DHS Science & Technology

Directorate Brief

Presented by:

Jay M. CohenUnder Secretary for Science & Technology U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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Homeland Security Mission

� Lead unified national effort to secure America

� Prevent terrorist attacks within the U.S.

� Respond to threats and hazards to the nation

� Ensure safe and secure borders� Welcome lawful immigrants and

visitors� Promote free flow of commerce

S&T Goals

� Accelerate delivery of enhanced technological capabilities to meet requirements and fill capability gaps to support DHS Agencies inaccomplishing their mission

� Establish a lean and agile GS-manned, world-class S&T management team to deliver the technological advantage necessary to ensure DHS Agency mission success and prevent technology surprise

� Provide leadership, research and educational opportunities and resources to develop the necessary intellectual basis to enable a national S&T workforce to secure the homeland

Consistent with the Homeland Security Act of 2002

Other (0-8+ yrs)

� Test & Evaluation and Standards

� Laboratory Operations & Construction

� Required by Administration (HSPDs)

� Congressional direction/law

Basic Research (>8 yrs)

� Enables future paradigm changes

� University fundamental research

� Government lab discoveryand invention

Innovative Capabilities (1-5 yrs)

� High-risk/High payoff

� “Game changer/Leap ahead”

� Prototype, Test and Deploy

� HSARPA

Product Transition (0-3 yrs)

� Focused on delivering near-term products/enhancements to acquisition

� Customer IPT controlled

� Cost, schedule, capability metrics

DHS S&T Investment PortfolioBalance of Risk, Cost, Impact, and Time to Delivery

Customer Focused, Output Oriented

S&T Organization

Director of ResearchStarnes Walker

DeputyDave Masters

Director of TransitionBob Hooks

DeputyRich Kikla

Research

Applications

Innovation

DHS U/S S&T

ResearchGeorge Zarur

TransitionHerm Rediess

ResearchIntel: John Hoyt Futures: Joe Kielman

TransitionTrent DePersia

ResearchJeannie Lin

TransitionDavid Newton

ResearchMichelle Keeney (Acting)

TransitionChris Turner

ResearchMary E. Hynes

TransitionLawrence Ash

ResearchChem/Bio: Keith WardThreat Char/Attribution:Sandy LandsbergJnt Agro Def: Tam Garland

TransitionJeff Stiefel

ExplosivesJim Tuttle

Command, Control& Interoperability

Dave Boyd

Border/MaritimeCapt Dave Newton

USCG (Acting)

Human Factors

Sharla Rausch

Infrastructure/GeophysicalChris Doyle

Chem/BioJohn Vitko

Director of InnovationRoger McGinnis

DeputyRolf Dietrich

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DHS S&T Directorate

Director

Ops Analysis Group

Erv Kapos

CFO/PA&E/OPOGeneral Counsel

Corporate Communications

Chief of Staff

Brad Buswell

Explosives DivisionChemical/Biological DivisionCommand, Control & Interoperability Division

Borders/Maritime DivisionHuman Factors DivisionInfrastructure/Geophysical Division

Business Ops & Services(BIZOPS) Division

Admin & Audits (GAO/OIG)

CIO

Facilities-HQ

Human Capital

Security

Exec Secretary

CAO/OAM

Director

S&TSpecial

Programs

Spanky Kirsch

Director

Agencyand Int’l Liaison

Randy Zeller

&Lil

Ramirez

Director ofResearch

Director ofInnovation

Director ofTransition

Director

T&EStandards

George Ryan

HSARPA, SBIR Tech SolutionsUniversity/Lab

DHS U/S S&T

Homeland Security Institute

Product Transition PortfolioEnabling Capabilities, Supporting Mission Critical Needs of DHS

Integrated Product Teams (IPTs)

� 11 Capstone IPTs form the centerpiece of the S&T’scustomer-driven approach to product transition

� Engage DHS customers, acquisition partners, S&T technical division heads, and end users in product research, development, transition and acquisition activities

� Identify our customers’ needs and enable and transition near-term capabilities for addressing them

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DHS Requirements/Capability Capstone IPTsDHS S&T Product – “Enabling Homeland Capabilities” (EHCs)

