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To: Our valued subscribers

Subject: Directory of Homeland Defense Research andDevelopment Laboratories

I am pleased to present to you the first installment of ourDirectory of Homeland Defense Research and DevelopmentLaboratories. I hope you find this directory is valuable.

The government agencies and companies listed here responded toour call for information and requested publication in theHomeland Defense Journal. To make sure all interested compa-nies and government agencies are included, we will update thisdirectory quarterly.The next installment will be posted atwww.homelanddefensejournal.com in July. Submit your lab’s infor-mation by sending an e-mail to Homeland Defense Journal edi-tor Marianne Dunn at [email protected]

We welcome your comments and suggestions. Please let use knowwhat you think about this directory and the Homeland DefenseJournal.

Homeland Defense Journal thanks the following companies for providing photographs: Fairfax County HealthDepartment Laboratory, Mary S. Kitchen; IIT Research Institute (IITRI), John J. Navarrete [Copyright ©2001.Used with permission.];INEEL, Kathleen M Gatens; Midwest Research Institute, Christine Courbat-Garner;NASA Langley Research Center, Gaudy M. Bezos-O'Connor; Night Vision/Electro Optics and Fleet ForceProtection (NAVSEA Crane,US Navy), Dusty Wilson; Tool Builders Laboratories, Ron Robinson; U.S. ArmyCommunications-Electronics Command (CECOM) Homeland Security Integrated Virtual Environment(HIVE), Bill Scott

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NAME: Air Force Air Armament Center

ADDRESS: AAC/XPX101 West D Ave., Suite129Eglin AFB, FL 32578

WEB SITE: www.eglin.af.mil/

MISSION: The Air Force Center is responsible for development, acquisition, testing, deployment and sus-tainment of conventional air-delivered weapons. Maintains test facilities and capabilities suitedto developing and testing homeland security technologies, such as the Base InstallationSecurity System test facility, explosive testing, the McKinley Climatic Lab, and guidance, sen-sor and spectrum testing and analysis.

PARTNERS: Department of Defense, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Energy andDepartment of Justice, various academic institutions

CONTACT: Dr. John PletcherChief business development(850) 882-8096, ext [email protected]

NAME: AMS Center for Advanced Technologies

ADDRESS: 4050 Legato Rd.Fairfax, VA 22033

WEB SITE: www.ams.com

MISSION: Develop AMS innovations and solutions for homeland security; identify candidate solutionsdeveloped by other organizations; assess practical effectiveness of solutions (scalability, relia-bility, etc.); cybersecurity; identity verification; information sharing and collaboration, includ-ing related integration; automated decisioning; data analysis and nuclear, biological, chemicaldetection, modeling, etc.

PARTNERS: Commercial partners include WebMethods, Seibel Systems, ESRI, Veridian, IBM,Visionsphere. Academic relationships with Carnegie Mellon University’s Computer SecurityResearch Consortium, University of Virginia and Virginia Tech’s Alexandria ResearchInstitute. Other relationships with ANSER Institute for Homeland Security and Center forStrategic and International Studies – Critical Infrastructure Project

CONTACT: Wick KeatingVice president and director of homeland security research and development(703) [email protected]

Joe FuquaSenior principal and director of AMS Center for Advanced Technologies(703) [email protected]

NAME: The Center for Emerging Technologies Getronics Government Solutions LLC

ADDRESS: 2525 Network PlaceHerndon, VA 20171

MISSION: Identify promising emerging and stabilizing technologies that may be incorporated into theGetronics Government Solutions service delivery model thereby enhancing customer value,capability and security.

CONTACT: Bob MartinVice president(703) [email protected]

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NAME: CFD Research Corporation

ADDRESS: 215 Wynn Dr. 5th FloorHuntsville, AL 35805

WEB SITE: www.cfdrc.com

MISSION: To provide the resources needed to support high intense computing requirements for model-ing and simulation. Our labs provide parallel computing clusters of 2,4,8 and 72 PC. CFDRCBiofluids lab is set up in compliance with FDA-mandated GLP. Our lab equipment includesa video-microscopy, color CCD camera, a Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor System,flow and fume hoods and other necessary experimental instruments. Our engineering lab isdesigned for testing and prototyping. Extensive research is conducted in both our LaserDiagnostics Lab and Fuel Injector Development lab, which includes a Kigre Pulse WidthModulated Laser, Kodak digital video system capable of recording 10,000 frames per sec-ond, Trek 610D 10 k v supply/amplifier/controller

