Challenges of Deploying From a Contested Homeland
What are the challenges of deploying from a contested homeland, and how can the United States address those issues from a "whole-of-nation" resiliency approach?
Homeland Defense & Security
Counterterrorism, environmental security, aviation security, law enforcement, fraud protection, building and facilities security, border security, disaster/emergency response and recovery, and cybersecurity/information management.
Recent Inquiries
Interim Suppression Spray to Contain Chemical/Biological Materials
What research has been conducted on a spray or other material to affix a chemical or biological material to a surface and serve as a protective barrier?
Using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) to Detect, Deny, and Impact a Variety of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Domains
How can UASs be used to impact border security and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief?
Articles
Testing New Technologies That Help Law Enforcement “See” Through Walls
Last month, S&T completed the development of DePLife, a technology that leverages radar to “see” through walls, providing law enforcement with valuable intelligence and situational awareness in often precarious situations. Industry partner MaXentric Technologies LLC…
NSRI Leverages NU Biosecurity, Supply Chain Resilience Expertise for Critical Disease Research
Surges in avian flu in the U.S and African swine fever and foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) around the world have heightened public awareness of how a major outbreak in animal disease can cause wide-ranging harm. National…
Scientists Find a New Way to Help Plants Fight Diseases
In a discovery three decades in the making, scientists at Rutgers and Brookhaven National Laboratory have acquired detailed knowledge about the internal structures and mode of regulation for a specialized protein and are proceeding to…
Webinars
Barometric Extremes: Amplified Weather Hazards Impacting Energy and IT Sector Operations
Extreme weather trends over the past 85 years have indicated a major swing in lower lows, and longer lasting highs which is wreaking havoc on weather systems at the surface. When systems and practices were…
Machine Learning Weather Prediction
Machine learning (ML) is revolutionizing weather forecasting because it can identify complex patterns in vast amounts of weather data. It provides accurate predictions, fast updates, and the ability to capture subtle details that traditional methods…
Emergency Management Intelligence: The Need for Civilian Authorities Support
This webinar will introduce the concept of emergency management intelligence as it relates to U.S. military intelligence curation, connecting the various forms of intelligence (“INTs”) available for enhanced command and control of civilian-supported events and…
Events
Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference & Exhibition
Explore the innovations that will help shape national security for the next century at NDIA’s flagship Emerging Technologies Conference! Hear directly from technology leaders in government, defense industry, the commercial sector, and academia on cutting…
IAEM-USA Region 2 Conference
IAEM-USA Region 2 and Paul Smith’s College present the 2025 Emergency Management Educational Conference, “Wicked Problems in Emergency Management.” The conference will run three days: July 23-25, 2025. IAEM-USA Region 2 is excited to announce…
2025 CBRN Defense Conference
Join NDIA’s CBRN Division in Baltimore, MD for the 2025 CBRN Defense Conference. The NDIA CBRN Defense Division promotes the exchange of information — technical and operational — related to defenses against weapons of mass…