Private Capital Crucial for Defense Innovation DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
4/23/2021
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China and Russia’s technological investments and the uncertainty surrounding future applications have fundamentally altered the geopolitical environment.
This view, which has become a point of consensus in the United States, has also sparked another widely and correctly perceived imperative: the need for creating enduring public-private relationships between the Defense Department and defense-oriented companies.
If the nation is to address this burgeoning threat, the country must foster a culture of innovation and integration of various critical technologies into the military. Private investment and venture capital, which provide funding to companies making advancements within critical technology areas that are key to defense, play an integral part in this high-stakes competition for fielding innovative capabilities such as artificial intellige
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MiMoCloud, a small business located in College Park, Maryland, protests the Department of the Army s rejection of the phase I proposal it submitted in response to the Department of Defense s (DOD) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program broad agency announcement (BAA) topic number A20B-T024, for a soldier borne radar detector. The protester asserts that the agency unreasonably evaluated its proposal. We deny the protest.
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An Artificial Retina Engineered From Ancient Protein Heads to Space
NIH supported early testing of the artificial retina. Now, scientists are testing whether manufacturing it on the International Space Station results in a viable treatment for people with blinding eye diseases.
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Watch this video to learn more about how an artificial retina may help restore vision in patients who have lost their sight.
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Payloads to the ISS are packed into containers roughly the size of a boot box. CubeLabs contain automated hardware, optics and imaging required for researchers on Earth to perform experiments in real time.
The contract pertains to swarming space robotics research.
Under the agreement, Geisel Software will work in tandem with researchers at ASU to develop technologies enabling communications-less coordination. The research will be important for helping deploy small, low-cost spacecraft which could transport sensors and instruments to high-risk environments, according to the announcement.
“This is Geisel Software’s second NASA award in the area of swarming robotics and this new research will help take us a step closer to providing swarming solutions that increase the efficiency of space exploration while decreasing the risk to human explorers,” said Brian Geisel, the company’s CEO, in a statement.