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Monday, July 29, 2024
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NSIN X-Force and Capstone alumna Rachel Johns joined NSIN to discuss her experience as an X-Force Fellow and how the program helped her secure additional opportunities at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in St. Louis. Johns shared how X-Force provided her with soft and hard skills and helped her discover the defense ecosystem through approachable, non-intimidating opportunities.
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David Schiff, NSIN Regional Engagement Principal for the National Capital Region, recently shared his career experiences in the defense innovation space on “The Startup Defense Podcast". Schiff discussed the challenges and triumphs of working to break barriers for businesses and individuals within the defense ecosystem during his time serving as NavalX’s Deputy Director and in his current role at NSIN.
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Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Director, Doug Beck, spoke at the Aspen Security Forum the impact of DIU’s work with combatant commands. He also discussed how critical partners in the services, the Joint Staff, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense help DIU identify demand signals, transition, and scale commercial technology to the warfighter.
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Students from the University of Oklahoma recently visited Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico to conduct a proof of concept on a prototype air deployable lighting system that mimics enemy gunfire and various IR light-emitting pieces of equipment used by ground personnel to signal aircraft. NSIN brought the students together with the 58th Special Operations Wing as part of a capstone project to help improve night training environments.
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Join DIU and Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) to learn more about the future of venture capital and investment opportunities in the defense sector during the fifth edition of the India-U.S. Defense Acceleration Ecosystem (INDUS-X) Gurukul Educational Series. Konark Bhandari, a fellow in the Technology and Society Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, will lead a panel of five investors, entrepreneurs, and government experts from the U.S. and India.
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The 12-month Immersive Commercial Acquisition Program (ICAP) fellowship will help acquisition professionals harness commercial technology innovation. Participants will train and learn about Other Transactions (OTs), which can be beneficial for acquiring technologies from nontraditional defense contractors.
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NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) has launched its 2024 challenges to bring together the best innovators across the NATO alliance. The five challenge areas are energy and power, data and information security, sensing and surveillance, human health and performance, and critical infrastructure and logistics. Applications close Aug. 9.
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DEFENSE INNOVATION EVENTS |
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 James "Mac" Ritch, Ali Etedali, and Scott Ulrey, DARPA Contract Management Officers.
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Startups and individuals can find paths to work with DARPA during a day-long event in Omaha, NE. DARPA office directors, program managers, and staff will be on site to share how innovators can engage with program managers, respond to DARPA requests for proposals, and work with DARPA.
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