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National Defense September 2015 Graham Kilmer |
Consulting Firm Develops Crisis Simulator Former employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency have developed a platform for first responders to practice handling the glut of data that accompanies a catastrophe.  |
National Defense September 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Military Training Technology Making Leap to Civilian Use Small businesses that have sold computer-based training systems to the U.S. military are now finding opportunities to convert their simulations to the homeland security and domestic first responder market.  |
National Defense June 2007 Stew Magnuson |
National Guard, Army Chemical Units Criticized for Being Untrained, Unprepared Acute shortages of equipment and personnel means less time, or no time, to train.  |
National Defense December 2003 Geoff S. Fein |
Security Beat Northcom Urged to Set Priorities... Study Focuses on Surviving Terrorist Attacks... States Need to Manage First Responder Funding... Boeing to Test Cargo Security System... Coast Guard 'Rescue 21' Behind Schedule...  |
National Defense November 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell |
Preparation Is Key to Disaster Response Amidst the outrage and finger-pointing that followed Katrina, several lawmakers and homeland security experts called for the federal government to make the Defense Department the lead agency for disaster response.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004 Ben Ames |
DHS Struggles to List Needed Technologies and Priorities Leaders at the 18 month-old Department of Homeland Security (DHS), are still wading through the process of nailing down what technologies and equipment are needed for specific agencies or tasks, as well as determining who gets priority.  |
National Defense September 2005 Grace Jean |
Guard Balancing Emerging Roles in Homeland Defense The National Guard continues to expand its missions in support of homeland defense, even as it contends with frequent overseas deployments, equipment shortages and low recruiting levels.  |
National Defense March 2004 Geoff S. Fein |
Security Beat The Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services will share $275 million to expand the BioWatch program, improve a nationwide bio threat reporting system and upgrade food and animal inspections.  |
National Defense July 2006 Harold Kennedy |
After Several Recent National Disasters, Gaps in Emergency Communications Still Not Fixed The ability of military and civilian first responders to communicate during major national emergencies is improving, but roadblocks remain. Among the problems is that many first responders lack adequate knowledge of their communications equipment.  |
National Defense December 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Industry Has Yet to Crack Government Market Code The collective perception of the video game industry is that defense and homeland security remain largely untapped markets.  |
InternetNews September 29, 2010 |
Cyber Storm Simulation Tests Nation's Readiness The three days of simulations sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security, are designed to test the U.S.'s ability to respond to a major attack on its digital infrastructure.  |
National Defense February 2008 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
U.S. Has Strategy for Homeland Security, But Are We Ready? In October, the White House issued an updated "National Strategy for Homeland Security," which is intended to guide, organize and unify the nation's homeland security efforts.  |
National Defense July 2008 Stew Magnuson |
Emergency Responders Hone Skills Amid the Rubble One of the first skills firefighters and other first responders learn at the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center is how to hoist a slab of concrete off a rubble pile using only their muscles.  |
National Defense December 2005 Grace Jean |
Games Are Gaining Ground, But How Far Can They Go? The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency looks toward simulation systems to teach soldiers about the tradeoffs involved in rebuilding Iraq.  |
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Tulak, Kraft, & Silbaugh |
State Defense Forces and Homeland Security State Defense Forces represent a valuable additional component for homeland security and homeland defense contingency planning and operations. They can provide key technological and procedural bridges to link US Northern Command to local first-responders and state and federal agencies during operations.  |
National Defense February 2005 Joe Pappalardo |
Security Beat Britain and U.S. Agree To Share Security Tech. The United States and United Kingdom are attempting to bridge their homeland security efforts.  |
National Defense June 2006 Grace Jean |
Maritime Security Creates New Market for User-friendly Simulation Software Agencies in charge of port security, such as the Coast Guard, are target customers for a recently introduced software package that could help create games custom designed to meet specific training needs.  |
National Defense December 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Mathematical Models: The Latest Weapons Against Urban Insurgencies The Defense Department is asking for models of social agendas and social behaviors to help them win the war.  |
National Defense August 2014 Chelsea Todaro |
More Training, Communications Funds Needed, First Responders Say First responders urged Congress recently to provide more funding for stronger intelligence information sharing across federal, state and local levels and for training with new communication devices.  |
National Defense December 2013 Valerie Insinna |
Army, Marine Corps Look for Better Data on Simulator Effectiveness Both services need to establish metrics to calculate just how effective their simulators are. Furthermore, they need a more comprehensive method to compare the costs of live and virtual training.  |
National Defense January 2006 Grace Jean |
Pentagon Chem-Bio Program Expands to Homeland Missions The Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security are seeking to homogenize the equipment that military units and local first responders employ to detect and neutralize toxic agents.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006 Courtney E. Howard |
War Games Increasingly, military training and simulation companies are tapping commercial gaming technologies to enhance precision and realism for military training, simulation and mission rehearsal systems.  |
National Defense December 2007 Grace Jean |
Serious Games Market is Gaining Momentum The "serious games" industry, after years of trial and error, is beginning to capitalize on the lucrative alliance between education and entertainment.  |
National Defense July 2013 Valerie Insinna |
Simulation, Gaming Sector Plagued by Fiscal Challenges Restrictions on the travel of government officials gutted the Defense GameTech Users Conference in Orlando, Fla. Conference attendance, which aims to increase the use of serious games by the Defense Department, dropped to a third of the previous year's show.  |
National Defense June 2004 Harold Kennedy |
