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Monday, Aug. 19, 2024
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Early-stage ventures with technologies to protect vital industrial control systems (ICS) are invited to join NSIN Propel Maritime Digital Defense to explore dual-use markets. Selected startups will engage with DoD end-users, build a foundation for doing business with the DoD, will design pilots around the national security applications of their technologies, and may gain access to a robust network of private investors and commercial partners.
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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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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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Connect with entrepreneurs, government, and industry leaders at Fed Supernova in Austin, Texas, to collaborate on bridging the Valley of Death between commercial technology and DoD programs. On Aug. 21-22, Team DIU will be there to collaborate with ventures on dual-use commercial technologies that speed and scale solutions into the hands of the DoD. Click below to view our detailed schedule.
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Innovators can join the Defense Innovation OnRamp Hub: Hawai’i, the Pacific Multi-domain Training Experimentation Capability (PMTEC) team, and DIU for an industry engagement day. Participants will engage with PMTEC program representatives and learn about the organization, their proposal process, their operations, exercises, demonstration schedule, and their technology capability requirements.
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The Expeditionary Energy Challenge concluded with Pvilion, Inc. receiving the $35,000 first prize after showcasing its solar cell integration technology. Helical Solar and HNu Photonics also received $20,000 each in prize money during the challenge’s final pitch event. The companies’ solutions were selected for their potential to power sensors in remote locations out in space.
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NSIN alum Raven Space Systems is building their Microwave Assisted Deposition (MAD), a thermoset composite 3D printing innovation that will allow the DoD to print lightweight, thermally-protected structures suitable for aerospace applications. The company’s CEO, Dr. Blake Herren, sat down with NSIN to explain their journey through NSIN programs and share how they found traction in the defense market.
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Service members and civilians from the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) put the concepts of human centered design into practice at an NSIN Bootcamp session, creating and delivering four solutions for mission support. The teams, comprised of colleagues from disparate parts of the organization, broke down silos and formed a rapport as they conducted user interviews, iterated on their solutions, and ultimately pitched their ideas to NASIC senior leadership and members of the Future Capabilities and Assessments Directorate.
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DIU and NSIN launched a prize challenge to seek out new technology for the Blue UAS list. Some U.S. service members will inform the process and help decide what technologies are ultimately cleared for wider use. This prize challenge offers a unique approach and sets it apart from other challenges due to its ability to work closely with the end-user to determine the best platforms, companies, and capabilities.
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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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The application window for the Immersive Commercial Acquisition Program (ICAP) has been extended to Aug. 30. The 12-month 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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Join the NSIN-sponsored 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. Rahul Singh, NSIN Regional Engagement Principal for Los Angeles, will be giving opening remarks at the event.
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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 |
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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NASA is inviting student teams to submit science and technology experiment ideas to fly on a high-altitude balloon. Students ranging from 6th grade to 12th grade are encouraged to create a team and design an experiment under the guidance of an educator.
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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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