HOMELAND DEFENSE

& Security Digest

17 OCTOBER 2023

HDIAC collects and publishes articles related to our technical focus areas on the web to share with the DoD community.

FEATURED ARTICLE

DoD Announces Release of 2023 Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released the unclassified version of its 2023 Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD). The 2023 DoD CWMD Strategy seeks to account for current and emerging WMD challenges and threats and provide tailored methods to address them. The Department will account for WMD threats holistically to prevent, mitigate,…

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Featured Notable Technical Inquiry

Microreactor Technology

Microreactor technology has the potential to provide benefits to the military in both domestic and overseas operations. In response to a technical inquiry received by the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center, several microreactor programs were explored. This includes three government programs:  (1) Project Pele, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense,  (2) the Microreactor Applications Research Validation and Evaluation Project, and (3) Modeling-Enhanced…

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FUTURE WEBINARS

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UPCOMING WEBINAR

Radiation Biodosimetry: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go

In the case of radiological/nuclear (R/N) mass casualty incidents, several thousands of humans may be exposed to ionizing radiation. Timely assessment of radiation dose is critical for making an appropriate “lifesaving” clinical decision for those with acute high-radiation dose exposures. The dicentric chromosome assay is considered the “gold standard” for biodosimetry, but its laborious and…

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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…

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…

DoD Energy & Power Summit

The 4th Annual U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Energy and Power Summit will focus on the technologies and policies necessary to support greater energy efficiency, resiliency, affordability, and environmental sustainability for the DoD for both…

Voice From the Community

Boreman Glenn
From Lab to the Literal Field:

Professor and Chair, Dept. of Physics & Optical Science, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte

Glenn Boreman is a professor and Chair of the Department of Physics & Optical Science at UNC at Charlotte, where his research interests include infrared (IR) and electro-optical systems, IR antennas, and image-quality assessments. He was previously on the faculty at the University of Central Florida and has supervised 27 Ph.D. students to completion. Prof. Boreman is a Fellow of SPIE, OSA, IEEE, and the Military Sensing Symposium.

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