Archive for August 2024
DoD Releases Five Awards for Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program
August 19, 2024 The Department of Defense today announced seven additional awards to bioindustrial firms via the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program (DBIMP). This announcement brings the DBIMP to 13 awards to date totaling $23 million. The awardees include Battelle in Columbus, Ohio; Modular Genetics in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Genomatica in San Diego; Industrial Microbes in Alameda,…
Read MoreThe Importance of AI – Assurance in Ensuring Trust in Autonomous Systems
August 13, 2024 Artificial intelligence and autonomy took center stage as Dr. Kimberly Sablon, the principal director for Trusted Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy for the Office of Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, took part in discussions on AI’s role in national defense on the last day of the National Defense Industrial Association’s…
Read MoreAcademic Leaders, DoD Discuss Research Innovation Partnerships
August 12, 2024 Dr. Binda Nair, director of Basic Research in the Office of Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, hosted a panel on “University Industry Partners,” where experts in academia discussed the progress and status on the Department of Defense’s science and technologies programs within academic institutions across the nation at the…
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