DHS CWMD and Seattle Conduct a Bio-Threat Preparedness Exercise
The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD), along with Seattle area emergency managers, public health officials, laboratory officials, and first responders participated in a virtual...
How and Why to Partner with DHS S&T in 2022 (Multi-Video)
By Kathryn Coulter Mitchell, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary for the Science and Technology Directorate
The start of a new year is a perfect opportunity to reflect on...
Learn Why Digitizing the Airspace is Vital to Safely Advancing Air Mobility
Guest Editorial by Adam Robertson, Fortem Technologies founder and CTO
Some people say I have my head in the clouds. They're right, and I'm in good company.
Advances in UAV technology have made...
Dedrone & Swisscom Partner Up to Protect Against Dangerous Drones
Dedrone, a market leader in airspace security, and New Platinum 'ASTORS' Award Winner for Best Airport/Aviation Security Solution in the AST 2021 Homeland Security Awards Program, has joined forces with European telecommunications...
Teledyne FLIR Wins $15M Contract for AR to Display Chem-Bio Threats
Teledyne FLIR, the New Multi-Platinum 'ASTORS' Award Winner in the AST 2021 Homeland Security Awards Program for Best Chemical/Biological/Radiation/ Nuclear/Explosive (CBRNE) Detection Solution, has won a development contract worth up to $15.7 million with...
How to Create Gun-Free Spaces in America
When it comes to gun violence, Americans are living in an era of unprecedented anxiety.
What if we had full confidence that our workplace, school, university, grocery store, place of worship, stadium,...
Trace Chemical Detection for Sniffing Drugs & Weapons in School Lockers
Guest Editorial Dr. Sabatino Nacson, CTO of Teknoscan
Teknoscan, in collaboration with a local security agency and a Buffalo, New York high school conducted a trial to sniff school lockers for illegal...
DHS NUSTL Honored for Radiological Remote Alarm to Aid Responders
Two inventors from a Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) laboratory’s National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL), which was recognized in the 2019 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program,...
Protecting First Responders with New Fentanyl Detection Standards
The opioid crisis in the United States began in the late 1990s as a result of extensive overuse of physician-prescribed medications.
This full-on epidemic is still raging today and has since evolved...
Biothreat Dangers for Port Security, Law Enforcement and Military
Major infectious diseases, like COVID-19, often go undetected until they spread.
Spotting the problem in a community isn’t easy, in part because infectious disease detection, which is the foundation for surveillance...
