Ideas
Why the New Administration Needs Federal Industrial Strategists
Smart strategy will require smart strategists who know the government’s policy levers and the technology innovation process.
Ideas
Scientists Suggest U.S. Embassies Were Hit with High-Power Microwaves – Here's How the Weapons Work
The technology behind the suspected weapons is well understood and dates back to the Cold War arms race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
Modernization
$496M Contract Will Give DOD Engineering Capabilities, Official Says
A new Pentagon five-year contracting vehicle will support modernization and the development of the joint warfighting concept and promote technological innovation.
Emerging Tech
AFWERX Launches Space Innovation Hub
Air Force officials announced the creation of SpaceWERX, a team to help Space Force tap into cutting-edge technologies.
Ideas
The Iconic American Inventor Is Still a White Male – and That's an Obstacle to Race and Gender Inclusion
National myths about inventorship normalize entrenched discrimination in STEM fields.
Emerging Tech
NIST Plans New Drone-Advancing Challenge Competition
Potential scenarios include locating stranded first responders with thermal imaging, tracking them where GPS is inaccessible, and more.
Emerging Tech
NPS Officials Share Fresh Details on Forthcoming Self-Driving Shuttle Pilot
Yellowstone National Park visitors can catch rides on the autonomous shuttles early next summer.
Emerging Tech
DOD Has Promising Tech. Now It’s Time to Scale It Up, Officials Say
The department needs to move certain tech from incubation to operation.
Artificial Intelligence
Army-Funded Algorithm Decodes Brain Signals
The algorithm is part of an effort to eventually establish a machine-brain interface.
Ideas
Smart Concrete Could Pave the Way for High-Tech, Cost-Effective Roads
The life of structures could be extended, however, if damages were monitored in real time and fixed early on.
Artificial Intelligence
Critical Update: What a Treasury Office is Learning from Its Blockchain Projects
That’s not the only emerging technology the Fiscal Service Bureau’s innovation office is experimenting with.
Emerging Tech
Self-Driving Shuttles Are Set to Be Deployed at Yellowstone National Park in 2021
The National Park Service is exploring emerging, autonomous technologies through a new pilot program that the public can opt to participate in.
Emerging Tech
What the Army's Next App Reveals About Defense Innovation
A major wins an innovation award by proposing to bring hotel-style booking to training ranges.
Digital Government
DOD’s New Data Strategy ‘Critical to Our National Security,’ DDS Chief Says
Brett Goldstein, director of the Defense Digital Service, talked about how to make innovative projects reusable and sustainable for broad use across the Pentagon.
Ideas
How a Government-Linked Foundation Could Speed the Spread of New Clean-Energy Technologies
A clean energy foundation could help innovations cross the valley of death.
Emerging Tech
NIST Awards Millions in Innovation Funds for Projects on AI, Wildfire Forecasting—and Much More
Here are a few projects that received a financial boost through the Small Business Innovation Research program.
Artificial Intelligence
Congressional Report Spotlights AI, Emerging Technologies as Future of National Security
The House Armed Services Committee’s Future of Defense Task Force released its final report advocating for a revolution in how the U.S. approaches national security.
Emerging Tech
DOD Pours Millions of Dollars into Print-on-Demand Drugs
Four years after DARPA sought a better way to bring medicine to the battlefield, the technology may assuage broader concerns about foreign supply chains.
Emerging Tech
Program Under Defense Innovation Unit Is Launching a New Consortium
The Institute for Nascent Innovations will look to identify and solve unseen issues in emerging crises.
Emerging Tech
VA-Made ‘Smart Bandage’ Can Track Chronic Wounds—and Treat Them
The innovation also sparked a new startup to bring the technology to market.
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