Army lends a hand to homeland security.The U.S. Army's research and development arm is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to facilitate technology transfer to homeland defense agencies, according to service officials. The Research Development and Engineering Command is developing a plan to support domestic agencies and share technology with the Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States . The goal ultimately is to integrate all the first responder first responder First response personnel Emergency medicine A person employed in the public sector–EMT, fire fighter, police, volunteer EMS–whose duties include provision of immediate medical care in the event of an emergency; FRs have basic emergency systems into one overarching architecture, according to Col. David Bongi, the RDECOM RDECOM Research Development and Engineering Command (US Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD) acting commander. As a first step, RDECOM will attempt to identify which homeland defense technologies developed by the Army can be cascaded to first responders. Then, it will work to coordinate programs with the appropriate agencies. Some of the technology areas where the Defense and Homeland Security Departments There were gaps in the U.S. system for detecting and deterring terrorist acts in the homeland. That became clear September 11, 2001. The Department of Homeland Security is the george w. bush administration's plug for those gaps. could collaborate include the networking of suites of sophisticated search and environmental surveillance sensors, biometrics site access control means and automated perimeter monitoring security systems, tailored personnel protection for first responders and lightweight armor technology. |
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