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Monday, July 8, 2024
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Entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs are invited to apply to NSIN Foundry, a unique startup studio that sees participants join teams and be paired with cutting-edge federal lab technologies. Successful teams will form companies, license their technologies, and compete for $50,000 in prizes at the final showcase.
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Innovators may submit solutions for capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI) and advancing signal processing technologies to enhance spectrum sensing and situational awareness to win part of a $125,000 prize pool in the NSIN Presents: RF Spectrum Sharing Challenge, held in partnership with the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL).
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5G Open Innovation Lab took home first prize after giving service members and judges a hands-on preview of their life-saving communications technology during the final round of the challenge which was held in partnership with the Washington Air National Guard’s (WA ANG) 194 Communications Squadron. Persistent Systems, Ecrio and GXC (who partnered together to deliver their solution), and Allosense were awarded second, third, and fourth places and took home $20,000, $15,000, $5,000, respectively.
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Entrepreneurs and professionals interested in working with the DoD can learn the basics with the NSIN Transition Cell during their webinar series, taking place every third Thursday of the month. Discussion topics range from budget cycles, types of government customers, and types of appropriations. There will be a Q&A period at the end of each session.
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DEFENSE INNOVATION EVENTS |
Join the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)’s Small Business Hub to learn how to navigate and understand the planning, programming, budgeting and expectation (PPBE) process. Kristen O’Sullivan, the Chief of Strategic Plans and Programs at the Air Force Materiel Command will be explaining processes and defining the contractual process.
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Join Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to learn more about Other Transaction (OT) agreements and discover how they differ from more traditional DoD contracting vehicles. Speakers include Mac Ritch and Ali Etedali, DARPA Contract Management Officers.
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Join the Defense Strategies Institute for the 7th Annual Directed Energy Symposium to explore the latest advancements and applications in directed energy technologies adapted for the warfighter.
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Innovators looking to connect with the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) and find pathways to collaboration with the DoD may leverage OUSD(R&E) event webpage. Events include open meetings, webinar series, research symposiums, and industry days.
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Companies with communications equipment that could ensure connectivity across a heterogeneous swarm of multi-domain autonomous platforms may submit their solutions to DIU for the opportunity to receive an OT award.
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Companies with ability to lead an agile development activity, including the creation, design, development, demonstration and deployment of large-scale distributed autonomy solutions that could coordinate hundreds or thousands of unmanned assets in a shared environment, particularly when navigation and communications are disrupted or denied, may submit their solutions to DIU for the opportunity to receive an OT award.
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NSIN is a program office in the U.S. Department of Defense, nested within the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). We are set up to collaborate with a wide variety of innovators to include universities, researchers, students, entrepreneurs and start-ups. We create opportunities for collaboration across communities and connect those that might not traditionally work in national security. Together, we help drive national security innovation and develop technologies that directly support the individuals responsible for protecting our country. |
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