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Monday, Sept. 9, 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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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, CA, Colorado Springs, CO, 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 DIU and 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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Innovators can join the Air & Space Forces Association (AFA) for the Air, Space & Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland to receive professional military development, hear about emerging requirements and technology, and make connections that advance air and space power. DIU and NSIN will be in attendance at a booth on AFWERX’s Spark Street. DIU Deputy Director of Commercial Operations Liz Young McNally will speak at Securing the Industrial Base, a panel discussion with Dr. Laura D. Taylor-Kale, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy, Col. Michelle K. Idle, Deputy Commander of the Space Systems Command, and Richard Aboulafia, Managing Director of AeroDynamic Advisory.
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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. Registration is open for the Sept. 19 session now.
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DEFENSE INNOVATION ONRAMP HUB EVENTS |
Entrepreneurs and startups are invited to join Launch Dayton Startup Week, a free, week-long conference featuring talks, hands-on business workshops, and valuable networking opportunities. Defense Innovation OnRamp Hub: Ohio representatives will be on-site to provide participants with insights. Chris Eusebi, an intellectual property (IP) lawyer who supports the Defense Innovation OnRamp Hub: Ohio, will lead a session on managing and protecting IP.
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Professionals from government, academia, and industry are invited to join the Defense Innovation OnRamp Hub: Ohio and the Ohio Federal Research Network for an upcoming webinar on hypersonics. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from thought leaders, engage in Q&A sessions, and explore research and development funding opportunities that have the potential to solve government challenges.
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Join the Defense Innovation OnRamp Hub: Arizona at this year’s Arizona Innovation Expo to explore the future of technology innovation and see the AccelerateAZ cohorts. The Expo features presentations, discussions, and valuable networking opportunities with startup founders, corporate professionals, investors, government officials, technology experts, and community leaders.
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The Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Program, part of the DoD’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (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 |
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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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 and 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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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (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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Innovators with prototype solutions for data sharing and distribution that could efficiently distribute data across geographically-dispersed network enclaves, enable data sharing between different classification levels, and manage the transport and caching of data using an asynchronous publisher-subscriber (Pub/Sub) messaging system may submit their solutions to DIU for the opportunity to receive an Other Transaction (OT) award.
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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, D.C., 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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