Countermeasures
Lockheed Martin and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) personnel recently executed a series of flight tests designed to demonstrate seamless weapons systems integration.
The effort, which involved using Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works development program and executed at the Naval... Read More »
A variant of the Raytheon, Co. Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) scored a direct hit on an aerial target in a guided flight test after being launched from the U.S. Navy’s self-defense test ship off the coast of southern California on Sunday.
The ESSM Block 2 intermediate-range, surface-to-air... Read More »
The U.S. Army announced the selection of Austin, Texas, as the headquarters for the new Army Future Command on Friday, marking the most significant reorganization of the Army since the early 1970s.
The Futures Command, which began operating on July 1, will evaluate emerging threats, operational... Read More »
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations along with U.S. Border Patrol arrested 18 smugglers at the country’s southern border.
Law enforcement officials seized cash, vehicles and more than 1,000 lbs. of marijuana from these alien smugglers.
“We... Read More »
While most of the efforts surrounding mosquito-transmitted disease focus on the aftermath, a new sensor under development by SMK Diagnostics would allow for earlier intervention.
SMK -- a startup begun by Purdue University professors -- builds on previous biosensor technology used to monitor... Read More »
Georgia State University professor Christopher Basler recently received a two-year, $419,100 federal grant to study a virus similar to the Ebola virus that causes disease in animals but not in humans.
Basler, director of the university's Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and a Georgia Research... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) will engage small businesses focusing on research and development on a National Road Tour scheduled this week.
Sponsored by the Small Business Administration, stops are scheduled on Tuesday in Portland, on... Read More »
Following a hearing on strategies to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity capabilities on Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) highlighted legislation he previously introduced to expand scholarship opportunities for students studying cybersecurity.
The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and... Read More »
Several organizations, including the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) biosecurity program, received a grant last week to create a Global Health Security (GHS) Index.
The GHS Index will assess countries’ capabilities to prevent, detect, and respond to high consequence biological events. This... Read More »
Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN) has been named to the conference committee charged with the responsibility of negotiating a final national defense bill.
The Senate passed the measure, which officials said included several provisions Donnelly led or supported to reinforce Indiana’s role in national... Read More »
Ongoing efforts to advance school security and emergency preparedness were the topic of a congressional hearing held on Wednesday that included testimony from government officials, educators, and police representatives.
U.S. Reps. Dan Donovan (R-NY) and Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ), the respective... Read More »
In response to growing calls to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a group of 15 Republican senators introduced a resolution on Wednesday voicing support for the agency.
U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Joe Kennedy (R-LA) noted that ICE agents rescued 1,422 victims of... Read More »
Tuberculosis (TB) vaccines have been shown to reduce sustained infection rates among healthy, uninfected adolescents and in high-transmission settings, according to the results of a clinical trial published by nonprofit TB vaccine developer Aeras earlier this month.
Aeras published the results... Read More »
Jack Staton was named special agent in charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in El Paso, Texas.
HSI El Paso is responsible for the 18 westernmost counties of Texas, and the entire state of New Mexico, encompassing about 156,000... Read More »
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted military emergency use authorization of freeze-dried plasma as a means of aiding injury treatment in a potential battlefield setting.
Officials said the action clears the way for Pathogen-Reduced Leukocyte-Depleted Freeze-Dried Plasma to be used... Read More »
Nogales Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Arizona recently arrested two Mexican nationals in separate failed smuggling attempts, resulting in the discovery of more than 364 pounds of methamphetamine, worth almost $1,092,300.
Officers at the Mariposa Commercial Facility referred a... Read More »
Legislation that would authorize at least $3.3 billion in annual security assistance to Israel through 2028 and extend war reserve stockpile authority in Israel through 2023 cleared the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday with bipartisan support.
Introduced by U.S. Sens. Marco... Read More »
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued recommendations on Tuesday to help the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) better identify foreign investments in American companies that could potentially jeopardize national security.
A GAO review found that the DoD Office of Manufacturing... Read More »
Operation Roundup’s escalating efforts to target ISIS remnants in Syria through June have left the terrorist group demoralized, and more Iraqi citizens are returning home to reclaimed land among the country’s western border with Syria, according to the July Terror Threat Snapshot.
The U.S.... Read More »
The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) participated in a conference in Central Asia last week that focused on strengthening radiological security in Central Asia.
The focus of the conference was to identify ways to eliminate, secure, or replace the most vulnerable radioactive sources in central... Read More »
State Minority Leader, and former law enforcement officer, Sen. Jay Costa (D-43rd District) recently announced that he would introduce measures designed to bolster police training initiatives in the wake of officer-involved shootings across the commonwealth and nation.
“I believe it is... Read More »
Infravec2, the European Union-funded source for vector research products and services for scientists, launched new online resources in June regarding mosquito colonies that were previously unavailable and new arbovirus-infected mosquito combinations, among others.
Composed of 24 partner... Read More »
Triad National Security, LLC was awarded a $25 billion contract last month to operate the Los Alamos National Laboratory by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DoE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).
Consisting of Battelle, the University of California and Texas A&M University,... Read More »
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will establish a Firefighter Cancer Registry to evaluate whether firefighters’ exposure to toxins and dangerous fumes is linked to cancer under a bill that was signed into law on Monday.
Under the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act, the CDC... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is partnering with public safety agencies from Harris County, Texas, to conduct operational tests for first responders.
The Next Generation First Responder (NGFR) – Harris County Operational... Read More »
The United States and Canada launched last week an initiative designed to explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and situational awareness technologies during critical incidents.
Officials representing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T)... Read More »
Bell Boeing recently approved the conversion of the previously awarded V-22 tiltrotor aircraft contract to a fixed-price-incentive-fee multiyear contract, providing for the manufacture and delivery to armed forces divisions.
Officials said the $4,191,533,822 revision clears the way for 39... Read More »
A “smart bandage” prototype developed by researchers at Tufts University aims to monitor chronic wounds and administer treatments that aid the healing process has proven effective in lab testing.
The smart bandage was designed to actively treat skin wounds resulting from burns, diabetes and... Read More »
An oral smallpox treatment developed by SIGA Technologies, Inc. has proven effective through human safety and animal efficacy studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine this month.
Known as tecovirimat, or TPOXX, the efficacy of the oral formulation was tested in lethal monkeypox... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has now approved more than 1,000 anti-terrorism technologies used in public places for legal protections over the last 15 years.
Established under the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective... Read More »
Guardtime Federal expanded its contract with Lockheed Martin to integrate a variety of cyber-related capabilities into Lockheed Martin aircraft products and processes.
The new contract will focus on reducing the attack surface of the information supply chain that forwards information to and... Read More »
Boeing and Embraer recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create a strategic partnership to accelerate growth in global aerospace markets.
The agreement, which is non-binding, proposes a joint venture comprising the commercial aircraft and services business of Embraer and the... Read More »
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) researchers are providing care to Ebola patients, monitoring survivors from the 2014 outbreak and testing the experimental drug remdesivir for emergency treatment.
UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Medicine has been studying Ebola... Read More »
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials said recently released numbers reflect June showed a decline in Southwest Border apprehensions and inadmissibles by 18 percent compared to May.
In June, a total of 34,114 individuals were apprehended between ports of entry on the Southwest Border,... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) filed a lawsuit on July 3 to revoke the naturalized U.S. citizenship of an Indian national convicted of providing material support to ISIS and traveling abroad with intent to murder or maim U.S. service members.
Khaleel Ahmed, 37, pleaded guilty to the... Read More »
