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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR HOMELAND SECURITY

Kelly H. Carnes

President and CEO

TechVision21

March 15, 2005

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National Strategy for Homeland Security

• Prevent terrorist attacks within the US

• Reduce vulnerability to terrorism

• Minimize damage and recover from attacks (if and when they occur)

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Science and Technology forHomeland Security

“In the war against terrorism, America’s vast science and technology base provides us with a key advantage.”

— President George W. Bush

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Science and Technology Priorities

• Strategies to combat WMD

• Radiological and nuclear countermeasures

• Biological agent detection, diagnostics, therapeutics, and forensics

• Social, behavioral, and economic aspects of combating terrorism

• Border entry/exit technologies

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Overview: FY 2006 Homeland Security R&D

• $4.4B will be invested FY06• Project BioShield: $2.9B over 3 years• Key Agencies: DHS, DOD/DARPA, HHS,

Energy, DOJ, USDA, EPA, NSF• Interagency Efforts: Technical Support

Working Group (TSWG)• Additional research not classified as

homeland security

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Homeland Security R&D by Agency

Department of Agriculture $ 172 MDepartment of Commerce 82Department of Defense 394Department of Energy 81Department of Homeland Security 1,287Environmental Protection Agency 94Department of HHS (incl. NIH) 1,802NASA 92National Science Foundation 329Other 92

TOTAL $ 4,425

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Major Investments inHomeland Security R&D

• DHS’ 2006 R&D budget: $1.3 billion

• $440 million for rad/nuke inspection/detection

• $246 million for rad/nuke countermeasures

• $385 million for biological countermeasures

• $110 million for portable anti-aircraft missile countermeasures

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Major Investments inHomeland Security R&D

• $100 million for airport explosives screening

• $94 million for border surveillance, container shipping security, protective equipment, disaster modeling/simulation

• $64 million for university/fellowship programs

• $218 million for BioWatch

• $21 million for rapid prototyping

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Major Investments inHomeland Security R&D

• $107 million for chemical detection and countermeasures

• $47 million for threat analysis• $94 million for cybersecurity R&D (NSF)• $94 million for water security• $596 million for food/agricultural defense

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Private Sector Role

“The private sector has the expertise to develop and produce many of the technologies, devices, and systems needed for homeland security. The Federal government needs to find better ways to harness the energy, ingenuity, and investments of private entities for these purposes.”

— National Strategy for Homeland Security

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Technical Support Working Group

• Defense

• FBI

• Energy

• Homeland Security

• ATF

• Secret Service

• FAA

• Intelligence Community

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TSWG Solicitations

• Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs)

– Each BAA issued by several TSWG subgroups

– Multiple technologies

– Set requirements, objectives, timeframes

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Examples of TSWG Solicitations in Recent BAAs

• Fuel cell power for tactical systems• Remote detection of improvised explosive devices• Self contained active thermal protection for personnel• National critical infrastructure data base• Diagnosis/defeat of improvised explosive devices,

chemical/radiological devices, car bombs• Immersive virtual reality simulator for medical training• Dynamic entry warning device• Imaging in concrete

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Broad Agency Announcements

www.bids.tswg.govwww.fedbizopps.gov

www.grants.govwww.fedgrants.gov

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Department of Homeland Security

• $1.3B for R&D in FY 2006

• Directorate of Science and Technology– Sets homeland security R&D goals and priorities

– Coordinates homeland security R&D across the Federal government

– Funds homeland security R&D

– Fosters the transfer and deployment of technologies for homeland security

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Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA)

• Preventing illicit traffic of radiological/nuclear materials and weapons

• Detection and mitigation of the effects of biological and chemical agents release

• Detecting illicit high explosives• Enhancing the conventional missions of the

Department’s operational units• Protecting cyber and other critical infrastructures• Preventing technology surprise by anticipating current

threats

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Recent HSARPA BAA Topics• Food Biological Agent Detection Sensor• Improvised Explosives Device Detection• New Materials for Personal Protective

Equipment• Bio-Aerosol Detector Systems• Unified Incident Command and Decision

Support• Advanced Container Security Devices• www.hsarpabaa.com

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Department of Homeland SecuritySmall Business Innovation Research

