The FY2027 President's Budget requests — for Detection Sciences Testing and Applied Research Center, within Homeland Security's Procurement, Construction, and Improvements account.
FY2025–FY2026
| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | enacted | $7.0M |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | $7.0M |
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Homeland Security discretionary budget authority
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What this funds
Detection Sciences Testing and Applied Research Center The Construction and Facility Improvements (CFI) PPA supports all major construction and enhancements for S&T's laboratories. These facilities ' The National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland ' The Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) on Plum Island, New York ' The Transportation Security Laboratory (TSL) in Atlantic City, New Jersey ' The National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) in New York, New York ' The Chemical Security Analysis Center (CSAC) at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland These five laboratories are critical to the national homeland security mission, allowing America's top scientists and engineers to leverage their expertise in developing solutions to address the most dangerous threats and vulnerabilities facing homeland security. The CFI PPA provides funding for construction, completing facility maintenance and repair, replacing outdated and end-of-life laboratory equipment, and investing in capital improvements - including Information Technology modernization - to meet evolving mission requirements. These investments support critical scientific and technical capabilities necessary for conducting research, development, testing and evaluation for DHS and Science and Technology Directorate Procurement, Construction, and Improvements This PPA is comprised of the following investments: Critical Repair/Replacement Requirement: This capital investment program enables S&T laboratories to meet regulatory requirements, uphold modern technological standards, and replace mission-critical equipment that has reached the end of its lifecycle. Plum Island Closure and Support (PICS): This investment supports the activities needed for the transition, closure, and conveyance of all Plum Island real property (including the Orient Point property) and all related personal property and transportation assets, after the PIADC science mission is fully transferred to the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF) in October 2026. The PICS deterministic finish is expected in March Detection Sciences Testing and Applied Research (DSTAR) Center: A new facility to include partially automated, state-of-the-art laboratories to provide for the safe and effective validation of explosive screening devices. It also will include sterile areas for testing and evaluation of trace detection devices and modern computational infrastructure for analyzing and archiving threat images from computed tomography and millimeter Procurement, Construction, and Improvements Construction and Facility Improvements - PPA
Extracted from Science and Technology Directorate, p. 4. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.
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