HOMELAND DEFENSE

& Security Digest

24 MAY 2022

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

FEATURED ARTICLE

CBC Teams Explore Low-Cost, Lightweight Sensors for Warfighter Use

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – The Soldier in the field is often required to carry multiple pieces of gear to handle various situations, and every pound matters. With this in mind, Army scientists and engineers are using their diverse skills to cultivate a microsensor development capability at the U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical…

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Featured Notable Technical Inquiry

Military Working Dog CBRN Protection and Medical Countermeasures

Military working dogs are critical force multipliers to the U.S. Department of Defense. Protecting them in a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) environment is every bit as important as it is for their human counterparts. The Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC) researched CBRN protective equipment, medical countermeasures, and items available in the medical stockpile at the request of a military veterinarian….

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UPCOMING WEBINAR

Military-Civilian Medical Surge Response: Why It Is More Critical Than Ever

Over the last several years, disasters, infectious disease outbreaks, and threats from foreign near-peer adversaries have demonstrated the need to improve the military-civilian medical surge augmentation capability to effectively respond to situations that result in an influx of patients disrupting daily operations. Whether supporting the Global Health Security Agenda, the National Disaster Medical System, or…

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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

Dr. Molly Jahn, DARPA
Dr. Molly Jahn

Program Manager, DARPA

Dr. Molly Jahn joined DARPA as a program manager in the Defense Sciences Office. Her work focuses on building programs to improve resiliency in the global food and agricultural systems—critical infrastructure sectors so vital to the United States that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on national security. She has held multiple appointments in academia, at national laboratories, and in the U.S. government, including serving as Deputy and Acting Under Secretary of Research, Education, and Economics at the Department of Agriculture.

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