HOMELAND DEFENSE

& Security Digest

27 FEBRUARY 2024

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

FEATURED ARTICLE

A man-portable tracked robot investigates a suspicious object.

New System Seeks to Upgrade Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robots, Aid Technicians

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO (AFRL) — A new system seeks to aid explosive ordnance disposal, or EOD, technicians by adding a simple and inexpensive system to improve depth detection while controlling disposal robots to manage counter-improvised explosive device, or C-IED, operations. The system, which increases precision and safety for EOD personnel, is the product…

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Featured Notable Technical Inquiry

Memory Effect Mitigation of an Incinerator’s Pollution Abatement System

The Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC) was asked to provide information on the removal of the memory effect from an incinerator’s pollution abatement system after it becomes contaminated with dioxins and furans. The overarching objective is to eliminate dioxin and furan emissions. However, realistic goals are centered on locating the most cost-effective way to maintain a subthreshold dioxin and furan emission. The…

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UPCOMING WEBINAR

Novel Nuclear Forensics for the 21st Century

This work will demonstrate how ubiquitous radiological characterization can take place throughout all nuclear facilities for all nuclear material (even those facilities the United States does not know exist). The presentation will detail how this technology is passively integrated into current and future nuclear facilities. The fundamental physics utilized for such grandiose claims are thermoluminescence,…

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UPCOMING EVENTS

2025 Pacific Operational Science & Technology (POST) Conference

Join NDIA and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command for the 2025 Pacific Operational Science & Technology (POST) Conference. This event promises to deliver a platform for collaboration, innovation, and exploration of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)…

Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Conference

The AFCEA Atlanta Chapter presents the next Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. AFCEA provides the a meeting place for government, academia, and industry working in all disciplines in industry, service, government,…

2025 AMSUS Annual Meeting

AMSUS, The Society of Federal Health Professionals, serves as a communication platform for the advancement of health professionals in all federal health agencies, as well as other nations. Key speakers include: Dr. Shereef Elnahal, Under…

The 17th Annual Nuclear Deterrence Summit

The Nuclear Deterrence Summit is an event that goes beyond bringing together leaders, experts, and industry executives in the field of nuclear deterrence. It is an opportunity for professionals in the nuclear deterrence and nonproliferation…

Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience North America

There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors whose assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or virtual, are considered so vital to the United States that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security,…

Joint Civil & DoD CBRN Symposium

The 9th Annual Joint Civil & Department of Defense (DoD) CBRN Symposium will provide a forum for members of the DoD, federal government, state and local government, private industry, academia, and other relevant CBRN stakeholders…

Voice From the Community

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Kirby Wedekind

Supervisory Protective Security Advisor

Kirby Wedekind serves in the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency as a supervisory protective security advisor for northeast Florida, where he collaborates with the local critical infrastructure community to reinforce cybersecurity, physical security, and resilience initiatives. Current priorities include countering foreign malign influence, advocating for secure-by-design principles, and supporting security efforts within the energy, water and wastewater, transportation, communication, and information technology sectors as well as companies developing next generation and emerging technology.

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