20th Annual Engineers Week 2025

February 6, 2025 Design Your Future OUSD(R&E) is again joining the Washington Headquarters Services to co-sponsor the 20th annual Engineers Week Event in the Pentagon Auditorium, Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 1:30–3pm. The event seeks to highlight the importance of engineering as a profession and acknowledge the dedication and contribution of DoD engineers to the national…

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After DOD Award, Datlof Looks to Future of Military Medical Technology Transfer

January 30, 2025 FORT DETRICK, Md. – For 25 years, the Office of Medical Technology Transfer has worked with inventors, businesses and investors to commercialize and deliver dozens of innovative life-saving devices and medicines for the Warfighter and the public. The heart of MTT’s success is an award-winning process for systematically maturing and de-risking first-generation…

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After DOD Award, Datlof Looks to Future of Military Medical Technology Transfer

January 30, 2025 FORT DETRICK, Md. – For 25 years, the Office of Medical Technology Transfer has worked with inventors, businesses and investors to commercialize and deliver dozens of innovative life-saving devices and medicines for the Warfighter and the public. The heart of MTT’s success is an award-winning process for systematically maturing and de-risking first-generation…

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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,…

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The 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…

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Academic 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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OUSD R&E Seeks Industry Collaboration to Close Critical Capability Gaps

June 24, 2024 The Department of Defense released its Blanket Other Transaction Announcement (BOTA) announcing the opportunity for businesses to partner with DoD for research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences June 12. The DoD uses other transaction authorities (OTAs) to fund critical requirements for prototypes to spur innovation and attract non-traditional…

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Hicks Establishes SBIR/STTR Due Diligence Policy and Implementation Guidance

May 24, 2024 Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks signed a memorandum to establish policy and provide implementation guidance for the Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Due Diligence Program May 13. In accordance with the SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022, the goal of the Due Diligence…

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