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    • D.C. Air National Guard F-16s were scrambled on Sunday from Maryland -- causing a sonic boom heard throughout large portions of Washington, D.C., and the surrounding area -- to investigate what the North American Aerospace Defense Command called an "unresponsive" Cessna business jet that had entered a restricted area over the nation's capital and ultimately crashed into a forest area of southwest Virginia. (Courtesy of YouTube)
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      Fūsus delivers the industry's only completely technology-agnostic RTCC platform used by law enforcement agencies as the backbone of their public safety and criminal intelligence operations.
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      Fūsus Competes in Fourth ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards

      Hanwha Vision new cloud-managed solution SolidEDGE which is available in both 1TB or 2TB onboard storage capacity models, comes with embedded WAVE VMS powers multi-camera recording, remote access, and on-premise security system management.
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      D.C. Air National Guard F-16s were scrambled on Sunday from Maryland -- causing a sonic boom heard throughout large portions of Washington, D.C., and the surrounding area -- to investigate what the North American Aerospace Defense Command called an "unresponsive" Cessna business jet that had entered a restricted area over the nation's capital and ultimately crashed into a forest area of southwest Virginia. (Courtesy of YouTube)
      Access Control & Identification

      DC Sonic Boom: What Happened with Crashed Plane over Nation’s Capital

      The New Rajant Sparrow is an IP67 Kinetic Mesh® network device ideally suited for use in industrial IoT applications and light-duty vehicles.
      Communications

      Rajant Sparrow for Heavy-Duty & Light-Duty Vehicle Applications

      Hanwha Vision new cloud-managed solution SolidEDGE which is available in both 1TB or 2TB onboard storage capacity models, comes with embedded WAVE VMS powers multi-camera recording, remote access, and on-premise security system management.
      Critical Infrastructure

      Hanwha Unveils SolidEDGE: First Truly Serverless Camera with Onboard SSD

      As healthcare workers report higher violence incidents at their workplaces, Athena Security's Concealed Weapons Detection Systems have been widely employed at Healthcare Facilities to safeguard patients, staff, and visitors.
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      The New Rajant Sparrow is an IP67 Kinetic Mesh® network device ideally suited for use in industrial IoT applications and light-duty vehicles.
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      Fūsus delivers the industry's only completely technology-agnostic RTCC platform used by law enforcement agencies as the backbone of their public safety and criminal intelligence operations.
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      D.C. Air National Guard F-16s were scrambled on Sunday from Maryland -- causing a sonic boom heard throughout large portions of Washington, D.C., and the surrounding area -- to investigate what the North American Aerospace Defense Command called an "unresponsive" Cessna business jet that had entered a restricted area over the nation's capital and ultimately crashed into a forest area of southwest Virginia. (Courtesy of YouTube)
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      DC Sonic Boom: What Happened with Crashed Plane over Nation’s Capital

      The New Rajant Sparrow is an IP67 Kinetic Mesh® network device ideally suited for use in industrial IoT applications and light-duty vehicles.
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      Rajant Sparrow for Heavy-Duty & Light-Duty Vehicle Applications

      NYPD Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell
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      NYPD Comm Sewell to Address 2023 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Banquet Ceremony

      Fūsus delivers the industry's only completely technology-agnostic RTCC platform used by law enforcement agencies as the backbone of their public safety and criminal intelligence operations.
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      Fūsus Competes in Fourth ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards

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      D.C. Air National Guard F-16s were scrambled on Sunday from Maryland -- causing a sonic boom heard throughout large portions of Washington, D.C., and the surrounding area -- to investigate what the North American Aerospace Defense Command called an "unresponsive" Cessna business jet that had entered a restricted area over the nation's capital and ultimately crashed into a forest area of southwest Virginia. (Courtesy of YouTube)
      Access Control & Identification

      DC Sonic Boom: What Happened with Crashed Plane over Nation’s Capital

      As healthcare workers report higher violence incidents at their workplaces, Athena Security's Concealed Weapons Detection Systems have been widely employed at Healthcare Facilities to safeguard patients, staff, and visitors.
      Access Control & Identification

      Athena Weapons Detection Returns to Compete in 2023 ‘ASTORS’ Awards

      Based on the mass volume of cargo containers entering the country annually, concealed CWP agents within maritime cargo shipments pose the highest risk of chemical weapons entering the United States, according to Dr. Sabatino Nacson, CTO of Teknoscan Systems Inc.
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      D.C. Air National Guard F-16s were scrambled on Sunday from Maryland -- causing a sonic boom heard throughout large portions of Washington, D.C., and the surrounding area -- to investigate what the North American Aerospace Defense Command called an "unresponsive" Cessna business jet that had entered a restricted area over the nation's capital and ultimately crashed into a forest area of southwest Virginia. (Courtesy of YouTube)
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      DC Sonic Boom: What Happened with Crashed Plane over Nation’s Capital

