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Date (YYYY-MM-DD)TitleCategoryType
2019-01-17DoD Awards $10 Million in FundingFinanceDefense.gov Article
2019-01-17Strong Missile Shield Protects U.S., AlliesMissile DefenseDefense.gov Article
2019-02-12Path Forward for Artificial IntelligenceArtificial IntelligenceDefense.gov Article
2019-03-12DOD Releases Fiscal Year 2020 Budget ProposalFinanceProposal
2019-03-18DOD Announces FY2018 Minerva Research Initiative AwardsAwardDefense.gov Article
2019-03-25DoD Announces Fiscal Year 2019 Research Equipment AwardsAwardDefense.gov Article
2019-04-16DOD Announces Award for STEM Education and Outreach EffortsAwardDefense.gov Article
2019-07-23Space Development Agency Addresses Growing Capability GapsSpaceDefense.gov Article
2019-08-15Eye In the Sky: DOD Announces AI ChallengeArtificial Intelligence isDefense.gov Article
2019-08-19DOD Conducts Ground Launch Cruise Missile TestMissile TestVideo
2019-08-26Announcement of the 2019-2020 Cohort of the Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar Dissertation FellowsAwardDefense.gov Article
2019-08-30White House Unveils FY 2021 Research and Development Budget PrioritiesFinancePDF
2019-09-095G and Microelectronics5G, TechnologyPDF
2019-09-24Assume Networks Are Compromised, DOD Official UrgesNetworksDefense.gov Article
2019-10-10USD(R&E) Letter to UniversitiesLetterPDF
2019-10-11Strategic Manufacturing Capability for Radiation-Hardened MicroelectronicsMicroelectronicsPDF
2019-10-23Fiscal Year 2019 Research Equipment Awards to Minority-Serving InstitutionsAwardDefense.gov Article
2019-10-23Draft Request for Proposals for 5G Technology5G, TechnologyProposal
2019-10-28Space Development Agency Director AnnouncedSDADefense.gov Article
2019-12-02DOD Issues Special Notice Seeking Input From Industry on 5G Technology Development5G, TechnologyDefense.gov Article
2019-12-12Test Launch at Vandenberg Air Force baseMissile TestVideo
2019-12-19Defense Department Invests $32 Million in Manufacturing Engineering Education ProgramEducationDefense.gov Article
2019-12-23Request for Information on the American Research EnvironmentResearchInformation Request
2020-01-13DoD Launches Allied Prototype Initiative R&DPDF
2020-01-13Department of Defense Launches Allied Prototype Initiative Prototype CTO Article
2020-01-13DoD Launches Allied Prototype Initiative R&DPDF
2020-02-01MOSIS MPW Sponsorship Through Intel Custom FoundryScience, ResearchPDF
2020-02-01MOSIS MPW Sponsorship Through Intel Custom FoundryScience, ResearchCTO Article
2020-02-20More Young People Need to Pursue the 'Magic of Engineering'Science, ResearchDefense.gov Article
2020-02-28Synthetic Biology (SynBio) Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII)MII, BiologyNotice of Intent
2020-02-28Synthetic Biology (SynBio) Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII)MII, BiologyNotice of Intent
2020-03-02Department of Defense Press Briefing on HypersonicsHypersonicsVideo
2020-03-055G to Aid Warfighters, Thwart Adversaries5G, TechnologyDefense.gov Article
2020-03-09DOD Awards Contracts for Development of a Mobile MicroreactorTechnologyDefense.gov Article
2020-05-01DOD Invests $3.6 Million for the Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Competition WinnersFinancialDefense.gov Article
2020-05-08DOD, Private Sector Leaders See Danger to GPS Due to FCC Licensing RulingGPS, FCCDefense.gov Article
2020-05-12DOD Awards $24 Million for the 2020 Class of the Vannevar Bush Faculty FellowshipFinancialDefense.gov Article
2020-05-20Department of Defense (DoD) 5G Strategy (U) 5G, TechnologyPDF
