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June2008

ScienceandTechnologyDirectorateinvestmentsaretieddirectlytotechnology

gaps identied by my customers. Those customers are represented by the senior

leadership of the agencies and components that comprise DHS. These leaders of DHS

workcontinuouslywithspecialists,technologists,andprogrammanagers,aswell

as acquisition professionals, to ensure that investments meet their objectives, and if

successful, can be procured. I also have a responsibility to invest in technological

breakthroughs for the customers of my customers the national heroes who are the

rst responders of America. DHS S&T is continuing to develop the means for greater

rst responder participation in the denition of capability gaps in order to ensure their

high priority needs are met.

This booklet summarizes technology areas identied for further work by all these

customers. Ive included contact information for my key leadership. I hope you nd this

booklet useful.

The Hon. Jay M. Cohen

UnderSecretary

ScienceandTechnologyDirectorate DepartmentofHomelandSecurity

U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityWashington, D.C. 20528


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The S&T Capstone Transition Program

DHS S&Ts Transition Program is customer-focused and output-oriented. The Directorates near-

term efforts are aligned to our DHS customers critical needs in the form of Enabling Homeland

Capabilities (EHCs), consisting of technologies that can be developed, matured, delivered, and

commercialized or validated as a standard within a 3-year period.

A formalized, structured process, the DHS Transition Program aligns investments to Agency

requirements and is managed by Capstone Integrated Product Teams (IPTs). These teams consist

of our DHS customers and critical stakeholders and are specically chartered to ensure that

technologies are engineered and integrated into systems scheduled for delivery and made available

to DHS customers. Investments are competitively selected and focus on DHSs highest-priority

requirements that provide capability to DHS operating components and rst responders.

Capstone IPTs have been established for twelve Homeland Security functional areas:1. Border Security

2. Cargo Security

3. Chemical/Biological Defense

4. Cyber Security

5. Transportation Security

6. Counter-IED

7. Incident Management

8. Information Sharing

9. Infrastructure Protection

10. Interoperability

11. Maritime Security

12. People Screening

The DHS S&T Transition Program is a continuously evolving program that incorporates best

practices from industry and allows continual process improvement. As priorities change, the process

is exible enough to accommodate any necessary redirection while maintaining the stability of prior-

year decisions.

Please note that each Capstone IPT page has block text and italic text. The block text denotes

inormation that was presented in the previous version o this booklet. Italic text denotes

new/revised inormation.


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Border SecurityDHS Leads: Customs & Border Protection and Immigration & CustomEnforcement

Representative Technology Needs

Detection, tracking, and classiying o all threats along the terrestrial and maritimeborderIn particular, technologies to support tunnel detection and rugged terrain, concealing oliage, waterobstacles, mountains, and other environmental constraints (Borders & Maritime Security Division)

Improved ballistic protection via personal protective equipmentIn particular, a ocus onincreased eectiveness against a wider-range projectile type, plus lighter weight and integrated helmet protection (Borders & Maritime Security Division)

Non-destructive tools that allow the inspection o hidden or closed compartmentsInparticular, the ability to nd contraband and security threats (Borders & Maritime Security Division)

Ability or law enorcement ofcers to assure compliance o lawul orders using non-lethalmeansIn particular, the ability to disable vehicles/vessels and temporarily incapacitate persons to prevent theinfiction o damage or harm (Borders & Maritime Security Division)

Ability or law enorcement personnel to quickly identiy the origin o gunfre and classiythe type o weapon fred (Borders & Maritime Security Division)

Improved analysis and decision-making tools that will ensure the development andimplementation o border security initiatives (Borders & Maritime Security Division)

Non-lethal compliance measures or vehicles, vessels, or aircrat, allowing sae interdiction

by law enorcement personnel (Borders & Maritime Security Division)



Cargo SecurityDHS Lead: Customs & Border Protection


Improved screening and examination by non-intrusive inspectionIn particular, the ability todetect or identiy contraband items (or example, drugs, money, illegal rearms), threat materials, or stowaways;improve penetration, resolution, throughput, contrast sensitivity, reliability, mobility, and interoperability; andintegrate with uture Automated Target Recognition capability (Borders & Maritime Security Division)

Increased inormation usion, anomaly detection, Automatic Target RecognitioncapabilityIn particular, automated imagery detection capability or anomalous content (e.g., stowaways,hidden compartments, contraband), and the ability to detect anomalous patterns in shipping data (Borders &Maritime Security Division)

