DoD One Step Closer to Zero-Trust Systems for Battlefield Communications

October 20, 2023 The Department of Defense recently announced the winners of the 2023 5G Challenge, which took place in Louisville, Colorado and awarded $7 million in prizes. This year’s event focused on integrating open radio access network (Open RAN) components from multiple vendors to build an inter-connected system for universal use. Open RAN is…

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DoD’s Manufacturing Innovation Institutes: Changing Lives and Enabling Warfighting Capabilities

October 12, 2023 Dr. Steven Wax, performing the duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology, spent several days in New England visiting two of the Department of Defense’s nine Manufacturing Innovation Institutes. The recent visit included both the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute/BioFabUSA and Advanced Functional Fabrics of America. MIIs were created…

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R&E Hosted Event Brings Together Innovators, More Than 145 Technologies

September 25, 2023 The Department of Defense and other U.S. interagency representatives met with 117 technology developers in an invitations-only Technology Discovery Event Aug. 30 in Chantilly, Virginia. TIDE is a DoD-sponsored event that aims to help innovative small businesses and non-traditional DoD performers showcase new hardware and software technologies that can significantly improve existing…

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DoD CTO: Collaboration enriches S&T ecosystem, makes ambitious competitors ‘think twice’ before aggressive actions

September 13, 2023 Collaborating with the defense science and technology community at each phase of the innovation process is key to deter and defeat aggressive actions, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu said during a fireside at the National Defense Industry Association’s Emerging Technology Institute’s Conference and Exhibition in Washington, D.C.,…

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DoD Biomanufacturing Strategy

March 22, 2023 The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, informed by the 2022 National Defense Strategy and Executive Order 14081 (Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy) spearheaded development of the DoD Biomanufacturing Strategy. DoD will invest in biomanufacturing consistent with this Strategy…

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Defense Department Launches Innovation Pathways Website

NEWS RELEASE: December 15, 2022 Arlington, VA – The Department of Defense announced today significant updates to the Innovation Pathways website that will allow it to serve as a “one-stop shop” for learning how to deliver innovation to the DoD. Located at www.ctoinnovation.mil, this site serves as a gateway for industry, small businesses, students, universities, and other organizations within…

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DoD Awards University of Notre Dame for Hypersonics Scramjet Research

October 24, 2022 The DoD announced today a three-year, $4.5 million research award to the University of Notre Dame to advance hypersonics technology. This award is sponsored by the Joint Hypersonic Transition Office (JHTO) through the University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics (UCAH). The research will focus on developing a system to extend scramjet propulsion capabilities,…

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