2020-05-28DOD, USAF Warfare Center to Build a 5G Network, Test Prototype Software at Nellis5G, TechnologyDefense.gov Article
2020-05-28DOD, USAF Warfare Center to Build a 5G Network, Test Prototype Software at Nellis5G, TechnologyDefense.gov Article
2020-06-03DOD Names Seven Installations as Sites for Second Round of 5G Technology Testing, Experimentation5G, TechnologyDefense.gov Article
2020-06-15Op-ed | The Space Development Agency must be a constructive disruptorDefense, ScienceSDA Article
2020-06-15Op-ed | The Space Development Agency must be a constructive disruptorSDA, ScienceSDA Article
2020-06-17Department of Defense Releases Defense Space StrategySpaceDefense.gov Article
2020-06-18DOD Has Pedal to the Metal on HypersonicsScienceDefense.gov Article
2020-06-18Risk Aversion Impedes Hypersonics DevelopmentScienceDefense.gov Article
2020-07-10Pentagon Official Discusses Defense Modernization PrioritiesScienceVideo
2020-07-13DOD Names Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Research and EngineeringCTODefense.gov Article
2020-07-13DOD Announces Recipients of the Newton Award for Transformative Ideas during the COVID-19 PandemicAward, Covid-19PDF
2020-07-29State of the Space Industrial Base 2020Defense, SciencePDF
2020-07-29State of the Space Industrial Base 2020Defense, SciencePDF
2020-08-13DOD Tech Chief Lays Out Vision for U.S. Technology LeadershipScience, TechnologyDefense.gov Article
2020-08-20DIU Announces sUAS Product AvailabilityDIUDefense.gov Article
2020-08-31Defense Department Invests $42 Million to Awardees in Manufacturing Engineering Education ProgramEducation, FinancialCTO Article
2020-08-31Department of Defense Announces New DARPA Director Dr. Victoria ColemanScienceDefense.gov Article
2020-09-22AI Aiding DOD in Early Detection of COVID-19AI, Covid-19Defense.gov Article
2020-10-02Irregular Warfare Annex to National Defense Strategy Made PublicIW AnnexDefense.gov Article
2020-10-05SDA Announced Two Contract Awards for the First Generation of the Tracking LayerSpaceDefense.gov Article
2020-10-05DoD Awards $31 Million to National Defense Education Program STEMFinancial, EducationCTO Article
2020-10-07SBIR/STTR Virtual SymposiumMeeting, EventEvent Webpage
2020-10-08DOD Announces $600 Million for 5G Experimentation and Testing at Five InstallationsFinancial, 5GDefense.gov Article
2020-10-09DOD Kicks Off World's Largest Dual-Use 5G Testing Effort5G, TechnologyDefense.gov Article
2020-10-15DOD Establishes Joint Hypersonics Transition Office Systems Engineering Field Activity at NSWC CraneEngineering, TechnologyDefense.gov Article
2020-10-15Department of Defense Announces $197.2 Million for MicroelectronicsFinancialDefense.gov Article
2020-10-20DOD Approves $87 Million for Newest Bioindustrial Manufacturing Innovation InstituteFinancialDefense.gov Article
2020-10-26Defense Department Awards University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics ContractDefense, FinancialDefense.gov Article
2020-10-26Defense Department Awards University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics ContractDefense, FinancialDefense.gov Article
2020-10-26DOD Awards Applied Hypersonics Contract to Texas A&M UniversityFinancialDefense.gov Article
2021-01-01DoD Additive Manufacturing StrategyManTech, StrategyCTO Webpage
2021-01-115G Challenge to Develop Open 5G Systems5G, TechnologyDefense.gov Article
2021-01-12DOD Awards $20.8M in Grants for Projects to Support Research in Social and Behavioral ScienceResearchCTO Webpage
2021-02-012021 MURI CompetitionMURI, CompetitionCTO Webpage
