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With expanded connectivity, the spectrum of devices that are susceptible to cyber-attack is constantly increasing.Beyond this, given the increased processing power and capabilities of everyday IoT/embedded devices, cyber-attacks that previously only targeted endpoints (e.g., botnets, ransomware, DoS, DDoS, etc.) are now broadly applicable.Unfortunately, current cyber-threat detection solutions are ...

Air cargo security is critical to minimizing the overall risk to national security. However, screening air cargo with current state-of-the-art computed tomography (CT) imaging is a complex and challenging task for screeners. To address current complexities and challenges, Charles River Analytics proposes to design and demonstrate Supportive Intelligence and Fusion Technology to Ecologically Repres ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to develop an air cargo screening software suite that automatically parses air cargo waybills and detects and localizes the reported cargo contents within X-ray images obtained during screening. The software will utilize state-of-the-art machine-learning (ML) and natural language processing techniques to rapidly analyze and correlate manifests with associated ...

To achieve the goals for the DHS SBIR topic “MCX Server-to-Server Communication, voice communications, 3GPP-Standards” (DHS231-005) to develop a unified process, strategy, and methodology to achieving interoperability of MCX server-to-server communications and to create a test tool for conformance and interoperability testing for MCX server-to-server communications, we will develop the ...

RMD is developing a semiconductor base Spectroscopic Personal Radiation Detector (SPRD). The gamma detection is be based on TlBr and the neutron detection on LiInSe (LIS) semiconductors. These detection technologies have been under development in RMD for several years with the DHS and other government agencies support. The primary technological benefit of semiconductor detectors for gamma detectio ...

Triton Systems and its partners propose to design and develop a novel chemical barrier elastomer, that does not contain fluorine, for use in CBRN protective ensembles for hazardous materials because current fluorine containing materials are required to be reduced and eventually eliminated for environmental reasons. In Phase I, we will design and fabricate nanocomposite elastomers with enhanced res ...

Accurate and timely detection and classification of chemical and/or biological threat agents (CBA) used by an adversary in a battlefield environment is a crucial task for reconnaissance and force protection systems. A key technology component in CBA plume sensing systems is the light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system. In Phase I a preliminary AI algorithm based on the autoencoding technique was ...

Treatment for acute nerve agent poisoning would greatly benefit from the additional use of a scopolamine hydrobromide injectable. However, addition of a single-dose scopolamine injectable to the warfighter kit represents a substantial logistical burden in the field. A multi-dose vial formulation of scopolamine that is effectively antimicrobial and stable in the field would alleviate logistical bur ...

FTL Labs Corporation, together with collaborators at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Massachusetts professor Dr. Evangelos Kalogerakis, proposes a powerful new system for automatic 3D building model synthesis. FTL's “FRAMER” (Fast Reconstruction of Architectural Models from Existing Resources) system is designed to be flexible, fast, and accurate. It combin ...

The goal of this program is to fabricate and demonstrate a Spectroscopic Personal Radiation Detector (SPRD) based on semiconductor sensors, TlBr for gamma detection and LiInSe2 (LIS) for neutron detection. These compact SPRDs will meet or exceed ANSI 42.48 requirements at a low cost. The SPRDs will also have directional capabilities resulting in faster localization of the radiation threat. In phas ...