Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) services have become an invisible but essential utility for many critical infrastructure operations.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Public Safety Communication Research Group (PSCR), in research sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate, has been studying IoT devices for first responders to determine how these devices can be utilized to meet the needs of the first responder in the field. 

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) plans to conduct a scientific study on aerosol behavior in New York City buses and subway trains.

DHS S&T's Technology Transfer and Commercialization Program (T2C) manages technology transfer and commercialization activities across DHS and the DHS laboratory network. 

The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is working with Avon to develop a high-pressure, low-profile self-contained breathing apparatus that will meet National Fire Protection Association 1986 standards and have a more compact design and improved weight distribution across the user's back. 

The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T)'s First Responder Resource Group (FRRG) has identified light weight, conformable power for communications equipment, sensors, and overall body-worn electronic devices as a high priority for first responders.

A Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) is a written agreement that facilitates research and development (R&D) collaboration between one or more federal laboratories and one or more non-federal entities. Both parties to a CRADA may provide personnel, facilities, equipment, or other resources, but the government may not provide funding to non-federal entities under a CRADA. CRADAs are authorized by 15 U.S. Code § 3710a.

A partnership intermediary (PI) is a state or local government, or a non-profit entity owned/funded/ chartered/operated in whole or in part by a state or local government that assists, counsels, advises, evaluates or otherwise cooperates with small business firms and educational institutions.

The Office of National Laboratories, within the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), coordinates the communication of Homeland Security Enterprise capability gaps and requirements to the networked laboratory capabilities available to both DHS and DOE.

African Swine Fever (ASF) is a high-threat foreign animal disease that is highly transmissible and results in up to 100% mortality in swine.