Tag Archives: Science and Technology Directorate

The Department of Homeland Security is looking for potential sources of technologies to help various DHS components prevent the spread of COVID-19 at designated government facilities and points of entry.

The Department of Homeland Security is inviting companies, academic institutions, laboratories and innovators to submit proposals that can support first responder requirements across four technology areas.

The Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate has partnered with BlueRISC to develop a cloud-based root-of-trust platform that will work to address email security concerns on mobile devices.

Ocean Aero has agreed to provide the Department of Homeland Security with autonomous underwater and surface vehicles under a multimillion-dollar deal.

Executive Mosaic is thrilled to announce Kevin Phillips, president and CEO of ManTech International, as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 Award for leading the company’s growth and pushing for innovation to improve technology implementation for the federal government as well as its policies to protect government customers and employees.

CryptoMove, a startup firm based in San Mateo, Calif., has received $200K in funds from the Department of Homeland Security's science and technology directorate via the Silicon Valley Innovation Program to continue optimization efforts for a data protection tool equipped on small unmanned aircraft systems used by the Customs and Border Protection.

San Diego-based drone system provider Planck Aerosystems has secured $200K worth of funds from the Department of Homeland Security's science and technology directorate through the Silicon Valley Innovation Program to demonstrate the operational capacity of a small unmanned aerial vehicle.

California-based small business firm Intellisense Systems has landed a $3.2M contract from the Department of Homeland Security for the third phase of the Small Business Innovation Research Program to design, develop and demonstrate flood inundation sensors.

The Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate has named the finalists for a competition that focuses on the development of concepts for a compact escape respirator for first responders.

The Department of Homeland Security has posted a request for information on off-the-shelf technology platforms that employ a robotics architecture and could facilitate communications in border environments or missions. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday stated the DHS science and technology directorate is interested in systems that can function to identify underground structures, obtacles, contents and potential threats at the southern U.S. border.

TRX Systems has showcased its 3D tracking platform during an emergency response exercise hosted by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate’s SCITI Labs initiative.

The Department of Homeland Security has selected eight companies to further develop unmanned aerial system, in-building sensor and communications technology prototypes under the second phase of the Smart Cities Internet of Things Innovation Labs initiative.

Components of the Department of Homeland Security plan to launch a new research and development funding program in a bid to improve the security of mobile network infrastructures in the United States.

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a solicitation for novel technologies and methods designed to protect mobile communications networks from threats. DHS said Monday a broad agency announcement published on FedBizOpps involves a research-and-development project focused on Secure and Resilient Mobile Network Infrastructure.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has partnered with the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate to conduct a nine-month field test to evaluate the use of new technologies for public safety operations.