2021-02-01Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes using Advanced Commercial Capabilities (RAMP) ProjectAward, RAMPCTO Webpage
2021-03-12Defense Department Launches $7.5 Million COE-NC4HBCU/MSI, EducationDefense.gov Article
2021-03-17DOD Working With Norway to Develop High-Speed Propulsion TechnologiesTechnology, HypersonicDefense.gov Article
2021-04-01COE-AQS at Delaware StateEducation, HBCUCTO Webpage
2021-04-01COE-AI/ML at HowardEducation, HBCUCTO Webpage
2021-04-13Subcommittee Hearing with Department of Defense Innovation and ResearchSenate, Subcommittee HearingVideo
2021-04-27IDENT 2020 WinnerRRTO, TechnologyCTO Webpage
2021-04-28Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research AwardsAward, CompetitionCTO Webpage
2021-04-28Winner of FY21 Applied Research for Advancement of S&T Priorities Program AwardAward, CompetitionDefense.gov Article
2021-04-29DoD S&T Executive Committee Meets for Annual Strategic ReviewAward, CompetitionCTO Webpage
2021-05-01DoD Announces Additional Fiscal Year 2021 University Research Funding AwardsAward, EducationPDF
2021-05-052021 Class of Vannevar Bush Faculty FellowshipVBFF, FellowshipCTO Webpage
2021-05-05Manufacturing Innovation Institutes Integral to U.S. Pandemic ResponsePandemic, CovidDefense.gov Article
2021-05-06DoD Announces New Cyber Resilient Weapon Systems Body of Knowledge PortalSTP&E, CRWS-BoKCTO Webpage
2021-05-10FY21 BOOST Program AwardeesBiotech, TechnologyDefense.gov Article
2021-05-13Q1 FY21 Laboratory Scientist, STEM Advocate, and T2 Advocate AwardsSTEM, AwardCTO Webpage
2021-05-17Army Researches Vehicle Grid for Resilient Battlefield PowerArmy, PrototypesArmy Article
2021-06-01DoD Releases New Instruction on Additive ManufacturingAdditive ManufacturingCTO Webpage
2021-06-01DoD Public-Private Partnerships Focus on Manufacturing Innovations to Fight COVID-19 and Build the Industrial BaseManufacturingCTO Webpage
2021-06-01Fiscal Year 2021 Research Equipment Awards to Minority-Serving InstitutionsAwards, HBCU/MSIMarketplace Webpage
2021-06-08Hicks Provides Overview of DOD PrioritiesDefense BudgetDefense.gov Article
2021-06-21DoD and MIT Release New Online Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Education PlatformEducation, MITCTO Webpage
2021-07-23Department of Defense Announces Updated STEM Strategic PlanSTEM, Strategic PlanCTO Webpage
2021-07-30Second Quarter Laboratory Scientist, STEM Advocate, and Technology Transfer Advocate AwardsSTEM, AwardCTO Webpage
2021-08-042021 SMART Scholar Symposium: Creating Leaders of the FutureEducation, SMARTCTO Webpage
2021-08-20STEM Community College and Relevant Partners ConsortiumEducation, STEMCTO Webpage
2021-08-20Cyber Resilient Weapon Systems Body of Knowledge PortalCRWS-BoKCTO Webpage
2021-08-27Virtual Summit on Robotic Solutions for Pandemics and BeyondRobots, PandemicCTO Webpage
2021-09-08DOD Awards 2021 STEM ScholarsSTEM, AwardDefense.gov Article
2021-09-14DOD Launches Centers of Excellence at Historically Black Colleges and UniversitiesAward, HBCUCTO Webpage
2021-09-302021 Class of LUCI FellowsEducation, FellowCTO Webpage
2021-10-01DoD Cyber Table Top Guide, Version 2CyberCTO Webpage
2021-10-08DoD Advances Digital Engineering PracticeDigital EngineeringCTO Webpage
2021-10-15Defense Science and Technology Protection Experts Share Acquisition Course Updates in New WebinarDAU, WebinarCTO Webpage
2021-10-19Keynote at Women in Technology EventTechnologyCTO Webpage
2021-10-21FY 2022 SMART Scholar SEED Grant Program AwardeesEducation, SMARTCTO Webpage
2021-10-25DoD Awards a $321 Million 7-Year Extension to AIM PhotonicsAward, EducationCTO Webpage