Detect and identiy WMD materials and contrabandIn particular, the ability to detect chemicaland biological threats, explosives, and contraband (Borders & Maritime Security Division)

Capability to screen 100 percent o air cargo (Borders & Maritime Security Division)

Track domestic high-threat cargoIn particular, the ability to track DHS-designated Toxic InhalationHazardous (TIH) cargos in domestic transit (Borders & Maritime Security Division)

Positively ID cargo and detect intrusion or unauthorized accessIn particular, in containerized,palletized, parcel, or bulk/break-bulk maritime and air cargo (Borders & Maritime Security Division)

Reliable container seal security/detect intrusion devices (Borders & Maritime Security Division)



Chem/Bio DefenseDHS Leads: Ofce of Infrastructure Protection and Ofce of Health Affairs


Improved Chem-Bio Forensic Analysis capability(Chemical & Biological Division)

Handheld rapid biological and chemical detectionsystemsIn particular, technology that distinguishes between threatand non-threat agents. Technology to assist with detection and deterrence

while the normal stream o commerce continues (Chemical &Biological Division)

Policy net assessments to provide resh perspectives onundamental elements o the national biodeense strategyIn particular, support to HSPD-10 pillars: Threat Awareness, Preventionand Protection, Surveillance and Detection, and Response and Recovery(Chemical & Biological Division)

Detection paradigms and systems or improved, emerging, and novel biological threats(Chemical & Biological Division)

Tools to detect and mitigate animal disease breakouts (Chemical & Biological Division)

National-scale detection architectures and strategies to address outdoor and indoor (orexample, highly trafcked transportation hubs) and critical inrastructure (Chemical &Biological Division)

Consequence assessment o attacks on chemical acilities and Chem-Bio attacks on othercritical inrastructure (Chemical & Biological Division)

Integrated CBRNE Sensor Reporting capabilityIn particular, the integration o sensors into a commonoperating picture or easy integration o uture detection systems (Chemical & Biological Division)

Improved tools or integrated CBRN Risk Assessment (Chemical & Biological Division)

Incident characterization capability or response and restorationIn particular, ully integratedoperational tools to support surveillance, detection, incident characterization, and response systems. Plus, a systems

approach to characterize the extent o contamination and the restoration o wide urban areas, including high-trac areas (transit/transportation acilities) ollowing a chemical or biological agent release (Chemical &Biological Division)

Mechanisms to independently evaluate and validate commercially developed assays or the rst-respondercommunity to be public health actionable (Chemical & Biological Division)

Tools or sampling, rapidly detecting, and identiying in the eld illegal products, including high-consequencepathogens and toxins that threaten agriculture and the ood industry (Chemical & Biological Division)



Cyber SecurityDHS Lead: Cyber Security & Communications


Secure Internet protocols, including standard security methods (Command, Control, &Interoperability Division)

Improved capability to model the eects o cyber attacksIn particular, measuring security andrisk in IT inrastructure components and understanding o internet topography (Command, Control, &Interoperability Division)

Comprehensive next-generation network modelsIn particular, models that apply to the design,construction, and evaluation o IT systems to improve cyber security and inormation (Command, Control,& Interoperability Division)

Composable and scalable secure systemsIn particular, technology and long-term research to developmore robust transitional systems and security architectures (Command, Control, & InteroperabilityDivision)

Technologies and standards or managing the identities, rights, and authorities used in anorganizations networks (Command, Control, & Interoperability Division)

Inormation-system insider-threat detection models and mitigation technologiesInparticular, technology aids that increase the accuracy, reduce the time, and reduce the cost o detecting anddiscovering unauthorized insiders (Command, Control, & Interoperability Division)

Analytical techniques or security across the IT system-engineering liecycleIn particular,

analytical techniques to acilitate detecting, quantiying, measuring, visualizing, and understanding systemsecurity (Command, Control, & Interoperability Division)

Process Control Systems (PCS) securityIn particular, capabilities or metrics, wirelesscommunications, and system vulnerability assessment (Command, Control, & Interoperability Division)



Transportation SecurityDHS Lead: Transportation Security Administration


Technologies to screen people or explosives and weapons at fxed aviation and mass-transit checkpointsIn particular, to allow higher detection rates with minimal disruption to passenger fow(Explosives Division)