      The New Rajant Sparrow is an IP67 Kinetic Mesh® network device ideally suited for use in industrial IoT applications and light-duty vehicles.
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      Rajant Sparrow for Heavy-Duty & Light-Duty Vehicle Applications

      NYPD Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell
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      NYPD Comm Sewell to Address 2023 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Banquet Ceremony

      Fūsus delivers the industry's only completely technology-agnostic RTCC platform used by law enforcement agencies as the backbone of their public safety and criminal intelligence operations.
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      Fūsus Competes in Fourth ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards

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S&T National Cooling Solutions Prize Challenge for American Innovators

Tammy Waitt - December 9, 2021
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Unknown or unexpected contact with a synthetic opioid such as fentanyl or a related compound presents a safety hazard for first responders if they are not prepared with the proper protective equipment (PPE). Reliable detection is one way the DHS S&T is working to protect the nation’s first responders as they deal with the crisis on the front lines, and standards play a key role in ensuring the integrity of such vital detection equipment.
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Protecting First Responders with New Fentanyl Detection Standards

Tammy Waitt - October 26, 2021
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The goal is to identify any pattern of behavior that consistently produces positive outcomes, such as lower levels of officer force, reduced citizen resistance levels, and increased citizen compliance and cooperation
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De-Escalating Conflict in Law Enforcement Encounters

Tammy Waitt - March 5, 2021
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DHS S&T has developed a new accessory arm as part of the Upgrade Explosives Ordnance Disposal Robot Project, a joint venture between S&T, Israel’s Ministry of Public Security (MOPS) and the Israel National Police Bomb Disposal Division (INPBDD). (Courtesy of DHS S&T)
Crisis Responders

Robot Arm Provides S&T Enhanced Capabilities & Precise Manipulation

Tammy Waitt - April 13, 2020
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Towards the end of Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, two homemade pressure cooker bombs detonated 14 seconds and 210 yards (190 m) apart at 2:49 p.m., near the finish line of the race, killing 3 people and injuring several hundred others, including 16 who lost limbs. (Courtesy of Wikipedia)
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New ReVJeT a Critical Breakthrough for Bomb Squads to Disarm IEDs

Tammy Waitt - March 4, 2020
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The lead investigator, National Transportation and Safety Board member Jennifer Homendy, probing the Conception boat fire disaster expressed concerns about the ability of passengers to escape in an emergency after she and her team toured a similar vessel in Santa Barbara Harbor on Wednesday. Homendy she was “taken aback” by the size of the emergency hatch when she toured the Vision — an 80-foot sister vessel to the Conception. (Courtesy of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department)
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Rapid DNA Critical in IDing Tragic Boat Fire Victims (See How,...

Tammy Waitt - December 13, 2019
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The ranking system used to determine the top 25 most dangerous software errors was based on a formula that accounted for prevalence and severity. Weaknesses that are both common and can cause significant harm received a high score, while issues that are rarely exploited or have a low impact were filtered out. (Courtesy of DHS S&T)
Corporate Facilities

Top 25 Most Dangerous CWE Software Errors, DHS S&T and Mitre

Tammy Waitt - December 3, 2019
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As Flight 63 was flying over the Atlantic Ocean, Richard Reid — an Islamic fundamentalist from the United Kingdom, and self-proclaimed Al-Qaeda operative — carried shoes that were packed with two types of explosives. He had been refused permission to board the flight the day before. (Courtesy of YouTube)
Airports/Aviation

DHS S&T Shoe Scanner Technology Aims to Improve Airport Security

Tammy Waitt - June 18, 2019
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DHS S&T has dedicated a multiyear program to address GPS vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure, with a multi-pronged approach to conduct vulnerability and impact assessments, develop mitigations, explore complementary timing technologies and engage with industry through outreach meetings and events.
Critical Infrastructure

DHS S&T on GPS Vulnerabilities & Developing Critical Infrastructure Plan

Tammy Waitt - December 3, 2018
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We know that violence occurs in schools & that you are going to have aggressive behavior & situations that don’t necessarily involve gun violence but that involve some other response that needs to occur, explains Dr. Amy Klinger. “EDGE gives educators an opportunity to immerse themselves in it, make decisions, analyze those decisions and think ‘OK, what would I have done differently?’ And then you can do it differently. As opposed to a one-time training, where you think ‘I wish I had done this.’”
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Free Virtual Training Gives First Responders & School Staff, Educators an...

Tammy Waitt - November 1, 2018
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