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

Can any U.S. military doctrine that mentions the Sphere Handbook or Sphere Project be provided?

Can any U.S. military doctrine that mentions the Sphere Handbook or Sphere Project be provided?

What prediction capabilities exist to indicate when messaging may “break out” of its originating foreign information source (news, social media, websites) and move to other parts of the foreign information environment, where it may lead to the threats or incitement of physical action?

What prediction capabilities exist to indicate when messaging may “break out” of its originating foreign information source (news, social media, websites) and move to other parts of the foreign information environment, where it may lead to the threats or incitement of physical action?

What government-off-the-shelf or commercial-off-the-shelf tools are available to provide a human-machine interface that can be used for law enforcement and emergency management scenarios?

What government-off-the-shelf or commercial-off-the-shelf tools are available to provide a human-machine interface that can be used for law enforcement and emergency management scenarios?

Articles

S&T recently tested the performance of technologies like DePLife, which was upgraded with a motion compensation algorithm. Here, MIT LL researcher Noah Yared holds a DePLife prototype. Photo credit: MIT LL.

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…

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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…

The oft-studied Arabidopsis thaliana plant provided the enzyme for a discovery by Rutgers and Brookhaven scientists. (Credit: Eric Lam)

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

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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…

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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…

US Air Force Personnel staff an emergency operations center during a training exercise. Different groups are wearing different colored safety vests.

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 and for an enhanced command and control of civilian-supported…

Events

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DoD Energy & Power Summit

DSI’s 7th Annual Department of Defense (DoD) Energy and Power Summit is a ‘Town-Hall’ style forum that will bring together leaders and experts from across U.S. military services, DoD, federal government, and industry. This event…

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GridSecCon 2025

NERC, the E-ISAC, and WECC are cohosting the 14th annual Grid Security Conference, GridSecCon, from October 7-10 in Las Vegas. Join cyber and physical security leaders for four days of collaboration, networking, and expert training…

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TechNet Indo-Pacific 2025

TechNet Indo-Pacific is the largest strategic event of its kind in the Indo-Pacific Rim. USINDOPACOM works closely with partners to enable resilient, survivable and secure collaboration across the spectrum of contingencies. TechNet Indo-Pacific, now in…