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Monday, Sept. 16, 2024
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DIU and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) will collaborate under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to accelerate adoption of commercial dual-use technology solutions. The agreement, signed by DIU Deputy Director for Commercial Operations Liz Young McNally and EDA Deputy Assistant Secretary Cristina Killingsworth, sets out a path for the organizations to leverage DIU’s Defense Innovation OnRamp Hubs and EDA’s Tech Hubs to support regional innovation, economic impact, and workforce development.
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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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Innovators are invited to hear from defense, public policy, and technology sector leaders, join discussions on defense technology and policy trends, and create connections with peers and potential partners at the NSIN and DIU-sponsored Midwest Defense Innovation summit in Indianapolis, Indiana. NSIN Regional Director Jim Rabuck, DIU Senior Program Manager of Energy Portfolio Jack Ryan and NSIC Principal Mike Dodd will speak on the panel Driving Transformation: the Role of DIU in Accelerating Defense Technology. NSIN Midwest Regional Director and NSWC Crane NSIN Liaison Alyssa Robertson will speak at Driving Defense Innovation: Key Enablers for Next-Generation Solutions.
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DEFENSE INNOVATION ONRAMP HUB EVENTS |
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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Ten companies from the inaugural North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Defense Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) cohort will receive additional funding up to €300,000 to boost their commercialization. The ten selected companies were chosen from the initial cohort of 44. Two of the selected 10 are from the NSIN-supported North American cohort – Dolphin Labs and IONITE.
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Guardians joined NSIN, DIU, and the U.S. Space Force online and in Los Angeles, California, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Washington, D.C. during the Space Force Gen AI Challenge to learn human centered design, artificial intelligence (AI) fundamentals, and more while working on pressing generative AI challenges. Selected teams will continue developing their solutions in a guided program and will have the opportunity to pitch Space Force senior leaders.
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Students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) spent their summer working on geospatial-intelligence (GEOINT) challenges and learning skills for geographic information systems (GIS) during a month-long program hosted by Harris-Stowe State University in partnership with the T-Rex Innovation Center and the National-Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). During the program, NSIN connected the 375th Air Mobility Wing Elevate Innovation Team from Scott Air Force Base to the students for a session sharing how the students can get involved in robotics and support national security technologies.
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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 |
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 messaging system may submit their solutions to DIU for the opportunity to receive an Other Transaction (OT) award.
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Innovators with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions that could accelerate pre-award acquisition activities may submit their solutions to the Central Florida Tech Grove and the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) for the opportunity to receive part of the $100,000 prize purse.
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Innovators with the ability to build an artificial intelligence (AI) automation for the Immersive Technology Planning Application (ITPA) system that could quickly and thoroughly scan the market to identify and report on the latest immersive technology capabilities may submit their solutions to the Central Florida Tech Grove and the Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation (AFAMS) for an opportunity to win part of the $155,000 prize purse.
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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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