CONTACT: Dr. Ashok SinghalPresident(256) 726-4800

Mark AndrewsContracts(256) 726-4884

NAME: CSA Labs

ADDRESS: 1000 Bent Creek Blvd.Mechanicsburg, PA 17050

WEB SITE: www.icsalabs.com

MISSION: ICSA Labs, an independent division of TruSecure Corp., offers vendor-agnostic testing andcertification of security products. Hundreds of the world's top security vendors submit theirproducts for testing and certification at ICSA Labs. The end-users of security technologiesrely on ICSA Labs to authoritatively set and apply objective testing and certification criteriafor measuring product compliance and reliability. The organization tests 95 percent of prod-ucts in key technology categories such as anti-virus, cryptography, PKI, IPSec, VPN, fire-wall, PC firewall, intrusion detection and content security.

PARTNERS: RSA Security and Alliance for Internet Security

CONTACT: George JapakVice president (888) 627-2281

NAME: CyberEdge Information Services Inc.

ADDRESS: 89 Clinton Street, Suite 1New York, NY 10002

WEB SITE: www.cyberedge.com

MISSION: CEIS provides the best and most current information on the applications, companies, andproducts used to create training simulations for homeland defense and other applications. Wealso offer consulting services designed to help our clients find the best solutions to trainingand other VizSim application questions.

PARTNERS: Ascension Technology, CAE Electronics, CGSD Corp., EDS Europe, ETRI (Taejon), Evans& Sutherland, Hewlett Packard, InterSense, Jon Peddie Associates, KPMG, Mesa VerdeResearch, Inc., MuSE Technologies, Schlumberger, SERI (Taejon), SGI, SONY, Siemens

CONTACT: Ben DelaneyPresident(212) 358-7800, (415) 331-3343



NAME: Fairfax County Health Department Laboratory

ADDRESS: 10777 Main Street, Suite #301Fairfax, VA 22030

MISSION: The mission of the Fairfax County Health Department is to promote and protect the health andenvironment of all people through leadership and provision of services within its communities.

CONTACT: Mary S. KitchenDirector(703) [email protected]

NAME: Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory

ADDRESS: PO Box 1625Idaho Falls, ID 83415

WEB SITE: www.inel.gov/nationalsecurity

MISSION: The INEEL's National Security Division delivers proven science and engineered solutions thatcounter threats to the well being of our nation — its people, infrastructure and environment.The division maintains unique laboratory and test range assets where protective and predictivetechnologies, systems and policies are developed and validated under real-world conditions.

PARTNERS: Inland Northwest Research Alliance — Boise State University, Utah State University, MontanaState University, Idaho State University, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, University of Idaho,University of Montana, Washington State University; Idaho State University’s IdahoAccelerator Center; University of Idaho; ANL/SNL/LBNL; NREL; SNL

CONTACT: Laurin DoddAssociate laboratory director for national security(208) [email protected]

NAME: IIT Research Institute (IITRI) Counter Cyber-Terrorism Laboratory, under the auspices of theCenter for Information Technology

ADDRESS: 8100 Corporate Dr., Suite 400Lanham, MD 20785

WEB SITE: www.iitri.org

MISSION: The laboratory’s mission is to provide the technology and facilities that enable governmentand industry to proactively prepare for and improve the ability to prevent or head off futureattacks. The laboratory provides a computer room, control center, test bed area, and modelingand simulation facilities to prototype, simulate, assess and test systems prior to implementa-tion.

CONTACT: Dennis CrawfordVice president, operations director(301) 918-1548 [email protected]



NAME: Information Systems Laboratory, the Applied Research Laboratories at the University ofTexas at Austin

ADDRESS: P.O. Box 8029Austin, TX 78713-8029

WEB SITE: isl.arlut.utexas.edu

MISSION: As a Department of Defense University Affiliated Research Center and trusted technicaladviser, the lab maintains experienced and knowledgeable technical project teams utilizinglaboratory resources and engaging The University of Texas at Austin engineering and natu-ral sciences faculty, students and facilities. Empower research sponsors through innovativeand superior information systems research and development.

CONTACT: David A. McClungDirector, Information Systems Laboratory(512) [email protected]

NAME: Institute for Advanced Technology (University Affiliated Research Center, UARC), theUniversity of Texas at Austin

ADDRESS: IAT, The University of Texas at Austin 3925 West Braker Lane, Suite 400 Austin, TX 78759-5316

WEB SITE: www.iat.utexas.edu/chembio/index.html

MISSION: Biological and chemical defense at the Institute for Advanced Technology (UARC) has amission that is two-fold: to coordinate focused, long-term, theoretical and applied researchin bioterrorism and biological/chemical countermeasures; and to disencumber the U.S.Army Objective Force from operational and combat capability constraints posed by biologi-cal/chemical threats and bioterrorism.

