Blimp Escape Prompts New Scrutiny by Congress

A giant balloon — dubbed the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System — or JLENS for short — broke free from its mooring station at Maryland’s Aberdeen Proving Ground on Oct. 28.

New Technology Uses Heartbeat to Find Victims in Rubble

The Department of Homeland Security and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory created a new radar system called Finding Individuals for Disaster and Emergency Response (FINDER). This device can locate victims trapped in rubble from over 100 feet away by detecting their heartbeat.