System solutions or explosives detection in checked and carried bagsIn particular, automatedsystems to screen or conventional explosives, liquids, weapons, and homemade explosives (Explosives Division)

Capability to detect homemade or novel explosivesIn particular, characterizing potentialhomemade explosives or use in developing detection systems or screening at checkpoints (Explosives Division)

Optimized canine explosive detection capabilityIn particular, techniques, training tools, andmethods to improve perormance or all transportation venues (Explosives Division)

Technologies or screening air cargo or explosives and explosive devicesIn particular,technologies or screening break-bulk, palletized, and containerized air cargo (Explosives Division)

The DHS Science and Technology Capstone Integrated Product Team (IPT) process is a dynamic effort r

threat of improvised explosive devices, DHS re-aligned the Explosives Capstone IPT into two Capstone

mass transit, and maritime), checkpoint screening (people and materials), checked item screening (i

(IED) Capstone IPT will develop technologies to predict, detect, defeat, mitigate, and respond to explos


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Counter IEDDHS Leads: Ofce of Bombing Prevention and United States Secret Service


Capability to detect domestic use vehicle-borne improvisedexplosive devices (VBIEDs)In particular, technologies to provide a non-intrusive means o screening vehicles or VBIED detection (Explosives Division)

Capability to assess, render sae, and neutralize explosivethreatsIn particular, technologies to protect against person- and vehicle-borne explosive threats (Explosives Division)

Capability to detect person-borne IEDs rom a stando distanceIn particular,technology to enable the detection o person-borne concealed explosive threats invarious high-throughput venues, at stando distances (Explosives Division)

Capability o inerting common explosives or making them less sensitive toinitiation (Explosives Division)

Techniques to track the origin o explosives and bomb components used indomestic IEDsIn particular, to improve orensic evidence investigations

with better tools such as biometric technology, taggants, and radio-requency identication devices (RFIDs) (ExplosivesDivision)

Capability to mark explosives material to improve the detection o IEDs (Explosives Division)Low-cost and practical approaches to protect urban structures and occupants rom VBIED attacks (Inrastructure &Geophysical Division)

Protective measures to reduce damage and prevent catastrophic ailure o high-consequence inrastructure assets subjected toIED attacks (Inrastructure & Geophysical Division)

Models or predicting o blast eects that take into account the diversity and variability o construction in urban settings (Inrastructure & Geophysical Division)

Aordable blast-, ragment-, and re-resistant materials (Inrastructure & Geophysical Division)

Rapidly deployable blast-mitigation concepts or rapid threat response or temporary protection (Inrastructure &

Geophysical Division)Tools to rapidly assess damaged structures (Inrastructure & Geophysical Division)

Techniques and tools to stabilize damaged structures and prevent their collapse (Inrastructure & GeophysicalDivision)

Capability to predict the threat o an IED attack (Human Factors Division)

Increased capability at vehicle or pedestrian ports o entry and border crossings to identiy person born IED threats (Human Factors Division)

Enhanced capability or local ocials to communicate understandable and credible IED warnings and instructions to thepublic (Human Factors Division)

the ever changing threat to our nation. In recognition of the importance of transportation security and the

on these threats. The Transportation Security Capstone IPT will address security for venue areas (airports,

Cargo), explosives characterization, and homemade explosives. The Counter-Improvised Explosive Device


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Incident ManagementDHS Leads: Federal Emergency Management Agency and Ofce ofEmergency Communications


Integrated modeling, mapping, and simulation capabilityIn particular, an integrated andsimulation-based incident planning and response capability to analyze all-hazard disaster response and recoveryoperations, tactics, techniques, plans, and procedures or use in a real-time environment or simulation-basedtraining (Inrastructure & Geophysical Division)

Personnel monitoring (emergency responder 3-D locator system) capabilityIn particular,X/Y/Z accuracy o better than 1 meter in multi-level buildings and challenging environments (Inrastructure& Geophysical Division)

Personnel monitoring (physiological monitoring o frefghters) capabilityIn particular,integrated body-worn sensor suite to provide real-time health analysis and issue alarms to both wearer andcommand sta(Inrastructure & Geophysical Division)

