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Monday, Aug. 12, 2024
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The 10 companies selected for the NSIN Propel Hawaii 2024 cohort kicked off the accelerator with a look at the program ahead, which will see them engage with DoD end-users, build a foundation for business with the DoD, and design pilots around the national security applications of their technologies. By the end of the program, the companies will be prepared to address critical DoD needs including planning and execution, Agile Combat Employment (ACE), and camouflage, concealment, and deception (CC&D). The event included speeches from DIU Deputy Director of Commercial Operations Liz Young McNally and Brig. Gen. Brian Laidlaw of Hickam Air Force Base.
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Entrepreneurs and professionals interested in working with the DoD can learn the basics of engaging with the government during the NSIN Transition Cell’s 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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Systems Engineering Inc. and OpsLab each received $30,000 in the NSIN Multi-Domain Range Scheduling Challenge, held in partnership with the Air Force 56th Range Management Office (RMO) and Fort Huachuca’s U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence (USAICoE). The two companies, along with the second place winner, Phaedrus, demonstrated technologies with the potential to streamline range planning, communication, and coordination to optimize resource utilization, while also minimizing scheduling conflicts.
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Hedral took the top spot in NSIN’s AI Infrastructure Challenge, held in partnership with the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), and Program Executive Office Industrial Infrastructure (PEO II), with their approach to artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure design based on generative AI and advanced computational geometry and physics. The solution not only automates design work while optimizing cost and constructability but also produces more accurate cost models, increasing productivity, and minimizing expensive mistakes.
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Companies with unmanned aerial systems (UAS) technologies may submit their platforms, components, capabilities, or software for the potential to be included on the DIU Blue UAS List or the DIU Blue UAS Framework List.
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See the 2024 NSIN Vector cohort present innovative technologies for advanced sensing, data sharing, command and control, resilient position navigation and timing, and contested communications before a panel of experts as they compete for $50,000. The showcase event will highlight 20 companies and include panel discussions with Vector alumni and venture capitalists.
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Companies with DoD contracts (sub or prime) or access to non-public DoD information can take advantage of no-cost cybersecurity services from the National Security Agency (NSA). Services include protective domain name systems (DNS), attack surface management, and access to non-public, Defense Innovation Board (DIB)-specific NSA threat intelligence.
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DEFENSE INNOVATION EVENTS |
Industry professionals, manufacturers, suppliers, and stakeholders in the advanced air mobility (AAM) sector have the opportunity to learn about the latest advancements in AAM technology and its transformative potential for travel and goods transport, including for military applications. Discussions will include experts, manufacturers, and suppliers from across the AAM industry.
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Join SoCal Deep Tech Week to see technology and pioneering research across aerospace and defense, AI and robotics, computing, advanced manufacturing, biotechnology, and energy and sustainability. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with industry leaders, policymakers, DoD officials to collaborate and foster an interconnected defense innovation hub.
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Startups and individuals can find paths to work with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) during a day-long event in Omaha, Nebraska. 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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If you were not the original recipient of this email and would like to sign up for the NSIN Newsletter please register here. |
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) strengthens national security by accelerating the adoption of commercial technology in the Department of Defense and bolstering our allied and national security innovation bases. DIU partners with organizations across the DoD to rapidly prototype and field dual-use capabilities that solve operational challenges at speed and scale. With offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, Austin, Chicago and Washington, DC, DIU is the Department’s gateway to leading technology companies across the country. |
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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