CONTACT: Dr. Steve KornguthDirector, biological and chemical defense (512) 232-4485 [email protected]

NAME: Iowa State University Information Assurance Center

ADDRESS: 2419 Coover HallIowa State UniversityAmes, IA 50011

WEB SITE: www.iac.iastate.edu

MISSION: The Iowa State University Information Assurance Center strives to become the preeminentacademic leader in information assurance through national collaborative efforts in computersecurity education and research. Through its efforts, the center strives to help address thenational concern for producing more information assurance professionals and for advancingthe state of the art.

PARTNERS: Information Technology Department, State of Iowa

CONTACT: Dr. Doug JacobsonDirector, Information Assurance Center(515) 294-8307



NAME: Kintronic Labs Inc.

ADDRESS: 144 Pleasant Grove RoadBluff City, TN 37618

WEB SITE: www.kintronic.com

MISSION: Kintronic Labs is involved in the design, development and test of radio frequency componentsand systems for broadcast applications, as well as for wireless telecommunications. We alsooffer fiber-optic based control systems and are co-holders of a patent entitled "Coaxial OpticActive Sensor Technology," which was developed for a military proximity sensor application

CONTACT: Tom F. KingPresident(423) [email protected]

NAME: LAMSA Weapons Systems

ADDRESS: P.O. Box 641413Los Angeles, CA 90064

WEB SITE: www.lamsa.com

MISSION: To design, manufacture, and distribute tactical (SWAT/Spec Ops) surveillance technologies forcritical incident response, command and control, force protection and urban conflict scenarios.Our specialty is rapid development and deployment of original applications in response tochanging operational environments.

CONTACT: Christopher Adams (310) [email protected]

NAME: Midwest Research Institute (MRI)

ADDRESS: 425 Volker Blvd.Kansas City, MO 64110

WEB SITE: www.mriresearch.org

MISSION: MRI is a contract research and development institute that provides scientific and engineeringsolutions, and specialized technical services to support national security and homeland defenseneeds. MRI has special capabilities for biological defense, chemical defense, environmentalimpacts, agriculture and food safety and vaccine development as well as threat/vulnerabilityassessments.

CONTACT: John S. Stanley, Ph.D. Director, business development national security and defense(816) 753-7600, ext. [email protected]



NAME: Mirror Labs

ADDRESS: 15092 Avenue of ScienceSan Diego CA 92128

WEB SITE: www.mirrorlabs.com

MISSION: Mirror Labs strives to offer the highest quality independent testing and product evaluationin the industry. As a full-service testing partner, Mirror Labs will streamline a product'slife cycle, and ensure that a customer's product meets their business objectives.

PARTNERS: ADCS, Inc. and Defense Technologies LLC

CONTACT: Brian LittleIT manager(858) [email protected]

NAME: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center

ADDRESS: Mail Stop 2003 Langley Blvd.Hampton, VA 23681

WEB SITE: tech-transfer.larc.nasa.govwww.larc.nasa.gov

MISSION: NASA Langley Research Center is a federal research and development laboratory servinggovernment functions including safety, national defense, environment and air transporta-tion system. We undertake innovative, high-payoff, aerospace and scientific activitiesbeyond the risk limit or capability of commercial enterprises and deliver validated technol-ogy (advanced instruments and sensors, optical systems, high performancecomposite/metallic materials, electro-magnetic interference and nondestructive evaluationtesting), scientific knowledge and an understanding of how the earth's atmosphere canhave dramatic benefits for the United States. Our success is measured by the extent towhich our research results improve the quality of life.

PARTNERS: Other NASA Centers, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. industry, Department ofDefense and the university community

CONTACT: Gaudy M. Bezos-O'ConnorHomeland security initiative manager(757) [email protected]

NAME: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

ADDRESS: 1617 Cole BoulevardGolden, CO 80401

WEB SITE: www.nrel.gov

MISSION: The National Renewable Energy Laboratory develops renewable energy and energy effi-ciency technologies to advance the nation's economic, environmental and national securitygoals. The lab is exploring both near- and long-term energy security applications. NREL isoperated for the U.S. Department of Energy by Midwest Research Institute, Bechtel andBattelle.

