Last week the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced multiple awards by the agency’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Office for research and development efforts in homeland security-related topic areas.
The effective date for the contract awards is Saturday September 15, 2012. The awardees are identified below by the topic area that the companies proposed to:
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Contents Generation Textiles for Multi-Threat Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)Wizbe Innovations (Manchester, ME)Luna Innovations, Inc. (Roanaoke, VA)Kappler, Inc. (Guntersville, AL) |
Hardening for Commercially Available Hand-Held Computing and Communications Devices for First RespondersSA Photonics, Inc. (Los Gatos, CA)
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Solid State Storage Investigative Tools for Law EnforcementCPR Tools, Inc. (La Belle, FL)
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Automated Threat Recognition (ATR) Algorithm using Standardized Image File FormatsTelesecurity Sciences, Inc. (Las Vegas, NV) |
Objective Quantive Image Quality Measurements and Metrics for Screener Imaging TechnologiesCharles River Analytics, Inc. (Cambridge, MA)Telesecurity Sciences, Inc. (Las Vegas, NV)Design Interactive Inc. (Oviedo, FL) |
Objectives of the DHS SBIR Program include stimulating technological innovation, strengthening the role of small business in meeting DHS research and development needs, fostering and encouraging participation of socially and economically disadvantaged persons and women-owned small business concerns in technological innovation, and increasing the commercial application of DHS supported research and development results.