A federal interagency group that evaluates anti-terrorism technology has set an early April deadline for the homeland security industry to offer up its best ideas for possible funding.

The Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) is based in the Pentagon but also serves the needs of the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other federal agencies. TSWG issued two broad area announcements (BAAs) on successive days.

Although the list of products TSWG is looking for is lengthy, the two announcements include 11 pages of technical specifics about exactly what type of technologies the group is seeking.

One announcement, released March 4, calls for ideas in the areas of detecting explosives; rendering explosives harmless; protecting power plants, water supplies and other critical infrastructure; protecting personnel; maintaining physical security; and conducting tactical operations support.