Tera-Hertz (THz) technology is being evaluated to rapidly screen personnel from a standoff distance for person-borne improvised explosive devices (PBIED).

This project adapts the capabilities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Container Security Device (CSD) to meet Navy/DoD physical security, explosive safety, anti-tamper, and situational awareness requirements for munitions transport and storage.

AutoScan, developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory with industry partner Kachemak Research Development (KRD), enhances force protection by providing reliable threat detection capability at entry control points. This system is available in both portable and permanently-installable architectures.

The Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center (NAVFAC ESC) has been tasked to establish the vulnerability of inservice physical security equipment to current forced entry, covert, and surreptitious threats.

The Battlefield Anti-Intrusion System (BAIS) is a compact sensor-based early warning system that provides early warning, detection and classification of intrusions for small units and troops during various tactical missions. It can be used either as a tactical stand-alone system or as a supplemental device for other security missions.

The addition of a biometric verification system to the Internal Locking Device (ILD) lock creates a means of identifying a person by a physical feature exclusive only to that person. The ILD Biometric Verification System provides positive operator verification, allows entry tracking, and reduces potential vulnerabilities (key duplication, key integrity, lack of access record, etc.) inherent in a strictly mechanical locking system.

The complete system consists of the ILD biometric lock; a DAP Technologies, Inc CE3240BW Handheld Computer, Add on Device, and programming / charging station; a stand-alone biometric fingerprint enroller; and Host Software with Operating User Guide. The Department of Defense (DoD) Lock Program has successfully developed and tested the biometric verification system, and will field demonstrate the technology through operational test and evaluation during Fiscal Year 2011 (FY11), at an operational base.

A Comparative Study for Colorimetric Trace systems, funded by the Physical Security Equipment Action Group (PSEAG), was completed at the end of July 2010. The purpose of the test was to assess the capabilities, limitations, and military utility of currently available Colorimetric Trace systems. Colorimetric systems detect explosives through resulting color changes.

The Correlation of Physical Security Radars to Identify Friend or Foe (IFF) is designed to track authorized personnel and integrate this information for transfer and display on an established Command Control and Display System. The project is intended to operate in the air base defense environment and improve situational awareness outside the perimeter of an installation or specific restricted area. The effect is improved management, via a standardized interface display, of targets detected with wide area radar sensors.

The Commercial-off-the-Shelf Equipment Qualification (COTS Qual) Program was initiated to analyze, select, test and evaluate new or improved perimeter and area sensors that will meet or exceed the requirements identified in the Integrated Base Defense Security System (IBDSS) Capability Development Document (CDD) Annex B, Intrusion Detection and/or Annex C, Asessment/Surveillance.

A Comparative Study for Short Range Threat Detectors commenced in Fiscal Year (FY10). The Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), based on Joint Urgent Operational Needs Statement (JUONS) CC-0315 person-borne improvised explosive device / vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (PBIED/VBIED) Detect and Defeat, was published in on December 6, 2009.

The purpose of this project is to develop a handheld (less than 10 lbs) THz Spectrometer to detect and identify explosives. The identified signatures are then matched to the database within the system. This project has two performers, Rensselear Polytechnical Institute (RPI) and EMCORE.

The Lighting Kit, Motion Detector (LKMD) is a simple, compact, modular, sensor-based early warning system that provides a programmable response set of illumination and sound, resulting in increased operational reaction time for individuals, teams, squads, or platoons. LKMD may be used as a tactical, stand-alone system or as a supplemental device for use with other security systems or missions.

Improved attack technology has advanced to the point where conventional weapon storage magazines often do not meet physical security requirements. Magazine doors on structures used for storage of arms, ammunition and explosives (AA&E) must provide a known delay time against forced entry attacks. Fiscal Year 2010 (FY10) tasks also included integrating the door with a protected Internal Locking Device (ILD) system with a thermal relocker.

This project identifies security, operational, and functional requirements for shipboard security containers to ensure these containers meet storage, shock, vibration and mounting requirements. In coordination with the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), and Shipbuilders, tasks for this project include the development of Government Services Administration (GSA)-approved shipboard security containers and mounting systems;and federal specifications for testing equipment for usage in shipboard and other harsh environments.

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/RXQF) is currently involved in the research and development of a National Air Space Integration Demonstrator for Small Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (STUAS) Alarm Response. This project is a Sense and Avoid payload development effort to support the United States Air Force (USAF) and United States Navy (USN) acquisition of the STUAS II platform.

The effort will produce an approved means to fly a UAS from military airspace to an alarmed perimeter under the Class G airspace in an alarm response action prior to a Quick Response Force (QRF) being deployed.

The Ultra Wide Band (UWB) Radar project utilizes a small perimeter security radar to create a tracking and classifying virtual fence capability. The ultimate goal of the project is to deliver a capability at a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 7-8 that can provide perimeter intrusion detection, target classification, and target track (limited field) through a virtual fence system. The virtual fence will provide a solution that is both more palatable to the environmental community in, and around the shore, and has the capability to discriminate between human and non-human targets.

This project leverages approved Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) global communications and tracking tag concepts to provide an automated chain of custody for weapons and other assets. The Weapons Tacking Seal project will provide DoD with the following benefits: tamper evidence, improved situational awareness, targeting and interdiction capability in case of theft. The tracking seals used by DHS are reusable, ruggedized devices with a simple operator interface, which are interoperable in intermodal transport.

Colorimetric chemistry has a long-standing history as an explosive detection technique, through the utilization of specific chemicals which change color in the presence of explosives. However, traditional systems and kits which rely on colorimetric chemistry have limitations in that they require the operator to not only interpret if the chemical changed color in the presence of an explosive, but also to identify the explosive itself. In order to address these limitations, the Explosive Detection Equipment (EDE) Program has managed ChemSpectra's development of an automated handheld colorimetric explosive detection system.