Incident management enterprise systemIn particular, increased situational awareness to manageavailable and anticipated human and material resources, transportation capabilities, and the need or timelyinormation to support critical decisions involving rapidly shiting priorities; geospatial data to create a seamlesssystem between ederal, state, and local rst responders; and established virtual continuity o operations(COOP) capabilities to improve incident management when key inrastructures and acilities are unavailable(Inrastructure & Geophysical Division)

Logistics management toolIn particular, technologies to eectively manage critical resources and provideimproved situational awareness at all levels o government (Inrastructure & Geophysical Division)



Information SharingDHS Lead: Ofce of Intelligence & Analysis


Data usion rom law enorcement, intelligence partners,and other sensors to support the common operatingpicture (COP)In particular, technologies to correlate and usesensor data into a comprehensive representation (Command,Control, & Interoperability Division)

Management o user identities, rights, and authoritiesIn particular, technologies and standards to enable external identityadjudication (Command, Control, & Interoperability Division)

Distribution o intelligence productsIn particular,technologies and techniques to automate the distribution ounclassied or lower classication portions o intelligenceinormation to DHS mission partners (Command, Control, &Interoperability Division)

Inormation sharing within and across sectors on terrorist threatsIn particular, analyticcapabilities or structured, unstructured, and streaming data (Command, Control, & InteroperabilityDivision)

Improvement o situational awareness and decision supportIn particular, technologies thatprovide automated, dynamic, real-time data processing and visualization capability (Command, Control, &Interoperability Division)

Situational awareness between U.S. Coast Guard and partnersIn particular, maritime and lawenorcement inormation-sharing protocols (Command, Control, & Interoperability Division)

Predictive analyticsIn particular, the ability to correlate data and inormation or recognizing and potentiallypredicting terrorist attack patterns (Command, Control, & Interoperability Division)

Protection o U.S. citizen personal dataIn particular, advanced data integrity techniques to automatically purgeor anonymize personally identiable inormation (Command, Control, & Interoperability Division)

Improved cross-agency reporting o suspicious activityIn particular, technologies that would improve real-

time awareness through alerting others to and sharing inormation about suspicious activities and persons (Command, Control, & Interoperability Division)



Infrastructure ProtectionDHS Lead: Ofce of Infrastructure Protection


Analytical tools to quantiy interdependencies and cascading consequences as disruptionsoccur across critical inrastructure sectorsIn particular, tools or natural and manmade disruptions(Inrastructure & Geophysical Division)

Eective and aordable blast analysis and protection or critical inrastructure, and animproved understanding o blast-ailure mechanisms and protection measures or themost vital critical inrastructures and key resources (CI/KR) (Inrastructure & GeophysicalDivision)

Advanced, automated, and aordable monitoring and surveillance technologiesIn particular, decision support systems to prevent disruption, mitigate results, and build in resiliency(Inrastructure & Geophysical Division)

Rapid mitigation and recovery technologies to quickly reduce the eect o natural and manmade disruptions andcascading eects (Inrastructure & Geophysical Division)

Critical utility components that are aordable, highly transportable, and provide robust solutions during manmadeand natural disruptions (Inrastructure & Geophysical Division)



InteroperabilityDHS Leads: Federal Emergency Management Agency and Ofce ofEmergency Communications


Accelerate the development o Project 25 and Internet Protocol (IP) interaces (Command,Control, & Interoperability Division)

Standardize, pilot, and evaluate emergent wireless broadband data technologies andapplications (Command, Control, & Interoperability Division)

Develop message interace standards that enable emergency-inormation sharing and dataexchangeIn particular, develop eXtensible Markup Language (XML) standards or communications sotware,systems, and devices (Command, Control, & Interoperability Division)

Develop complementary test proceduresIn particular, testing and evaluation o multi-bandradios or civilian use in emergency communications and day-to-day operations (Command, Control, &Interoperability Division)

Provide seamless access to voice and data networks, using a unied communications deviceIn particular, identiy andrene potential platorms, interaces, and applications (Command, Control, & Interoperability Division)

Perorm interoperability compliance testing on emergency response communications devices and systemsInparticular, develop and execute an interoperability compliance assessment program (Command, Control, &Interoperability Division)



Maritime SecurityDHS Lead: United States Coast Guard


Wide-area surveillance rom the coast to beyond the horizon, including port and inlandwaterways, or detection, ID, & trackingIn particular, the detection o vessels between the port regionand beyond the horizon, especially small vessels with the capability to geo-reerence the images (Borders &Maritime Security Division)