• Phase I: scientific and technical feasibility, up to $100,000, NTE 6 months

• Phase II: concept development, up to $750,000, NTE 24 months

• Phase III: product development, no funding, some assistance in acquiring funding/commercialization

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Department of Homeland SecuritySmall Business Innovation Research

• 2 Solicitations per year

• Each covering 6 topics

• 30 Phase I Awards, 10 Phase II Awards

• Published at:

– www.fedbizopps.com

– www.hsarpasbir.com

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Department of Homeland SecuritySmall Business Innovation Research

Current Solicitations

• Automated processing of liquid, solid, aerosol samples

• Passive radiation detection/identification systems• Cooling technologies for high purity germanium

detectors• Low cost underwater threat detection system• Less lethal devices for law enforcement• Secure carton (shipping) system

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SBIR: Jump Start and Fast Track

• Jump Start: Submit Phase II Proposal Before Completing Phase I– Closes Funding Gap, Accelerates Technology

Development

• Fast Track: Seek additional funding from non-SBIR sources that can be matched up to $250K in a 1:2 ratio.

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Transportation Security Administration

• Communications Infrastructure• Passenger Identification and Screening• Tracking and Recognition Systems• Data Warehousing and Data Mining• Command and Control Systems• Decision Support Systems• Detecting suspicious behavior• Electronic Surveillance• Modeling and Simulation

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Department of Homeland SecurityCenters of Excellence Program

• Published in Broad Agency Announcement• Awards to Universities: $12-18 Million—3 years• Centers of Excellence Awards (3 more FY 06)

– Economic Consequences of Terrorist Threats/Events– Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense– Agro security for Post Harvest Food Protection– Behavioral/Social Aspects of Terrorism– Terrorist Attack Preparation/Response (to be awarded in CY05)

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Department of Defense

• $898 million for chem/bio defense R&D

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency• Personnel and Facilities CBN Protection• Detection/Identification/Decontamination CBN Agents• New Technologies/Design Techniques for Building

Construction and Infrastructure to Protect Personnel from CBN Materials

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Department of DefenseDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency

• DARPA Solicits R&D Work Through:– www.fedbizopps.com– Department of Defense SBIR Program– DARPA Solicitations Home Page

• Solicitation Forms:– Broad Agency Announcements– RFPs– Sources Sought Announcements– Special Research Announcements

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Department of DefenseDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency

• DARPA Awards Aimed At Projects

– Collections of contracts and thrusts with common theme

– Have beginning and end

– Specific hoped-for results

– May have very high risk

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Department of DefenseDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency

• 1 in 3 good new project ideas funded

• Half generated internally; half from outside

• Spring best time to influence new ideas

• DARPA can provide substantial funding

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Department of Health and Human Services

• $1.8 billion in FY 2006 for NIH biodefense efforts

• 54% for research project grants

• Focused on:

– Microbial agents with bioterrorism potential

– Host response to infection

– New/improved diagnostics, vaccines, therapies

• 100 grants and contracts with pharma

and biotech companies

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Department of Health and Human Services

• NIH: National Network of Centers of Excellence for Biodefense

• Public Health and Social Services: – $97 Million– Countermeasures to treat nuclear, radiological,

and chemical agent injuries from terrorism

• Project BioShield: – $5-6B over 10 years

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Department of JusticeNational Institute of Justice

• NIJ is the Justice Department’s R&D agency

• Solicitation downloads:

www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding.htm

• Applications for funding must go through Automated Grants Management System:

www.ojp.usdoj.gov/fundopps.htm

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Department of JusticeNational Institute of Justice

• Recent Homeland Security-related Solicitations:– Terrorism and Transnational Crime

– Communications Technologies for Public Safety Agencies

– Enhanced Tools for Improvised Explosive Device and Car Bomb Defeat

– Sensor, Surveillance, and Biometric

Technologies

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U.S.Department of AgricultureNational Research Initiative on Animal and Plant Biosecurity

• Security of the food supply

• Animal and plant diseases

• High economic impact

• Basic and applied research

• Public, not-for-profit, private sector eligible

• Awards—up to $1 million

Kelly H. Carnes

(202) 966-6610

kcarnes@techvision21.com

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