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Hutter: So the National Urban
Security Technology Laboratory

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is focused on serving our
nation's first responders.

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We do this in a couple of different ways.

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One is as a test agent for
technologies and systems.

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So we conduct test evaluations,
assessments, pilots, demonstrations;

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a series of activities that provide
knowledge, products and information

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for our nation's first responders.

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The second way we do this is through
our sponsoring research and development

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for the response and recovery of
radiological and nuclear events.

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We focus on providing new guidances,
new information, new tools,

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because the first responders are going
to be the very first people

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onto a scene before federal assets show up.

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And the decisions that they make in the
very first minutes and hours of an event

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is going to have a long-lasting impact
economically and saving lives.

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2015 NUSTL was, we conducted a urban
operational experimentation program.

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And this was the first of its kind.

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It was a three day event where we tested,

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experimented with different technologies
in realistic scenarios.

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So we brought in first responders,

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we brought in the manufacturers,

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had the technologies played with,

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basically, by the first responders

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and the manufacturers get direct
feedback from the end-users.

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In addition, another example is the,

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a pilot demonstration of our radiological
emergency management system.

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It was the first of its kind in the country
in an indoor major transportation hub.

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So in this pilot, we've installed
the sensors and the detectors

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and are collecting the data
to better understand

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how to optimize these systems
for transportation hubs

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and then cities across the country,
who are very interested

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in having similar capabilities can
get off the ground running much faster.

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Our laboratory was the first
awardee of a patent to DHS.

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And so this past year there was
an award ceremony in Washington, D.C.

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where two of our scientists went down

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and received recognition of
being patent holders for DHS.