2021-10-29DoD Awards $46 Million in University Research Equipment AwardsAward, EducationCTO Webpage
2021-11-03DoD Announces Third Quarter Laboratory Scientist, STEM Advocate, and Technology Transfer Advocate AwardsAward, STEMCTO Webpage
2021-11-03Fiscal Year 2021 George F. Linsteadt Award for Excellence in Technology TransferAward, TechnologyCTO Webpage
2021-11-10DoD Announced Awards of $20K each for the 2021-2022 Cohort of the Minerva-USIP Peace and Security Dissertation FellowsAward, EducationCTO Webpage
2021-12-02DoD Kicks Off 5G Dynamic Spectrum Sharing Experimentation at Hill AFB5G, TechnologyCTO Webpage
2021-12-162021 Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement AwardsTechnology, AwardCTO Webpage
2022-01-19Joint Hypersonic Transition Office Hosts First Hypersonic Workforce EventTechnology, EventDefense.gov Article
2022-01-25DoD Releases Updated Unmanned System Safety Engineering Precepts Guide for DoD AcquisitionUnmanned GuideCTO Article
2022-01-26DoD Announces Fourth Quarter Laboratory Scientist of the Quarter and STEM Advocate of the Quarter AwardsService AwardCTO Article
2022-02-01USD(R&E) Strategic Vision and Critical Technology AreasTechnology VisionPDF
2022-02-28Space Development Agency Makes Awards for 126 Satellites to Build Tranche 1 Transport LayerFinance, AwardDefense.gov Article
2022-04-07DoD Chief Technology Officer Delivers First Congressional TestimonyCongressional TestimonyVideo
2022-04-22Defense Department New Website to Navigate Innovation OpportunitiesTechnology, WebsiteDefense.gov Article
2022-05-02DoD Hosts Ribbon-Cutting for 5G Smart Warehouse Network5G EventDefense.gov Article
2022-05-13DoD Announces Fiscal Year 2021 DEPSCoR AwardsTechnology, Finance Defense.gov Article
2022-05-20DoD Announces First Quarter Laboratory Scientist of the Quarter and STEM Advocate of the Quarter AwardsService AwardCTO Webpage
2022-05-23DoD and NTIA Select Final Contestants for 5G Challenge5G, TechnologyCTO Webpage
2022-06-06DoD and National Spectrum Consortium Team for Open RAN Acceleration5G, TechnologyDefense.gov Article
2022-06-27DoD and NSF Kick-Off Resilient and Intelligent NextG Systems ProgramFinance, AwardDefense.gov Article
2022-07-13National Defense StrategyDefense PrioritiesDefense.gov Article
2022-07-14Industry Engagement Day for the RDERPrototyping, TechnologyDefense.gov Article
2022-07-18SDA Makes Awards for 28 Satellites to Build Tranche 1 Tracking LayerSpace, AwardsSDA Article
2022-07-19DoD Announces First Set of Projects to Receive Funding From the Pilot Program to APFITTechnology, Finance Defense.gov Article
2022-07-21DoD Announces Second Quarter Laboratory Scientist of the Quarter and STEM Advocate of the Quarter AwardsSTEM, AwardCTO Article
2022-07-27Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) ActTechnology, LegislationDefense.gov Article
2022-08-115G Challenge Stage Two Winners and Stage Three ContestantsAward, 5GNTIA Article
2022-09-072022 Class of Laboratory-University Collaboration Initiative FellowsFellowship Award Defense.gov Article
2022-09-12Awards for the 2022-2023 Cohort of the Minerva-United States Institute of Peace and Security Dissertation FellowsFellowship AwardDefense.gov Article
2022-09-13$27 million investment in HBCUs for Scientific Research in CTAsFinance, HBCUCTO Article
2022-09-14Biotechnology Executive Order Will Advance DoD BiotechnologyBiotechnologyDefense.gov Article
2022-10-04Technology and Program Protection Guidebook to Assist Science and Technology Program Protection EffortsTechnology GuidebookCTO Article
