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Monday, Aug. 26, 2024
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The company took first place and $500,000 of the $1 million total prize pool for their solution to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The company leveraged their global geophysical data analytics capabilities technology to forecast IUU fishing activities.
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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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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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Teams from the University of Maryland National Consortium of Terrorism and the Study of Terrorism (START), University of California San Diego, and the University of Colorado Colorado Springs were each awarded $150,000 for winning their respective categories in the NSIN Cyber Innovators Challenge, held in partnership with the Department of Defense University Consortium for Cybersecurity (UC2). The academic institutions delivered solutions in modeling and predictive analytics, persona and influence, and data and permeability.
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Four teams of personnel from Hanscom Air Force Base, the Massachusetts National Guard, and Army Research Laboratories learned human centered design and put its principles to work as they decided how Hanscom might leverage technology forecasting during an NSIN Bootcamp session. Base leadership heard pitches on solutions like adopting automation to increase capacity, developing a virtual assistant, leveraging homomorphic encryption for secure calculations, and implementing a novel acquisition method to ensure emerging technologies and active threats are proactively considered.
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Houston-Based Little Place Labs is gearing up to raise between $3-$6 million dollars in financing by the end of the year. After winning its first contract with the Air Force last year, it has now received two more for its maritime surveillance capabilities.
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Guardians can craft generative artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions for Space Force problems during a hybrid hackathon, the Space Force Gen AI Challenge, taking place online and in Los Angeles, California, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Washington, D.C. The event will be hosted by NSIN, DIU, and the U.S. Space Force and includes training opportunities in human centered design, AI fundamentals, and more. The teams with the best ideas will continue developing their solutions in a guided program and will have the opportunity to pitch Space Force senior leaders.
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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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The Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Program, part of the DoD’s STEM education initiatives, offers scholarships for undergraduate, master, and doctoral students pursuing degrees in STEM disciplines. The SMART Program covers full tuition and annual stipends between $30,000 - $46,000, summer internships, and guaranteed civilian employment with the DoD upon graduation. The applications will remain open through Dec. 5.
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DEFENSE INNOVATION EVENTS |
Cyber Quest provides development and acquisition communities a unique, realistic, operationally based environment to inform critical capability gaps facing Cyber, Electronic Warfare, Intelligence and Signal operational forces. The event brings soldiers from Army Cyber Command, Forces Command, Army Futures Command, and International Partners to evaluate emerging Cyber, Electronic Warfare, Intelligence and Signal solutions/technologies.
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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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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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