CONTACT: John P. Thornton(303) [email protected]



NAME: Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division

ADDRESS: CommanderCode 805, Bldg. 3291NAVSURFWARCENDIV300 Highway 361Crane, IN 47522-5001

WEB SITE: www.crane.navy.mil

MISSION: NSWC Crane is providing Integrated Equipment Solutions with established supportability forNavy afloat and ashore Anti-Terrorism and Force Protection (AT/FP). The Crane AT/FP teamis providing individual and innovative technologies that can be developed and integratedtogether into systems and subsystems focused on defending against asymmetric terroristattacks while enhancing war fighter force protection.

CONTACT: Dusty WilsonCrane AT/FP project manager(812) [email protected]

NAME: Northrop Grumman-TASC

ADDRESS: 4805 Stonecroft Blvd.Chantilly, VA 20151

MISSION: Design and implement high-speed wireless networks for homeland defense.

CONTACT: Royce J. KincaidProgram manager-wireless for homeland defense(703) 633-8300 ext. [email protected]

NAME: Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)

ADDRESS: 3333 Coyote Hill RoadPalo Alto, CA 94304

WEB SITE: www.parc.com

MISSION: Palo Alto Research Center has provided leading technology innovations for more than 30years. PARC’s current projects that will impact homeland security include Modular Robotics,Collaborative Sensing for Sensor Networks, UV light sources for bio-agent detection, securityand encryption and knowledge systems that can simplify intelligence analysis using advancedlinguistic and information visualization technologies.

PARTNERS: Xerox, DARPA

CONTACT: Johan deKleer(650) [email protected]



NAME: Physics, Materials, and Applied Mathematics Research L.L.C

ADDRESS: 1333 N. Tyndall, Suite 212Tucson, AZ 85719

WEB SITE: www.physics-math.com

CONTACT: Dr. Kevin KremeyerVice president of research(520) [email protected]

NAME: Probity Laboratories

ADDRESS: 16 E. Red Oak Dr.Voorhees NJ 08043

WEB SITE: www.probity-intl.com

MISSION: To provide unique trusted security analysis assessments, policy regeneration and risk remedi-ation planning for the global enterprise level.

CONTACT: Richard De FrancescoExecutive vice president(856) 489-5741

NAME: Quantum Signal LLC

ADDRESS: 1327 Jones Drive Suite 202AAnn Arbor, MI 48105

WEB SITE: www.quantumsignal.com

MISSION: Quantum Signal is an engineering services firm providing advanced signal processing solu-tions to the biometrics and automotive industries. We specialize in pattern recognition innon-linear, non-stationary, and warped environments. QS is focused on developing and pro-viding core algorithms, including characterization, feature extraction and classification tech-niques for biometric applications.

CONTACT: Dr. Mitchell M. Rohde(734) [email protected]

NAME: San Diego County Public Health Laboratory

ADDRESS: San Diego County Public Health Laboratory3851 Rosecrans St., P.O. Box 85222San Diego, CA 92186-5222

WEB SITE: www.co.san-diego.ca.us/cnty/cntydepts/health/services/pubhlthlab.html

MISSION: Provides quality laboratory services to protect community health and prevent the spread ofdisease.

PARTNERS: Microbial Diseases Laboratory, California Department of Health Services

CONTACT: Chris Peter, Ph.D.Chief(619) 692-8500



NAME: Scientific Applications and Research Associates, Inc. (SARA, Inc.)

ADDRESS: 15261 Connector Lane Huntington Beach, CA 92649-1117

WEB SITE: www.sara.com

MISSION: SARA performs multi-disciplinary technology research and development. Active programsinvolve advanced applications of EM and Acoustic sensing; EMP hardening, survivability andmaintenance for critical infrastructure protection; non-lethal weapons for facility clearing, portand perimeter protection; high power, non-linear acoustics for shipboard defense; and EMapplications for weapons detection.

CONTACT: Dr. Ned Patton (714) 903-1000 [email protected]

Lexi Donne(714) 903-1000 ext. 226 [email protected]

NAME: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego

ADDRESS: Commanding OfficerSpace and Naval Warfare Systems Center53560 Hull StreetSan Diego, CA 92152-5001

WEB SITE: www.spawar.navy.mil/sandiego/

MISSION: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego (SSC San Diego) is the U.S. Navy'sresearch, development, test and evaluation, engineering and fleet support center for command,control and communication systems and ocean surveillance. SSC San Diego provides informa-tion resources to support the joint warfighter in mission execution and force protection.