OIA

Acquisition

Acquisition Acquisition

CBP/ICE CMO/IP

Acquisition Acquisition

ExplosivesBorders/Maritime

Information Sharing/Mgmt Border Security Chem/Bio Defense

Explosive PreventionMaritime Security

C2I Borders/Maritime

Guardsmen Agents

OOC Inspector/Agents Policy

People Screening Infrastructure Protection

AcquisitionAcquisition

US VISIT/TSA

Human Factors

Infrastructure/Geophysical

SCO/CIS IP

USCG TSA/USSS

Incident Management

Cargo Security

Officers/Industry

Acquisition/Policy

CBP

Borders/Maritime

Chem/Bio

Cyber Security

Acquisition

Infrastructure/Geophysical/C2I

Infrastructure Owners/Operators

CS&C

InfrastructureOwners/Operators

Acquisition

First Responders

FEMA

Infrastructure/Geophysical

Prep & Response

C2I

First Responders

Acquisition

InteroperabilityFEMA/OEC

IPT Initial Outcome

High Priority Technology Needs• 11 Capstone IPTs have identified 77 High Priority

Technology Needs for DHS components and their customers

• Identified in new brochure and posted at www.hsarpabaa.com

• Baseline established for conducting an iterative, dynamic IPT process on an annual cycle aligned with DHS funding and acquisition processes

IPT Next Steps:

• Focus on delivering product to customers

• Detail proposed technology solutions

• Clarify deliverable and transition plans

• Develop Technology Transition Agreements to establish customer requirements and technical specifications

Customer Focused…Output Oriented

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Border Security IPTRepresentative Technology Needs

• Improved ballistic protection via personal protective equipment

• Improve detection, tracking, and identification of all threats along the terrestrial and maritime border

• Non-lethal compliance measures for vehicles, vessels, or aircraft allowing for safe interdiction by law enforcement personnel

• Non-destructive tools that allow for the inspection of hidden or closed compartments to find contraband or security threats

• Improved analysis and decision-making tools that will ensure the development/implementation of border security initiatives

Borders/Maritime Security Division Lead

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Capstone IPTs defined requirements and customer capability gaps -NOW to Fill Those Gaps, Project IPTs Need to Engage

Explosive PreventionMaritime Security Cargo SecurityCyber Security

Information Sharing/Mgmt Border Security Chem/Bio Defense

People Screening Infrastructure Protection Incident Management

• Information Fusion and Visualization to Support the Common Operating Picture (COP)

• Network Identity Management

• Cross-Agency Information Sharing

(19)

• Border Officer Tools and Safety

• Sensor and Data Fusion

• Border / Maritime Domain Awareness Technologies

(50)

• Border Officer Tools and Safety

• Sensor and Data Fusion

• Border / Maritime Domain Awareness Technologies

(32)

• Standoff Detection • Homemade Explosives• Checked Baggage• Check Point• Response• Canine explosive detection• Blast Mitigation• Standoff Projectile Mitigation

(45)

• Biometrics

• Credentialing

• Hostile Intent

• Group Violent Intent Modeling

(10)

• Analysis & Decision Support Systems

• Advanced Infrastructure Architecture & Systems Design

• Detection & Sensor Systems

• Response, Recovery and Reconstitution (10)

• Container Security

• Cargo Security

• Cargo Inspection

(15)

• Research Tools & Technology

• Information Infrastructure Protection

• Next Generation Technologies

(12)

Interoperability Prep & Response• First Responder Equipment• Common Operating Picture

& Situational Awareness• Incident Modeling, Mapping

& Simulation

(7)

• Advanced communication• Digital voice

communication• Seamless data exchange

(14)

•The Capstone Execution Arm

• Detailed Customer Schedule and Requirements

• Detailed S&T Performance Parameters

• CoordinatedProgrammatic Alignment

• Codified Technology Transition Agreements

Red number indicates # of projects reviewed

256 Total

To Deliver Technology on Schedule with Requisite Performance

• Agrodefense• Biodefense• Chemical Defense

(42)

DRAFT

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Border Security IPTRepresentative Technology Needs

• Ability for law enforcement personnel to quickly identify the origin of gunfire and classify the type of weapon fire

• Ability for law enforcement officers to assure compliance of lawful orders using non-lethal means

