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  • DHS, Property Drone Consortium to Study UAS Applications for Public Safety Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS, Property Drone Consortium to Study UAS Applications for Public Safety Missions

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Property Drone Consortium in an effort to advance understanding on unmanned aerial system applications for public safety missions. PDC said Tuesday the agreement will utilize the knowledge and resources of PDC, the DHS S&T First Responders Group and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. […] More

  • DHS, DoD & NSF to Hold Cybersecurity Workshop for Small Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS, DoD & NSF to Hold Cybersecurity Workshop for Small Businesses

    The Defense Department, Department of Homeland Security and the National Science Foundation will hold a cybersecurity-focused workshop for small business awardees of the Small Business Innovation Research program. DHS said Monday the 2016 Government Cyber Security SBIR Workshop will allow active Phase II and III SBIR participants to feature their new research and offerings as well as partner […] More

  • DHS Taps JGW International, Reamda to Develop EOD Robot Operator Control Unit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Taps JGW International, Reamda to Develop EOD Robot Operator Control Unit

    The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $422,330 contract to JGW International to produce a universal operator control unit for four explosive ordnance disposal robotic platforms. DHS’ science and technology directorate will collaborate with JGW International and its  partner Reamda to create a system that will work to help bomb technicians operate multiple robotic platforms using a single standardized control unit console, the […] More

  • DHS Seeks Wearable First Responder Tech From Startup Companies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Seeks Wearable First Responder Tech From Startup Companies

    The Department of Homeland Security currently explores startup-developed wearable technologies that work to support first responders through a business accelerator program of the DHS science and technology directorate. DHS said it seeks startup companies that can provide body-worn electronics, advanced sensors and gear-embedded voice and data communication technologies as part of the EMERGE 2016: Wearable Technology accelerator program. The department added the […] More

  • LMI Employees Receive DHS 'Building Partnerships Award' With National Urban Security Tech Lab Teammates - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LMI Employees Receive DHS ‘Building Partnerships Award’ With National Urban Security Tech Lab Teammates

    The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a government-industry team that includes Kris Dooley, Abby Hooper and Steve Vargas of LMI the Building Partnerships Award. The LMI acquisition and financial management professionals are part of a group that worked with the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory within the DHS science and technology directorate’s office of national laboratories, the company said Tuesday. […] More

  • DHS, CBP to Hold Industry Day for Small UAS & Airport Passenger Processing Startups - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS, CBP to Hold Industry Day for Small UAS & Airport Passenger Processing Startups

    The Department of Homeland Security will hold an industry day on July 29 to foster partnerships between the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and startup firms and investors in the fields of small unmanned aircraft systems and airport passenger processing. DHS said Tuesday the event aims to inform organizations and professionals on research and development opportunities under the Silicon Valley Innovation Program. […] More

  • DHS Selects Raytheon BBN, Yale University, ICSI for Privacy Protection Tech R&D Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Selects Raytheon BBN, Yale University, ICSI for Privacy Protection Tech R&D Contracts

    A Raytheon subsidiary, the International Computer Science Institute and Yale University have received separate contracts from the Department of Homeland Security to develop technologies that will work to protect privacy and personally identifying information. The three contracts have a total value of $3.66 million and seek to secure online  information in the public and private sectors as part of the data […] More

  • International Computer Science Institute Receives DHS S&T Grant For Privacy Protection Tech Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    International Computer Science Institute Receives DHS S&T Grant For Privacy Protection Tech Development

    The International Computer Science Institute has received $664,378 in funds from the Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate to develop privacy intrusion detection technology for use on mobile devices. DHS said Wednesday the Berkeley, California-based research organization secured the award through a broad agency announcement of DHS S&T’s cybersecurity division. The award is part of the S&T’s directorate’s […] More

  • Adventium Enterprises Awarded Contract for DHS Medical Device Security Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Adventium Enterprises Awarded Contract for DHS Medical Device Security Contract

    Minnesota-based Adventium Enterprises will work to upgrade the security of medical devices under a $2.2 million contract as part of the Department of Homeland Security science and technology directorate’s Intrinsically Secure, Open, and Safe Control of Essential LayErS project. DHS said Tuesday the project aims to protect medical devices from cyber threats. “Many medical devices are networked into hospital […] More

  • Morpho to Produce Explosives Trace Detector for DHS; Karen Bomba Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Morpho to Produce Explosives Trace Detector for DHS; Karen Bomba Comments

    Morpho has been awarded a nearly $1 million contract to produce explosives trace detector for the Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate. Morpho Detection will develop the company’s Itemiser DX Air Cargo detector kit meant to update the threat library for new explosives, Morpho said Wednesday. The prototype kits are scheduled for delivery […] More

  • Johns Hopkins University APL Unveils Location-Specific Emergency Alert Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins University APL Unveils Location-Specific Emergency Alert Tech

    Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has conceptualized a new smartphone-based emergency alert technology that works to provide location-specific notifications to users. The lab said Wednesday the Arbitrary-Size Location-Aware Targeting concept utilizes geolocation technologies to boost the alerts’ accuracy of delivery. “ASLAT uses the location awareness of wireless devices — their internal knowledge of where they are […] More

  • DHS Awards Galois, Waverley Labs DDoS Defense Program Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Awards Galois, Waverley Labs DDoS Defense Program Contracts

    The Department of Homeland Security has awarded $2.33 million in contracts to Galois and Waverley Labs for support of the science and technology directorate’s cybersecurity research and development program on distributed denial of service attacks. DHS said Friday the $1.7 million “DDoS Defense for a Company of Peers” contract with Oregon-based Galois covers the development of a DDoS response tool […] More