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DHS looks to upgrade existing technologies

The Homeland Security Department’s Tech Solutions office doesn’t want to want to wait three to five years for a new technology to be ready. Their go...

June 2, 2015 9:46 pm

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The Homeland Security Department’s Tech Solutions office doesn’t want to want to wait three to five years for a new technology to be ready.

Their goal is to take an existing device, modify it to at least partially meet a problem and let others take on the more complete solution.

As part of his ongoing series, DHS science and technology: A vision of what’s possible, Federal News Radio’s Jason Miller talks to Jose Vazquez, the director of first responder technologies, about one such upcoming technology adaptation.