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Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)

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Feature Article: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Help Responders in Urban Environments

S&T’s National Urban Security Technology Laboratory tested how UAS systems support first responders in urban environments.

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Feature Article: When S&T and HSWERX Partner, the Results Are Out of Sight

S&T and HSWERX recently brought industry partners together to showcase drone solutions in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Similar public-private partnerships are on the horizon for 2025. 

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Feature Article: Unmanned Aircraft Systems for First Responders in Rural Environments

S&T’s National Urban Security Technology Laboratory tested how UAS systems support first responders in the field.

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Feature Article: Drone Piloting Proficiency Takes Flight with Certification Course

S&T is partnering with the National Institute of Standards and Technology on test methods for evaluating first responders’ capabilities across the nation and around the world.

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DHS S&T Awards $259M to Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System Threats

DHS S&T awarded $259,831,989.00 to the U.S. DoD Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) to assist in the acquisition of technical services, in support of S&T’s Counter-Unmanned System Threats (C-UST) efforts.

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DHS S&T and Israeli Partners Announce Call for Proposals for Advanced Technologies in Homeland Security

The Israel – U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Homeland Security (HLS) program announced the 2022 Call for Proposals seeking collaborative projects between U.S. and Israeli entities to develop advanced solutions for mission-critical homeland security needs with the potential to enhance safety and security around the globe.

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News Release: S&T Tests Innovative Air Domain Awareness Technology

Cutting-edge technologies support DHS’s mission to protect the airspace along our northern border with Canada

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News Release: S&T Funds California Startup to Test SUAS for Improved Situational Awareness

DHS S&T awarded $500,000 to Planck Aerosystems, Inc., for further testing and deployment of its autonomous small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operational settings.

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S&T C-UAS Technical Support Fact Sheet

This fact sheet outlines the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory's execution of test and evaluation (T&E) activities and technical advisory support for DHS S&T with a special focus on the assessment of counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) technologies. 

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S&T Air Domain Awareness and Protection of the National Airspace System Factsheet

CBP must achieve the following objectives in securing the border: detect illegal entries into the United States, identify and classify those entries to determine the level of threat involved, efficiently and effectively respond to those entries, and bring each event to a satisfactory law enforcement resolution.