Borders/Maritime Security Division Lead

• Ability to access ICE databases in which voice information is entered; provide analytical, reporting, and automated case deconfliction; classify, identify voice samples

C2I Division

• Ability to non-intrusively determine the intentof subjects during questioning

Human Factors Division

Innovation PortfolioHigh Risk, High Gain, Game Changers for Leap-Ahead Results

� Promotes revolutionary changes in technology

� Focus on prototyping and deploying critical technologies

Includes:

� HSARPA – Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency

� “Homeworks” – 1% of budget highest risk, highest pay-off

� Small Business Innovation Research program

� Visit www.FedBizOpps.gov, www.hsarpabaa.com and www.dhssbir.com

Innovation/HSARPA

HIPS and HITS

Homeland Innovative Prototypical Solutions (HIPS) are designed to deliver prototype-level demonstrations of game-changing technologies in two to five years. Projects are moderate to high risk, with high payoff

High Impact Technology Solutions (HITS) are designed to provide proof-of-concept answers within one to three years that could result in high-payoff technology breakthroughs. While these projects are at considerable risk for failure, they offer the potential for significant gains in capability

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CHLOEFY08 1Q – Live-Fire Counter-Manpads Detection demonstration at White Sands Missile Range

SENSITFY08 4Q Liquid explosives field demonstration of a screening prototype for TSA 3-1-1 bags in a coin size tub at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM

FAST M2FY08 1Q – Non-invasive sensor demonstration, validation and metrics at MIT Draper Laboratory

REGFY08 2&4Q – Laboratory demonstrations of fault limiting superconducting cable at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN

HURRICANE & STORM SURGE MITIGATION

FY08 4Q – Storm surge mitigation system concept demonstration at the Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg, MS

LEVEE STRENGTHENINGFY08 4Q - New survey methods demonstration using a variety of geophysical sensors on multiple platforms

and address weak levees. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, MS.

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FY08 3Q – Trial prototype inflatable plug device at the West Virginia Memorial Tunnel

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGE DETECTIONFY08 1Q – Examine technical characteristics of a new ultrahigh resolution optical sensor in lower Manhattan in coordination with the New York Police Department

TUNNEL DETECTFY08 3Q – Field experiments for improved airborne wide area surveillance system to increase the accuracy of detection.

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Tunnel Detection: Integrating SystemsOffice of Innovation - High Impact Technology Solutions

• Integrated Systems Approach: Combines land-mobile systems, airborne sensors, drilling, and high-resolution listening devices to detect, identify, and confirm underground cross-border tunnels.

• Current Focus: Demonstrate an unmanned aircraft system for tunnel detection

• Goal: Provide a significantly improved cross-border tunnel detection capability for Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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MANPADSMANPADS

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs)

• High-Altitude Stand-Off Counter-MANPADS • High Altitude – Wide-Area Coverage• Long Endurance – Persistent Surveillance• Large Payload – Multi-Sensor

Counter-MANPADS Functions

1. MWS Detect & Declare2. Slew & Hand-off3. Track4. Jam

65K Feet

Border & Critical Infrastructure Surveillance

• Automatic target detection/recognition• Persistence (24/7, all-weather coverage)

Operational Characteristics• Real-time sensor fusion/dissemination• Multi-user / border surveillance requirements• Commercial Aircraft MANPADS protection

Maritime Surveillance & Interdiction

Engagement Time: 3-10 Seconds

Counter-MANPADS/Persistent SurveillanceOffice of Innovation - Homeland Innovative Prototypical Solutions

Project Chloe

SAFECON – Safe ContainerOffice of Innovation - Homeland Innovative Prototypical Solutions

� Improved Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) capability

� Improved Sensors for explosives, Chem, and Bio agents

Scan for WMD, contraband, and human cargo during normal crane transport operations

Integrated Sensor Suite: explosives, chemical agents, biological agents human cargo, contraband

Quickly Detect and Identify Dangerous Cargo

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Future Attribute Screening Technology Mobile

Module (FAST M2)

Office of Innovation - Homeland Innovative Prototypical Solutions

Systems• Queue management• Behavioral profiling• Rapid risk assessment• Screening methodologies

