HOMELAND DEFENSE

& Security Digest

15 AUGUST 2023

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

FEATURED ARTICLE

DOE Releases Final Environmental Assessment for Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released the final environmental assessment and proposed finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for the design, construction, and operation of the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE) at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). DOE invites the public to review the final environmental assessment and comment on the proposed FONSI for this…

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Featured Notable Technical Inquiry

Unclassified Datasets Related to Former Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Programs

In support of a government agency researching counterproliferation and WMD mitigation capabilities, the Homeland Defense & Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC) was asked if there were any unclassified datasets related to former WMD programs. To ensure their research was as complete as possible, the tasking agency requested accessible datasets that could easily integrate into their internal database. HDIAC found 64 various WMD-related programs, procurement attempts,…

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UPCOMING WEBINAR

Printing Destruction: AM, WMD, and the Emerging Challenges to Security

This webinar will contain CUI and is restricted to U.S. government and contractors. Registrants may be asked to provide verification of their status. A link will be provided for verified users on the day of the webinar. Additive manufacturing (AM) offers significant advantages over more traditional types of manufacturing technologies, including a smaller facility footprint,…

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Microgrids & Energy Resilience Summit

Defense Strategies Institute’s (DSI’s) Microgrids & Energy Resilience Summit will bring together U.S. Department of Defense, federal government, and industry to drive the integration and connectivity of microgrids and distributed energy resources into our defense…

2024 Defense Logistics & Support Conference

With the expertise of thought leaders from the U.S. Department of Defense, industry, academia, and allied nations, this conference dives deeper into contested logistics, assessing current challenges and strategies. The discussions will encompass technology shaping…

Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Conference

The AFCEA Atlanta Chapter presents the next Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. AFCEA provides a meeting place for government, academia, and industry working in all disciplines in industry, service, government, military,…

GridSecCon 2024

NERC, the E-ISAC, and the Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO) are co-hosting the 13th annual grid security conference, GridSecCon 2024, on October 22 – 25 in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Hyatt Regency. Join industry and government…

TechNet Indo-Pacific

TechNet Indo-Pacific is a strategic event in the Indo-Pacific Rim. This year’s conference — “Free – Open – Secure” — focuses on the critical issues identified by regional military leaders to maintain and protect data…

11th Annual EOD/IED & Countermine Symposium

The 11th Annual EOD/IED & Countermine Symposium will bring together experts, innovators, and policymakers to address critical challenges in explosive ordnance disposal, improvised explosive devices, and countermine operations. The 2024 Symposium will highlight cutting-edge research,…

Voice From the Community

Scott-Armistead
Scott Armistead

HDIAC Senior Staff Engineer

Scott Armistead is a senior staff engineer for SURVICE Engineering, with nearly 35 years working in munitions research, development, operational, and live-fire test and evaluation. He previously served as the Senior Test Manager and Program Engineer for the Joint Munitions T&E Program Office. His experience includes infrared, visible, ultraviolet, millimeterwave, seismic, magnetic, and acoustic
sensors and weapons technologies; kinetic and directed energy weapon systems effectiveness; countermeasures/countercountermeasures development; signature management; and platform survivability.

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