DHS Technology Budget To Exceed $1B in 2005 An array of emerging technologies is the key to defending the United States from its enemies, according to Charles E. McQueary, undersecretary of homeland security for science and technology.  |
National Defense November 2011 Stew Magnuson |
First Responders Sound Alarm on Loss of Grant Money With federal budget cuts looming, local law enforcement and fire departments are growing worried that the money will dry up, or be sharply reduced.  |
National Defense June 2004 Pappalardo & Erwin |
Security Beat Law enforcement agencies, using grant money from the federal government, increasingly are investing in robots to prepare for domestic threats.  |
National Defense January 2007 Tyrone C. Taylor |
Pentagon, First Responders Share Communications Needs The military and civilian emergency responder communities share an overlapping need for enhanced communication technologies.  |
National Defense July 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Citizens Invited to Participate in DHS Major Review The Department of Homeland Security wants to harness the "wisdom of crowds" into a major strategic review that is due to Congress in December.  |
National Defense December 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Air Force Sets Sights on `Airman of the Future' Video Games Gaming technologies, officials say, would allow the Air Force to broaden the training options available to airmen, and would help the service save money by shifting flying time from real aircraft to simulators.  |
National Defense January 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Feds Pursue Better Communication Paths When it comes to interoperable communications systems (between the military and civilian agencies, etc.), there are many borders to cross. Experts say it will be years before it will be reached. But industry efforts are underway.  |
National Defense May 2004 Kennedy & Tiron |
Securitybeat U.S. Beefs Up Security On Railway Systems... Budget Amendment Good News for DHS... Air Force Adopts Biometrics Security Systems... etc.  |
National Defense August 2004 Joe Pappalardo |
State, Locals on the Ground Taking Security Steps On the state and local levels, law enforcement and first responders know that cooperation is essential to saving lives. That principle is particularly relevant along the U.S.-Mexico border.  |
National Defense November 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Feds lagging in most disaster scenarios, McHale says The federal government has identified 15 homeland disaster scenarios for which it must prepare. But does making lists equate to preparedness?  |
National Defense September 2005 Harold Kennedy |
Homeland Security Steps Up Emphasis On Preparedness The Department of Homeland Security and the American Red Cross have declared September to be National Preparedness Month. The DHS has undergone major restructuring under Chertoff, but some are critical of how resources are allocated.  |
National Defense September 2004 Stephen Willingham |
National Guard Modernization Pegged to Emerging Missions A $12 billion budget represents significant business opportunities to contractors seeking to supply equipment and services to National Guard units in the United States. Here are some cues to getting a contract.  |
National Defense September 2012 Sandra I. Erwin |
Washington Insiders Question Federal Role In Homeland Security DHS' federal-centric governance is an outdated hierarchical model that is ill-suited to the post-industrial digital age, says John Fass Morton, author of a new book titled "Next-Generation Homeland Security: Network Federalism and the Course to National Preparedness."  |
National Defense March 2014 Valerie Insinna |
Army Solicits Industry For Simple, Scalable Training Technologies Army officials in January laid out a wish list of what they would like to see in future simulation technologies, including straightforward systems that can train entire brigades and require fewer personnel to facilitate exercises.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2007 Courtney E. Howard |
American Systems develops emergency communications system for homeland security Red Cell, intended to help homeland security authorities make informed decisions and respond to emergencies such as chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive events, also is a public safety service for natural disasters.  |
National Defense December 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Sailors Move From Classrooms To Shipboard Simulators The U.S. Navy will be plowing millions of dollars into new simulators that will be used aboard ships, rather than ashore, to help sailors acquire specialized skills before they depart on a mission  |
Reason March 2006 Veronique de Rugy |
Are We Ready for the Next 9/11? The sorry state -- and stunning waste -- of homeland security spending.  |
National Defense February 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Training and Simulation Industry Optimistic About Future Opportunities Smaller defense budgets are forcing the military to conduct fewer costly live exercises and instead put troops in the cockpits and drivers' seats of more affordable simulators.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 Hans Kobler |
From DARPA to Main Street Technologies developed for Homeland Security are moving into the public sector.  |
National Defense September 2004 Lawrence P. Farrell, Jr. |
Department of Homeland Security on the Right Track The Department of Homeland Security is taking aggressive steps to help the nation's state and local governments, as well as first responders, prepare for the worst-case scenario.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 John McHale |
Army and SAIC Enhance Military Training and Simulation with Engenuity's AI.implant Tool This combination will bring enhanced realism and efficiency to military simulations.  |
National Defense November 2015 Tomas O'Keefe |
Three Homeland Security Agencies to Watch Knowing where to target sales activities as well as the challenges facing homeland security should help you identify existing opportunities to support DHS to ensure the safety and security of the American public.  |
National Defense December 2004 Michael Peck |
Computer Games Helping To Train Commanding Officers This year, 600 of the 1,600 majors taking brigade staff training at the college played TACOPSCAV, a PC-based hobbyist war game designed by a former Marine intelligence officer. The civilian version sells for about $25.  |
National Defense April 2010 Stew Magnuson |
First Homeland Security Review Garners Little Interest Appearing on budget day, and released a month past its congressionally mandated deadline, the first Quadrennial Homeland Security Review arrival was all but ignored by the mainstream media.  |
National Defense October 2004 Joe Pappalardo |
Security Beat Homeland Security Dept. Finances Found in Disarray... Effort Underway to Boost Bioscience Security... Corporate Supporters of Terror States Under Scrutiny... Cities Get Tutored on Disaster Communications... etc.  |
National Defense February 2008 Grace V. Jean |
"M*A*S*H" Meets "Star Trek" in Simulation for Combat Medics Inspired by a concept found in the "Star Trek" television show, scientists and videogame designers have joined forces to build an immersive simulation that will replicate realistic battlefield and field hospital scenarios to train combat medics and surgical teams.  |