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Homeland Security

DHS S&T Awards Prototype Contracts To 15 Small Companies

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 29th, 2023

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DHS S&T Awards Prototype Contracts To 15 Small Companies

The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday said it has awarded $15 million to 15 small business to develop technology prototypes to help frontline personnel. The two-year awards were made in 10 topical areas by the Science and Technology Directorate under Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The topics and awardees are: Automated Artificial Intelligence Distress Alerts and Monitoring, Vadum, Inc.; Non-Invasive and Real-Time Detection of Counterfeit Microelectronics, Caspia Technologies, LLC; Broadband Push-to-Talk Interoperability Platform, Catalyst…

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