HOMELAND DEFENSE

& Security Digest

3 MAY 2022

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

FEATURED ARTICLE

DHS S&T Awards $259M to Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System Threats

WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded $259,831,989.00 to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) to assist in the acquisition of technical services, in support of S&T’s counter-unmanned system threats (C-UST) efforts.

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Featured Notable Technical Inquiry

Agricultural Security Risks

The Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC) received a technical inquiry regarding the security of agricultural technology used within the United States. Many technologies are emerging for widespread use in the agricultural sector. This includes unmanned aerial systems capable of monitoring crops and applying pesticides, remotely controlled and Global Positioning System-enabled farm equipment, animal health diagnostic devices, and weather and soil sensors. The…

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FUTURE WEBINARS

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UPCOMING WEBINAR

Advanced Electromagnetic Induction Systems

This presentation will discuss advanced electromagnetic induction (EMI) sensing systems and models that have been developed over two decades for the detection and identification of subsurface hazardous targets. First, the basics of the advanced EMI geophysical sensing technologies will be described briefly. Then, we will introduce our handheld advanced electromagnetic induction sensors, operating in different…

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Military Health System Conference

The Military Health System (MHS) Conference is a four-day annual conference sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. Conference attendees are comprised of government, military, and industry healthcare professionals….

Energy Exchange

The Energy Exchange, hosted by the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), is an opportunity for agencies to ensure their workforce understands leadership direction, priorities, goals, and strategies. It’s also a unique opportunity to fulfill training…

The 19th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition

The IEEE conference series on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition is an international forum for research in image and video-based face, gesture, and body movement recognition. It is cosponsored by the IEEE Biometrics Council and…

Voice From the Community

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John Saindon, Ph.D., MT

Senior Emergency Public Health Responder and Biological Threat Reduction SME

Dr. Saindon is a senior emergency public health responder and a biological threat reduction subject matter expert (SME) in the U.S. Army Reserves, with nearly 20 years of domestic and international experience. He is also a registered clinical laboratory scientist (medical technologist) from George Washington University. His public health focus areas include laboratory systems, surveillance, vaccination campaigns, points of entries, and emergency preparedness and response. He deployed multiple times to Liberia during the West Africa Ebola Virus, DR Congo during the Ebola Virus, USA during COVID-19, and Uganda during the EVD preparedness response. He also supported refugee health for the Afghanistan population in Operation Allies Welcome. Dr. Saindon is a human rights and vaccine advocate, focusing on vulnerable populations.

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