Data usion and automated tools or command center operationsIn particular, the ability toview entire scenes and provide alerts about anomalous and illegal activity; the automation o the ability to comparecurrent tasking and location o blue orces to new events and recommend courses o action; and the improvedability or agencies to share inormation and collaborate when not colocated (Borders & Maritime SecurityDivision)

Improve the capability to continuously track contraband on ships or containersInparticular, the ability to conceal transponders while maintaining eective transmissions (Borders & MaritimeSecurity Division)

Develop improved ballistic personal protective equipment or ofcer saety (Borders &Maritime Security Division)

Vessel compliance through less-lethal compliance methods (Borders & Maritime Security Division)

Ability or law-enorcement personnel to detect and identiy narcotics, chemical warare agents, toxic industrialchemicals, explosives, and contraband materialsIn particular, the ability to identiy multiple threats with oneunit/one setup; operate on portable power; be wearable and sel contained; and be able to sample or and detect

contraband without direct contact (Borders & Maritime Security Division)



People ScreeningDHS Leads: Screening Coordination Ofce and Citizenship &Immigration Services


Systematic collection and analysis o inormation related to understanding a terroristgroups intent to engage in violenceIn particular, data usion and modeling and simulation capabilityto provide a near-real-time assessment (Human Factors Division)

Real-time detection o deception or hostile intentIn particular, the development o non-invasivebehavioral sensors (Human Factors Division)

Capability in real time or positive verifcation o an individuals identity, using multiplebiometricsIn particular, ace, ngerprint, and iris biometrics (Human Factors Division)

Capability or secure, non-contact electronic credentials; contactless readers or remoteinterrogation technologies or electronic credentials (Human Factors Division)

Mobile biometrics screening capabilities, including handheld, ten-ngerprint-capture,environmentally hardened, wireless, and secure devices (Human Factors Division)

High-speed, high-fdelity ten-print capture capability (Human Factors Division)

Rapid DNA testing to veriy amily relationships during interviews or the disposition o benets (HumanFactors Division)

Remote, stando biometrics detection or identiying individuals at a distance (Human Factors Division)



Doing Business with DHS S&T:

All U.S. Government business opportunities can be found at

www.fedbizopps.gov.

HSARPA: Register to join the HSARPA mailing list to receive various meeting and solicitationannouncements. Link to the Long Range Broad Agency Announcement solicitation, where multipleawards are anticipated and will be based upon the proposal evaluation, unds availability, and otherprogrammatic considerations. Also link to Representative High Priority Technology Areas, where DHSareas o interest can be ound. http://www.hsarpabaa.com

Small Business Innovation Research(SBIR): SBIRs goal is to increase the participation o innovativeand creative small businesses in Federal Research/Research and Development (R/R&D) programs andchallenge industry to bring innovative homeland security solutions to reality.http://www.sbir.dhs.gov

SAFETY Act: The SAFETY Act enables the development and deployment o qualifed anti-terrorismtechnologies and provides important legal liability protections or manuacturers and sellers oeective technologies. https://www.safetyact.gov/

TechSolutions: The mission o TechSolutions is to rapidly address technology gaps identifed byFederal, State, Local, and Tribal frst responders by felding prototypical solutions within 12 monthsat a cost less than $1M per project. www.dhs.gov/techsolutions

Commercialization: The mission o S&Ts commercialization eorts is to identiy, evaluate, andcommercialize technologies that meet the specifc operational requirements o DHS operatingcomponents and frst responder communities. The commercialization eorts actively reaches out to

the private sector to establish mutually benefcial working relationships to acilitate cost-eective andefcient product development eorts. Please contact Chie Commercialization Ofcer Tom Cellucci atS&[email protected].


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DHS S&T Points of Contact:

Starnes WalkerDirector of Research

Email: S&[email protected]

Roger McGinnisDirector of Innovation


Rich KiklaDirector of Transition (Acting)


Jim TuttleDivision Head, Explosives


Elizabeth GeorgeDivision Head, Chemical & Biological


Dave BoydDivision Head, Command, Control, & Interoperability


Dave NewtonDivision Head (Acting), Borders & Maritime Security


Sharla RauschDivision Head, Human Factors


Chris DoyleDivision Head, Infrastructure & Geophysical



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