global Compliance Solutions, Skillsoft Today, tragic events in the news are far too commonplace. In recent years, the United States has witnessed shootings in schools, shopping...
In a largely uncontested attack, U.S., British and French forces unleashed 105 missiles on three Syrian chemical weapons facilities early Saturday, leveling at least one building and setting back the country's chemical weapons program "for years," Pentagon officials said. (Courtesy of YouTube)

Syria Conflict Explained: How Did We Get Here? (Learn More, Multi-Videos)

By Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY President Trump announced Friday evening that he ordered precision missile strikes against the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad in a coordinated attack with the United Kingdom and French allies. A U.S. strike will...
Major Med-Eng EOD 10 bomb suit contract win shows confidence in the system's life-saving protection and capabilities and secures highly-skilled manufacturing jobs in New York state for up to five years

Air Force Selects Bomb Suit to Protect its EOD Teams (See Multi-Videos)

Med-Eng®, a brand of The Safariland Group, has been awarded a five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide the United States Air Force (USAF) with the Med-Eng EOD® 10 bomb...