CONTACT: Mr. Tom LaPuzzaPublic Affairs [email protected]

NAME: Tool Builders Laboratories Inc.

ADDRESS: 12622 N. Ruby RoadSpokane, WA 99218

WEB SITE: www.toolbuilder.com

MISSION: Tool Builders Laboratories is dedicated to the issues of IT security. Tool Builders Laboratoriesbuilds and vends a unique, pro-active tool set that analyzes and remediate to excellent a pro-gram’s source code. Its end goal is to eliminate program vulnerabilities and cost elevating dis-functionalities. It also employs a migration tool set capable of working in virtually any legacylanguage.

PARTNERS: Ingenium Corp.

CONTACT: Ron BartronChief executive officer, chairman and director of research and development(509) [email protected]



NAME: University of Idaho

ADDRESS: 1776 Science Center DriveIdaho Falls, ID 83402

WEB SITE: www.if.uidaho.edu

MISSION: We employ world-renowned affiliate faculty with scientific, environmental, and engineer-ing backgrounds. With the expertise and knowledge base in the areas of safety, risk assess-ment, nuclear, biological, radiological and emergency management we will develop a fouryear undergraduate program in the field of emergency planning and management for thedefense of our state and country.

PARTNERS: Department of Energy and The Idaho National Engineering Laboratory

CONTACT: Cheryl Wilhelmsen, MSAssistant director of safety programs(208) 282-7718

NAME: University of Pittsburgh Center for Social and Urban Research (IISIS Project)

ADDRESS: 121 University PlacePittsburgh, PA 15260

WEB SITE: jishin.ucsur.pitt.edu

MISSION: The goal of IISIS is to improve interactive communication, coordination, and collectiveaction among community organizations in the shared task of managing situations in whichpopulations are at risk such as natural and technological disasters. Our system is based on adistributed system including a database, communications, GIS and intelligent reasoning in aweb accessible system.

PARTNERS: Allegheny County, PA; City of Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety

CONTACT: Dr. Louise ComfortPrincipal investigator(412) 648-7606

NAME: U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) Homeland SecurityIntegrated Virtual Environment (HIVE)

ADDRESS: U.S. Army CECOMAttention: AMSEL-RD (Albarelli)Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5000

WEB SITE: Planned Summer 2002

MISSION: The CECOM HIVE provides an extensive command, control, communications, computers,intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability evaluation environment for applica-tion across the full spectrum of homeland security missions. It leverages the existing ArmyDigital Integration Lab distributed test environment, which has been successfully utilized insupport of Army Force XXI digitization, Army transformation and Army/Joint/Coalitioninteroperability initiatives.

PARTNERS: Homeland security command and control advanced concept technology demonstration,New Jersey National Guard, U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, U.S.Air Force Electronics Systems Center, U.S. Army Battle Labs and Research, Developmentand Engineering Centers, industry, academia

CONTACT: Howard Chyatt, electronics engineer(732) [email protected]



NAME: Utah Department of Health Division of Epidemiology and Laboratory Services

ADDRESS: Utah Department of HealthDivision of Epidemiology and Laboratory Services46 North Medical DriveSalt Lake City, UT 84113

WEB SITE: health.utah.gov/els

MISSION: The Utah Department of Health's Public Health Laboratory is a participant in the NationalLaboratory Response Network (Level C). The laboratory provides testing for most biologicalagents and supports investigations by local, state and federal law enforcement agencies. Bothbiological and environmental specimens are tested

PARTNERS: State and local public health agencies, law enforcement agencies, DOD, EPA, DOE, firstresponders, hospitals and clinicians.

CONTACT: Charles Brokopp, DrPHDirector, Division of Epidemiology and Laboratory Services(801) 584-8450 [email protected]

June Pounder, PhDBioterrorism Laboratory Response Coordinator(801) 584-8449 [email protected]

NAME: Virtual Research Associates, Inc.

ADDRESS: 22 Georgian Road Weston, MA 02493

WEB SITE: http://vranet.com

MISSION: Virtual Research Associates, Inc. (VRA) was formed in 1996 with the mission of making thesocial, political, cultural, economic and civil costs of conflict transparent. VRA developedadvanced software tools to process (with a patent pending frame parser) the increasing volumeof global reports in their natural language form. The VRA_ Knowledge Manager has beenused for more than five years to monitor global social, political and economic events in nearreal-time

CONTACT: Doug Bond (781) [email protected]

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