2022-10-04DoD Awards $4.5 Million to University of Virginia for Applied Hypersonics ResearchFinance AwardDefense.gov Article
2022-10-05Tactical High-speed Offensive Ramjet for Extended Range (THOR-ER) Team Completes Ramjet Vehicle TestTechnology TestingDefense.gov Article
2022-10-06DoD Awards $4.5 Million to the Georgia Institute of Technology for Applied Hypersonics ResearchFinance AwardCTO Article
2022-10-20Third Quarter Laboratory Scientist of the Quarter and STEM Advocate of the Quarter AwardsService AwardCTO Article
2022-10-24DoD Awards University of Notre Dame for Hypersonics Scramjet ResearchFinance AwardCTO Article
2022-11-18Winner of 2022 George F. Linsteadt Award for Excellence in Technology TransferTechnology AwardCTO Article
2022-11-22DoD Awards $59 Million in University Research Equipment AwardsResearch Equipment Finance Defense.gov Article
2022-12-01Office of Strategic Capital (OSC)Technology FinanceDefense.gov Article
2022-12-02Microelectronic Commons Industry DayTechnology PartnershipNSTXL Webpage
2022-12-15Innovation Pathways websiteTechnologyCTO Article
2023-01-03U.S. Representative to NATO DIANA Board of Directors Elected as Chair of the BoardNATODefense.gov Article
2023-01-03NATO Approves 2023 Strategic Direction for New Innovation AcceleratorNATONATO Webpage
2023-01-18Online Cyber Resilient Weapon Systems Body of Knowledge Version 3.0 for Engineering WorkforceCRWSCTO Webpage
2023-02-01Black History MonthEducationCTO Webpage
2023-02-06DoD Announces U.S. Representative to NATO Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic InitiativeNATODefense.gov Article
2023-02-10Science and Technology Protection Course for the Federal Government WorkforceScienceCTO Webpage
2023-03-08DoD Awards $2 Million for Social Science Research under DECURFinancial, EducationDefense.gov Article
2023-03-21Fiscal Year 2023 Research Funding AwardsFinancialDefense.gov Article
2023-03-22DoD Biomanufacturing StrategyScienceCTO Webpage
2023-04-01Software Engineering for Continuous Delivery of Warfighting CapabilitySciencePDF
2023-05-032023 Immersive Commercial Acquisition Training ProgramEducationDIU Article
2023-05-09National Defense Science and Technology StrategyScienceCTO Webpage
2023-05-10DoD Announces Awards Under the Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive ResearchFinancialDefense.gov Article
2023-05-19Released: Defense Technical Risk Assessment Methodology, Version 6.4DTRAMPDF
2023-05-24Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative TechnologiesFinancialDefense.gov Article
2023-07-17Microelectronics Quantifiable Assurance (MQA) Independent AssessmentScienceCTO Article
2023-07-202023 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellows to Pursue Vital Basic ResearchEducationDefense.gov Article
2023-07-24DOD Establishes Assistant Secretaries of Defense in the Office of the Under Secretary for Research and EngineeringDoDDefense.gov Article
2023-08-22R&E Showcases Major Engineering Initiatives at International SymposiumScienceCTO Article
2023-08-31Online Cyber Resilient Weapon Systems Body of Knowledge Version 3.2 for Engineering WorkforceCRWSCTO Webpage
2023-09-13Collaboration enriches S&T ecosystemS&TCTO Article
2023-09-22R&E, FVEY partners discuss S&T collaboration at annual Technology Cooperation Program meetingS&TCTO Article
2023-09-25R&E-Hosted Event Brings Together Innovators, More Than 145 TechnologiesTechnologyCTO Article
2023-10-05Joint Federated Assurance Center Portal for the Research and Engineering WorkforceTechnologyCTO Article
2023-10-13DoD's Manufacturing Innovation Institutes: Changing Lives and Enabling Warfighting CapabilitiesTechnologyCTO Article