Operational Characteristics•Discover screening methods for intent•Privacy protection for all participants•Simple to operate and use

Functions• Identity verification• Attribute measurement• Risk determination• Behavior focused screening

Basic Research Portfolio

� Brings the capabilities, talent and resources of the Homeland Security Centers of Excellence, DOE National Laboratories and DHS Labs to bear to address the long-term R&D needs for DHS in sciences of enduring relevance

� This type of focused, protracted research investment has potential to lead to paradigm shifts in the nation’s homeland security capabilities

Discovery and Invention to Enable Future Capabilities

DHS University Programs in Brief

• Eight current Centers of Excellence (COEs)

• Nearly 90 U.S. colleges and universities, including several Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs)

• More than 20 other partners from laboratories, private industry and think tanks

• More than 30 states represented

• More than 200 current Scholars and Fellows

Coming Up

• Four new COEs to be announced in October

• New scholarships and fellowships in 10 major fields of study

• New science education grants for universities and MSIs

Future COE Alignment

S&T DIVISIONS

Infrastructure/ Geophysical

Human FactorsBorders/MaritimeCommand, Control &

InteroperabilityChemical/BiologicalExplosives

IDS-UACs

RVACs

NEW National Center for Explosives Detection,

Mitigation & Response

Consolidated CCI Center

Consolidated Chem/Bio Center

NEW National Center for

Border Security & Immigration

NEW National Center for

Maritime, Island & Remote/Extreme

Environment Security

NEW National Center for

Natural Disasters,

Coastal Infrastructure & Emergency Management

Operations & AnalysisRisk Sciences Branch & HSI Risk Determination

DHS S&T Laboratories

Environmental Measurements Laboratory

National BiodefenseAnalysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC)

Plum Island Animal Disease Center Transportation Security Laboratory

… S&T has access to these four DHS S&T Labs and 10 DOE National Labs

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DHS / DOE Laboratory Alignment

S&T DIVISIONS

Infrastructure/ Geophysical

Human FactorsBorders/MaritimeChemical/Biological

StandardsTest and Evaluation

TSL / EML

Explosives

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Command, Control & Interoperability

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Examples of Basic Research Activities� Modeling & Simulation tools to capture complex

relationships between immigration and border security for strategic planning

� Assays methods for next-generation bio-threat detectors

� Studies of radicalization development within individuals, groups, societies; roles of governments, civic organizations, and communities

� Carbon Materials for Blast Mitigation and Explosive Device Containment

� Information analysis and visualization tools for threat vulnerability, assessment, and response

� Fundamentals of deposition, removal and transport of explosive particles

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Countering the IED Threat

BOOM

ObtainFunds

DevelopOrganization

Gather & Provide Material

Improvise CONOPS/ Tactics/ Devices

PlanAttacks

Perform Attacks

ConsequenceManagement

Deter & Predict

Detect & Defeat

Breaking the links in the IED Delivery Chain

MitigateAttribution

S&T International Research Grants

– Yearly solicitation for international research project proposals that align with S&T’s mission and requirements to be issue October 2007:

• Evaluation of novel tools or approaches to confronting homeland security challenges;

• Basic research to provide data, understandings, or models that support S&T or policy decisions by the Department of Homeland Security; and

• S&T and operations research evaluations to support revolutionary improvements in DHS’s mission and its component agencies’ operations.

– Working with the established DHS Centers of Excellence (COE) located across the country on international collaborative research:

• CREATE (USC) and Technion (Israel) to address peroxide-based explosives.

• FAZD (Texas A&M) and Jomo Kenyatta University (Kenya) to help counter and prevent outbreaks of Rift Valley fever.

• START (Maryland), King’s College (UK) and the National Defence College (Sweden) to study group radicalization.

• START and GRADE (Peru) to study the resilience of violent organizations in Latin America.

S&T International Collaborations

– Have formal Memoranda of Agreement (MOA) for bilateral S&T collaborations across the full range of homeland security science and technology with:

– Canada (June 2004)

– United Kingdom (December 2004)

– Australia (December 2005)

– Singapore (March 2007)

– Sweden (April 2007)

– These MOAs allow for information exchange, joint research projects, and scientist and engineer exchanges.

