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Member states of the World Health Organization recently forged a draft agreement to help make the world safer from pandemics.
The proposal, which will be considered at the upcoming World Health Assembly in May, aims to strengthen global collaboration on prevention, preparedness and response to... Read More »
UK-based NCC Group, an IT company assessing and managing cyber threats, recently released the third edition of its Global Cyber Policy Radar report on cyber security regulation trends.
In 2024, the industrial sector experienced 1,424 ransomware attacks, up from 2023, making it the most targeted... Read More »
Crossings over the southwest border reached a record low in March, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data.
Approximately 7,180 southwest border crossings were recorded in March and there were approximately 230 southwest border apprehensions daily.
The monthly average for... Read More »
Raytheon successfully completed a live fire demonstration of its DeepStrike autonomous mobile launcher vehicle at the U.S. Army's Project Convergence.
Compared to what is currently fielded, the DeepStrike launcher increases the amount of weapons. It can fire missiles of various sizes which... Read More »
The U.S. Cyber Command held the largest joint Cyber Guard exercise earlier this month, officials said.
The annual command exercise coordinated with the Joint Staff to perform the first phase of its 11th annual command exercise; part of a larger joint force exercise series designed to simulate... Read More »
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health recently released a procedures and scoring guide for the final competition of the AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC), which will award $8.5 million in prizes.
The AI Cyber Challenge final... Read More »
The Cobalt Magnet 25, a training, exercise and planning program to ensure preparedness in the event of public health and safety emergencies, is holding a training exercise to prepare against radiological threats, incidents, and accidents at locations throughout southeast Michigan, Ohio, Indiana,... Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) recently launched the Remote Identity Validation Rally (RIVR), a series of technology challenges that will be held throughout the year.
DHS S&T completed the Remote Identity Validation Technology Demonstration... Read More »
The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism recently launched the Terrorism and Targeted Violence (T2V) project.
The project will provide the homeland security community with data and analysis on violent events occurring in the United States and its territories... Read More »
A new report from the General Accountability Office offers the U.S. Department of Homeland Security guidance on how to increase the department’s transparency in its acquisition goals.
As part of the DHS Appropriations Act of 2015, the GAO is required to review DHS’s major acquisitions on an... Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) recently published a guide to help service providers, owners, and operators understand their role in responsible positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) use.
PNT is essential for critical infrastructure... Read More »
Raytheon, a defense solutions company, recently completed 10 subsystem demonstrations of the U.S. Army's Next-Generation Short-Range Interceptor (NGSRI). The technology eventually will replace the Stinger surface-to-air missile.
Tests include:
The NGSRI advanced seeker assembly demonstrated... Read More »
The U.S. Department of the Air Force and Synergy Building Systems, an Ohio-based real estate development company, recently entered into a 50-year Enhanced Use Lease (EUL) to develop approximately 43.5 acres of land at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton.
An EUL is a lease agreement... Read More »
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, Lockheed Martin's Demonstrations and Prototypes organization and the University of Iowa's Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) recently successfully showcased a crewed-uncrewed teaming mission.
The Skunk Works and OPL teams conducted a series of flight tests that... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit announced Wednesday contract awards for several software developers contracts in support of the unit’s Replicator Initiative.
Officials said the vendors will play a key role in enhancing the DoD’s efforts toward resilient command... Read More »
The Department of Defense (DOD) recently named California-based Castelion Corp. and Massachusetts-based Specter Aerospace as the winners of the Hypersonic Accelerated Manufactured Prototype Demonstration (Hyper-AMPD!) prize challenge. Each company receives $250,000.
The two-phase project sought... Read More »
In a proactive move, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released its first comprehensive plan focusing on how the agency will engage international partners to strengthen infrastructure security and resilience.
The 2025-2026 International Strategic Plan supports CISA’s... Read More »
Royal Philips will accelerate the predictive health monitoring of the Rapid Analysis of Threat Exposure (RATE) algorithm for active service personnel now that the U.S. Department of Defense has invested in it.
Following a successful development and pilot program, the RATE technology using... Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) said on Oct. 23 it awarded 19 research teams from Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) $1.78 million in Summer Research Team Program funding for homeland security-related research.
Awardees include Hispanic... Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) recently announced four contract awards, totaling $789,280, for the development of synthetic data capabilities that model and replicate the shape and patterns of real data.
“Sharing sensitive data that can be used... Read More »
Virginia-based Northrop Grumman Corp., a leading global aerospace and defense technology company, recently introduced the Forward Area Air Defense (FAAD) Advanced Battle Manager (ABM) system, an artificial intelligence (AI) feature to help warfighters make real-time decisions.
FAAD is... Read More »
The Department of Defense recently awarded 112 university researchers $43 million in Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) grants.
"DURIP awards build vital research infrastructure, advancing the exploration of novel ideas and upholding the cutting-edge capabilities of our... Read More »
On Friday, a joint investigation found a rising threat to U.S. economic and homeland security in the Chinese Communist Party’s dominance in U.S. port infrastructure.
According to a report from House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), Subcommittee on... Read More »
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) issued a Request for Information from commercial port operators to help research maritime cybersecurity.
The Directorate’s Maritime Port Resiliency and Security Research Testbed project is... Read More »
On Thursday, the U.S. Army announced it had awarded the Javelin Joint Venture (JJV) contract to Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.
The $1.3 billion contract is the largest single-year Javelin production contract covers Javelin missiles and associated equipment and services. The joint venture contract... Read More »
On August 7, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it had awarded seven more Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program awards to seven more firms.
The awards brings the number of awards to date up to 13 for a total of $23 million. Awardees included Modular Genetics, Battelle and... Read More »
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it had awarded more than $46 million in grants to support basic research in national security topics.
The DoD awarded 19 grants to university-based faculty teams under its Minerva Research Initiative. The grants are three- to five-year awards... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced Friday that it was looking for Software Artifact Dependency Graph (ADG) Generation capabilities to understand risks within the software that power cyber and physical infrastructure.
The solicitation... Read More »
More than 650 projects across the country were selected to receive $1 billion in climate resilience funding, officials announced Tuesday.
President Joe Biden, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said the 656 projects will... Read More »
The AFWERX arm of the Air Force Research Laboratory recently awarded a $1.25 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Othram for advancements to forensic DNA sequencing technology.
Othram is a forensic sequencing lab for law enforcement. As of this May, it began... Read More »
More than 1,000 law enforcement officers from local, state, federal and international organizations attended the National Cyber Crime Conference this April, making use of the opportunity to expand their knowledge and tools for dealing with cyber incidents.
While the event has been ongoing since... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently sought to articulate its critical investment plans to help it meet technological needs and maximize strategic impact by publishing a department-wide Innovation, Research and Development (IRD) Strategic Plan.
It was the result of two years... Read More »
In preparation for the 2024 hurricane season’s kickoff next month, FEMA Deputy Administrator Erik A. Hooks joined National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Dr. Rick Spinrad, and National Weather Service (NWS) Director Ken Graham issued the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season... Read More »
In order to properly prepare working canines for explosives detection, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) released a new report to help emergency responders find non-detonable training aids.
“The Detection Canine Program at S&T plays a critical... Read More »
Fearing the potential behind a recent outbreak of avian flu (H5N1), 17 U.S. senators wrote to Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack this week urging a more coordinated approach between federal, public and state agencies.
Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... Read More »
