SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR HOMELAND SECURITY

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR HOMELAND SECURITY

• Kelly H. Carnes
• President and CEO
• TechVision21
• November 30, 2004

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National Strategy for Homeland Security

• Prevent terrorist attacks within the US
• Reduce vulnerability to terrorism
• Minimize damage and recover from attacks (if and
  when they occur)

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Science and Technology forHomeland Security

• In the war against terrorism, Americas vast
  science and technology base provides us with a
  key advantage.
• President George W. Bush

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Science and Technology Priorities

• Strategies to combat WMD
• Radiological and nuclear countermeasures
• Biological agent detection, diagnostics,
  therapeutics, and forensics
• Social, behavioral, and economic aspects of
  combating terrorism
• Border entry/exit technologies

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Overview FY 2005 Homeland Security RD

• 3.6B will be invested
• Project BioShield 2.5B over 3 years
• Key Agencies DHS, DOD/DARPA, HHS, Energy, DOJ,
  USDA
• Interagency Efforts Technical Support Working
  Group (TSWG)
• Additional research not classified as homeland
  security

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Major Increases inHomeland Security RD

• DHS 2005 RD budget 1.2 billion
• 363 million for biological countermeasures
• 65 million increase for BioWatch
• 60 million for portable anti-aircraft missile
  countermeasures

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Major Increases inHomeland Security RD

• 150 million for next generation screening
• 31 million for next generation biosensors
• 70 million for university/fellowship programs
• 76 million for rapid prototyping
• 123 million for rad/nuke countermeasures

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Major Increases inHomeland Security RD

• 73 million for chemical/high explosives
  countermeasures
• 66 million for threat analysis
• 21 million for air cargo security
• 54 million for explosive detection in commercial
  aviation
• 568 million for food/agricultural
• defense

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Private Sector Role

• The private sector has the expertise to develop
  and produce many of the technologies, devices,
  and systems needed for homeland security. The
  Federal government needs to find better ways to
  harness the energy, ingenuity, and investments of
  private entities for these purposes.
• National Strategy for Homeland Security

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Technical Support Working Group

• Defense
• FBI
• Energy
• Homeland Security
• ATF

• Secret Service
• FAA
• Intelligence Community

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TSWG Solicitations

• Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs)
• Each BAA issued by several TSWG subgroups
• Multiple technologies
• Set requirements, objectives, timeframes

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Examples of TSWG Solicitations in Recent BAAs

• Fuel cell power for tactical systems
• Remote detection of improvised explosive devices
• Self-contained active thermal protection for
  personnel
• National critical infrastructure data base
• Diagnosis/defeat of improvised explosive devices,
  chemical/radiological devices, car bombs
• Immersive virtual reality simulator for medical
  training
• Dynamic entry warning device
• Imaging in concrete

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Broad Agency Announcements

• www.bids.tswg.gov
• www.fedbizopps.gov
• www.grants.gov
• www.fedgrants.gov

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Department of Homeland Security

• 1.2B for RD in FY 2005
• Directorate of Science and Technology
• Sets homeland security RD goals and priorities
• Coordinates homeland security RD across the
  Federal government
• Funds homeland security RD
• Fosters the transfer and deployment of
  technologies for homeland security

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Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects
Agency (HSARPA)

• Preventing illicit traffic of radiological/nuclear
  materials and weapons
• Detection and mitigation of the effects of
  biological and chemical agents release
• Detecting illicit high explosives
• Enhancing the conventional missions of the
  Departments operational units
• Protecting cyber and other critical
  infrastructures
• Preventing technology surprise by anticipating
  current threats

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HSARPA BAA Topics

• Radiological and nuclear detection
• Bioinformatics and assay development
• Automated scene understanding
• Advanced container security devices
• Explosives bomb interdiction for rail, truck, and
  suicide threats
• Low vapor pressure chemical detection
• Instantaneous bio aerosol detectors
• www.hsarpabaa.com

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Department of Homeland SecuritySmall Business
Innovation Research

• Phase I scientific and technical feasibility, up
  to 100,000, NTE 6 months
• Phase II concept development, up to 750,000,
  NTE 24 months
• Phase III product development, no funding, some
  assistance in acquiring funding/commercialization