2023-10-20DoD One Step Closer to Zero-Trust Systems for Battlefield Communications5G, TechnologyCTO Article
2023-11-06DOD Recognizes Technology Transfer ProfessionalsTechnologyDefense.gov Article
2023-11-09R&E Industry Day: Catalyzing Biomanufacturing InnovationScienceCTO Article
2023-11-16Jim Gosler Announced as 2022 Fubini Award WinnerAwardCTO Article
2023-12-14DOD Awards $161 Million to Universities to Purchase Equipment Supporting Defense-Relevant ResearchFinancialDefense.gov Article
2023-12-18OUSD(R&E) Releases an Update to the Mission Engineering GuideMission EngineeringPDF
2023-12-21DSB, Dutch Delegation Discuss Academic Research SecurityNATOCTO Webpage
2024-01-01Released: DoD Instruction 5000.97, “Digital Engineering”Digital EngineeringDoD Issuance
2024-01-24DoD Releases Online Cyber Resilient Weapon Systems Body of Knowledge Version 4.0 for Engineering WorkforceCRWSCTO Webpage
2024-01-26DOD’s Hypersonic Career Opportunities, Partnerships with Academia, Continue to GrowEducation, HypersonicCTO Webpage
2024-04-09Face of Defense: After 50 Years of Service, A DoD Engineer Bids GoodbyeRetirementCTO Webpage
2024-04-19Annual Hypersonics Consortium Offers University Partnerships and Student Networking OpportunitiesEducation, HypersonicCTO Webpage
2024-05-24FutureG Office to Invest $1.8 millionFutureGCTO Webpage
2024-05-24Hicks Establishes SBIR/STTR Due Diligence Policy and Implementation Guidance  SBIR/STTRCTO Webpage
2024-05-29DoD Releases Online Cyber Resilient Weapon Systems Body of Knowledge Version 4.1 for Engineering WorkforceCRWS, EngineeringCTO Webpage
2024-06-24OUSD R&E Seeks Industry Collaboration to Close Critical Capability GapsBusiness, ScienceCTO Webpage
2024-07-10DOD Announces First Award for the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing ProgramManufacturing, AwardDefense.gov Article
2024-08-12Academic Leaders, DoD Discuss Research Innovation PartnershipsEducation CTO Webpage
2024-08-13The Importance of AI - Assurance in Ensuring Trust in Autonomous SystemsArtificial IntelligenceCTO Webpage
2024-08-19DoD Releases Five Awards for Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing ProgramAwardsCTO Webpage
2024-09-09DoD Releases Ver. 4.2 Update to CRWS-BoK for Engineering WorkforceCRWS-BOKCTO Webpage
2024-10-312023 Eugene G. Fubini AwardAward, DSBCTO Webpage
2025-01-26Closing the Software Understanding GapDARPA, TechnologyDARPA Webpage
2025-01-30After DOD Award, Datlof Looks to Future of Military Medical Technology TransferAward, MedicineDVIDS Article
2025-02-1420th Annual Engineers Week 2025EngineeringCTO Webpage
2025-02-28Call for Nominations for the 2025 George F. Linsteadt AwardAwards, TechnologyS&T Webpage
2025-02-28SD-24 DoD Value Engineering (VE) GuidebookEngineeringPDF
2025-02-28AI-Enabled Capabilities Requiring T&EAI, EducationCourse
2025-03-032025 Pacific Operational Science & Technology ConferenceConference, S&TLinkedIn
2025-03-31DoD ManTech Invests in American Manufacturing Research and DevelopmentR&DLinkedIn, Video
2025-04-10Advanced Metallics Production and Processing CenterCongressional ProclamationLinkedIn

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The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD(R&E) is the Chief Technology Officer of the Department of Defense. The USD(R&E) champions research, science, technology, engineering, and innovation to maintain the United States military's technological advantage. Learn more at www.cto.mil, follow us on Twitter @DoDCTO, or visit us on LinkedIn.

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