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Homeland Security

DHS Readies First Standoff Technology Integration and Demo Program

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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

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The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) branch next week will begin its first demonstration of an integrated standoff explosives detection architecture under a multi-year program created earlier this year called the Standoff Technology Integration and Demonstration Program (STIDP). The upcoming demonstration will run from Sept. 26 through Nov. 9 at the Toyota Center, a sports and entertainment venue in Kennewick, Wash. The tests will span six home hockey games of the Tri-City Americans who play in…

Congress

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Army

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