Cooperative Agreement 2011PD1200003

The Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation awarded Nu Borders LLC $424,563 under the Export Control and Related Border Security Program (CFDA 19.901) cooperative agreement to prevent evasion of sectoral sanctions and illicit financing, as well as prevent physical and virtual aggression in the maritime domain in Litvanya from September 10, 2021 through September 29, 2023. As part of the EXBS Program's mission to enhance export controls and secure borders...

The Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation awarded Compliance & Capacity Skills International LLC a $360,448 cooperative agreement under the Export Control and Related Border Security Program (CFDA 19.901). The agreement supports efforts to prevent Iran from providing weapons and technology to proxy groups through enhancing Algeria's capabilities to prevent proliferation of missile components and increasing its border security capabilities....

The National Science Foundation awarded $270,928 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) to Beamlink, Inc. of Pasadena, California. The project grant will support the development of small, portable cellular base stations to provide connectivity in disaster zones and hard to reach areas. Specifically, the funding will allow Beamlink to research and implement a base station utilizing 2G and 2.5G radio for communicating with high densities of cell...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $3,946,719.00 and funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Counterterrorism under the Global Counterterrorism Programs (CFDA 19.701), aims to strengthen border security in Ethiopia by advancing traveler screening at key points of entry along its remote land borders shared with Kenya and Somalia. The award, which runs from September 30, 2025 to October 1, 2028, will support the installation of the International Organization for Migration's...

This $352,360 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computing and Communication Foundations supports the development of an "Adaptive Multi-Tiered, Multi-Task Base Station Infrastructure for Communication-Denied Environments" at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. The project aims to create a multi-tiered infrastructure utilizing autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and autonomous vehicles as mobile base stations to provide communication...

This $130,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will support planning activities for a proposed national testbed facility focused on fiber-based ground motion and deformation sensing. The key objectives are to: Develop the technical framework and feasibility plan for an "Internet Sensor Network" (Internet-S) testbed that would leverage modifications to existing internet...

This federal Project Grant award of $328,307 was provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Port Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.056) to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. The funding will be used to enhance maritime security and infrastructure resilience in the Palisades region of New York. Key funded activities include the procurement of patrol vessels, advanced communications equipment, and surveillance systems, as well as personnel training and exercises to...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant award of $748,702 supports research under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop security services for 5G software-defined edge networks. The primary awardee, Sri International, will focus on creating an in-depth security architecture integrated into the 5G software-defined radio access network reference standard. This will introduce a cross-layer security approach leveraging the modularity of the new...

This $225,000 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will fund research at The George Washington University to develop security and privacy solutions for 5G and beyond cellular networks. Key activities include designing a heterogeneous data plane framework combining multiple programmable data plane devices for network function processing. Most...

The New York State Bridge Authority received a $354,660 Project Grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Port Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.056) to enhance maritime transportation infrastructure security at the Port of Highland, New York. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2025, will fund projects focused on improving security measures for the port's critical transportation assets over a 36-month period, with a final completion date of August 31, 2028. Specific...