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Department of Homeland SecuritySmall Business
Innovation Research

• 2 Solicitations per year
• Each covering 6 topics
• 30 Phase I Awards, 10 Phase II Awards
• Published at
• www.fedbizopps.com
• www.hsarpasbir.com

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Department of Homeland SecuritySmall Business
Innovation Research

• Chem-bio sensors
• Aerosol Collectors
• Computer Modeling for Vulnerability Assessment of
  U.S. Infrastructure
• Marine Asset Tag Tracking System
• Ship Compartment Inspection Device
• Real-time Malicious Code Identification
• Toxic Industrial Chemicals Neutralization
• Alternatives to Chlorine in Municipal Water
  Purification
• Cooling Garments for Emergency Responders

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SBIR Jump Start and Fast Track

• Jump Start Submit Phase II Proposal Before
  Completing Phase I
• Closes Funding Gap, Accelerates Technology
  Development
• Fast Track Seek additional funding from non-SBIR
  sources that can be matched up to 250K in a 12
  ratio.

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Transportation Security Administration

• Communications Infrastructure
• Passenger Identification and Screening
• Tracking and Recognition Systems
• Data Warehousing and Data Mining
• Command and Control Systems
• Decision Support Systems
• Detecting suspicious behavior
• Electronic Surveillance
• Modeling and Simulation

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Department of Homeland SecurityCenters of
Excellence Program

• Published in Broad Agency Announcement
• Awards to Universities 12-18 Million3 years
• Centers of Excellence Awards
• Economic Consequences of Terrorist Threats and
  Events
• Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense
• Agro-security for Post-Harvest Food Protection

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Department of DefenseDefense Advanced Research
Projects Agency

• Personnel and Facilities CBN Protection
• Detection, Identification and Decontamination of
  CBN Agents
• New Technologies/Design Techniques for Building
  Construction and Infrastructure to Protect
  Personnel from CBN Materials

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Department of DefenseDefense Advanced Research
Projects Agency

• DARPA Solicits RD Work Through
• www.fedbizopps.com
• Department of Defense SBIR Program
• DARPA Solicitations Home Page
• Solicitation Forms
• Broad Agency Announcements
• RFPs
• Sources Sought Announcements
• Special Research Announcements

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Department of DefenseDefense Advanced Research
Projects Agency

• DARPA Awards Aimed At Projects
• Collections of contracts and thrusts with common
  theme
• Have beginning and end
• Specific hoped-for results
• May have very high risk

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Department of DefenseDefense Advanced Research
Projects Agency

• 1 in 3 good new project ideas funded
• Half generated internally half from outside
• Spring best time to influence new ideas
• DARPA can provide substantial funding

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Department of Health and Human Services

• 1.7 billion in FY 2005 for NIH biodefense
  efforts (3000 increase since 2001)
• 85 for external research
• Focused on
• Microbial agents with bioterrorism potential
• Host response to infection
• New/improved diagnostics, vaccines, therapies
• 100 grants and contracts with pharma
• and biotech companies

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Department of Health and Human Services

• NIH National Network of Centers of Excellence
  for Biodefense
• Public Health and Social Services
• 47M
• Countermeasures to treat nuclear and radiological
  injuries from terrorism
• Project BioShield
• 5-6B over 10 years

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Department of JusticeNational Institute of
Justice

• NIJ is the Justice Departments RD agency
• Solicitation downloads
• www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding.htm
• Applications for funding must go through
  Automated Grants Management System
• www.ojp.usdoj.gov/fundopps.htm

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Department of JusticeNational Institute of
Justice

• Current Solicitations
• Terrorism and Transnational Crime
• Communications Technologies for Public Safety
  Agencies
• Enhanced Tools for Improved Explosive Device and
  Car Bomb Defeat
• Sensor, Surveillance, and Biometric Technologies

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U.S.Department of AgricultureNational Research
Initiative on Animal and Plant Biosecurity

• Security of the food supply
• Animal and plant diseases
• High economic impact
• Basic and applied research
• Public, not-for-profit, private sector eligible
• Awardsup to 1 million

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• Kelly H. Carnes
• [phone]
• kcarnes_at_techvision21.com
• www.techvision21.com