HOMELAND DEFENSE

& Security Digest

19 DECEMBER 2023

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

FEATURED ARTICLE

DHA Health Hazard Assessment Team Doing Critical Work to Improve Warfighter Brain Health

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – A little over a year ago, in June 2022, the U.S. Department of Defense launched the Warfighter Brain Health Initiative (WBHI) to bring together the operational and medical communities in a more unified approach toward optimizing service member brain health and countering traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). The WBHI specifically focuses…

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Featured Notable Technical Inquiry

Nefarious Uses of Biological/Biochemical Additive Manufacturing (AM)

This technical inquiry is related to the HDIAC webinar “Printing Destruction: AM, WMD, and the Emerging Challenges to Security” presented by Gregory Nichols and in support of the presentation “Illicit Weapons Production:  Assessing Gaps in Additive Manufacturing Security” at the 2023 International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing.  The research and publications supplied to the inquirer could be summarized with potential nefarious utilizations of AM on weapons…

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FUTURE WEBINARS

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UPCOMING WEBINAR

Homeland Defense and Future Warfighting Challenges Arising From the People’s Republic of China Activities in the Western Hemisphere

This webinar will discuss the range of vulnerabilities to the United States stemming from the growing activities of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), its companies, military, security agencies, and other agents in the Western Hemisphere in peacetime and in the context of a possible future military conflict with the PRC.  We will focus on…

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Joint Air Survivability Summit 2024

The 2024 Joint Air Survivability Summit will highlight key threats posed to aerial platforms from adversaries and the innovative technologies or strategies, which may be used to counter them. At this forum, senior-level speakers will…

The 2024 FAA Drone and Advanced Air Mobility Symposium

Previously two separate events, the 2024 Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) Drone and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Symposium is the first time both communities are connected to discuss safety and emerging technologies for our shared skies….

Public Health in a Migrant Crisis Tabletop Exercise

THIS IS AN IN-PERSON, COLLABORATIVE EVENT.   In 2022, there were over 100 million displaced persons globally, a number that only continues to grow. Because one region’s instability bleeds into its surrounding areas, it is all…

National Homeland Security Conference 2024

The National Homeland Security Conference brings together professionals in homeland security, law enforcement, fire, and emergency management. They include officials in federal agencies, nonprofit agencies, business owners, universities, and decision-makers to contribute or learn about…

17th International Detonation Symposium

The International Detonation Symposium started in 1951 and was originally a Navy-sponsored discussion of about 17 papers. In subsequent years, it has been sponsored by U.S. Department of Defense and Energy labs and has grown…

Voice From the Community

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Dr. James Giordano

Pellegrino Center Professor of Neurology and Biochemistry

Dr. James Giordano is a Pellegrino Center professor of neurology and biochemistry, chief of the Neuroethics Studies Program, and codirector of the Project on Brain Science and Global Health Law and Policy at Georgetown University Medical Center. He serves as senior bioethicist of the Defense Medical Ethics Center, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences; Stockdale distinguished fellow of science, technology, and ethics at the U.S. Naval Academy; and nonresident senior fellow of the Simon Center for the Professional Military Ethic at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY.

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