The Israel-US Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation announced on Tuesday that it has awarded $1.5 million in funding to two homeland security projects between US and Israeli companies which aim to develop technologies for homeland security.
The projects were selected by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), the Israel Ministry of Public Security (MOPS) and approved by the BIRD Foundation’s Board of Governors to advance technologies for homeland security.
DHS, MOPS, and S&T have partnered to fund technology collaborations between US and Israeli partners that address the homeland security needs of both countries and present significant commercial potential since 2016, the foundation said.