– Currently developing MOAs with Israel, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Japan, EU, Organization for Safety & Cooperation in Europe, and NATO.

Bilateral Collaborative Activities

Canada-US– Security and Prosperity Partnership – CBRNE Countermeasures– Coordinated Risk Assessments – Critical Infrastructure Protection– Disruption & Interdiction– Systems Integration & Standards

• Sweden-US– Critical Infrastructure Protection– Emergency Management

Technologies– Coordinated Risk Assessments– Maritime Domain Awareness– Social / Behavioral Research– Cyber Security

United Kingdom-US– Radiation/Nuclear Detection (DNDO)– Biological & Chemical Countermeasures– WMD Forensics and Decontamination– Liquid Explosives / IED’s– Social Behavioral – Coordinated Risk Assessments

Australia-US– Critical Infrastructure Protection– Cyber Security– Biological Countermeasures– Cargo and Container Security– Aviation Security– Maritime Domain Awareness– Social Behavioral Studies– Protective Service Tools

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Doing Business with DHS S&TNew Broad Agency Announcements

Released May 1

• IED and Vehicle-Borne Explosive Device Defeat

• Document validator

• Biometric detector

• Home Made Explosives Detection System Development

• Emerging Counter-MANPADS Technologies Assessment

For more about BAAs, visit www.FedBizOpps.govand www.hsarpabaa.com

Doing Business with DHS S&T cont’d Additional Open BAAs

• Tunnel Detection Technologies – allows rapid detection of tunnels

• SAFE Container (SAFECON) – detect and identify WMD, explosives and contraband cargo and to detect humans in shipping containers

• Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST) Demonstration Laboratory – rapid screening of people and their credentials and belongings

• CHLOE - High Altitude Endurance UAV System-Based Counter-MANPADS Technology Assessment

Visit www.FedBizOpps.gov and www.hsarpabaa.com

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DHS S&T Stakeholders Conferences

• First Annual Stakeholders Conference,

Washington, DC, May 21-24, 2007

Coming Up

• International conference, London,

December 3-5, 2007

• Conference with first responder focus,

Los Angeles, January 14-17, 2008

• Stakeholders Conference, Washington,

DC, May 2008

• International conference, Pacific Rim,

late 2008

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Back-Up Slides

Levee Strengthening and Rapid Repair

Homeland Innovative Prototypical Solutions

Click on image to start video

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Levee Strengthening and Rapid Repair

Homeland Innovative Prototypical Solutions

Roll-out protectivecoverings such as

articulated concrete mats

Float-in structure guidedby cables

Drop-in structures lofted by aircraft

Pre-emptive mappingof weak levees

Pre-Flood Deployment of ProtectiveAnd Rapid Repair Supplies to

Problem Locations

Explosively EmplacedSupport Structures

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S&T IPTS

CIED Special Project

COP

Situational Awareness Tools

Law Enforcement

Information Sharing/Mgmt Border Security Chem/Bio Defense

Explosive Prevention

Maritime Security

People Screening Infrastructure Protection

Cargo SecurityCyber Security

Interoperability

CAPSTONE IPTSCAPSTONE IPTS

S&TTask Force

IPTS

Prep/Response

Transportation Security

S&T Task Force IPTS

COP

SituationalAwareness Tools

DHS CIO CID

OPS

USCG

Law Enforcement

S&T Division

Acquisition Borders/Maritime

Agents/Inspectors/ FSD’s/Guardsmen/FAMS/FPs

S&T CIED Task Force Lead

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LCIED Special Project

Acquisition

Agents

USSS/OBP

TransportationSecurity

Acquisition Explosives

S&T Division

Acquisition CID

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Relation between Capstone IPTsand CIED Special Project IPT

CIED Special Project IPT

Capstone IPTs� DHS Customer Led

� Near-Term Focus

� HSPD-19 Focused

� Coordinating OSTP Direction Through Multiple Disciplines

� Additional Research Opportunities Earlier in the Prevention Cycle

� Long-Term Focus

DOT

DOR

USSS/OBP

S&T CIED Task Force LeadAcquisition

Agents

People Screening

Human Factors

SCO/CIS

Infrastructure Protection

Infrastructure/Geophysical

IP

Explosives

Explosive PreventionTSA/USSS