Future NASA missions will require an integrated space communication network capable of delivering orders-of-magnitude higher data rates. The driving requirements for the network are quite broad, covering space-based communication and navigation for manned and robotic missions from near-Earth to...

The Department of Defense (DoD) has a long way to go in developing artificial intelligence (AI) and applying it to the most pressing military problems. For now, the DoD is applying AI toward humanitarian assistance and predictive maintenance, according to the director of the Joint Artificial...

The Department of Energy (DOE) has released the 2016-2018 Technology Transfer Execution Plan, which is designed to guide and strengthen the Department’s technology transfer efforts and reinforce the importance of supporting these activities occurring across DOE’s laboratories,...

The Department of Energy (DOE) is looking to industry professionals to identify ways collaborative partnerships with agency labs can result in better partnership agreements. The DOE is supporting Ames Laboratory through the Lab-Bridge pilot to develop an interactive, dynamic agreement guide to DOE...

Last week, the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Underwriters Laboratories (UL), http://www.ul.com/ , to improve cybersecurity standards and certification approaches for medical devices. An independent safety science company...

Four men trapped under as much as 10 feet of bricks, mud, and other debris have been rescued in Nepal thanks to a new search and rescue technology developed in partnership by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate and the National Aeronautics...

Firefighters wear protective gloves called “structure gloves” to keep their hands safe on the job. The protective equipment firefighters wear—including structure gloves—gives them the confidence to focus on putting out fires and saving lives; however, the structure gloves...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced that technology from its Cyber Security Division Transition-to-Practice (TTP) program has been licensed for market commercialization. The technology, Hyperion, developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory...

ALEXANDRIA, VA, October 24, 2019—The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) is seeking to fund environmental research and development proposals. SERDP is DoD’s environmental science and technology program, planned and executed in partnership...

The Department of Defense (DOD) held its second biennial DOD Lab Day on May 18, hosted by Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering May J. Miller. The event showcased more than 80 exhibits of innovative technical solutions developed by the Defense Laboratory Enterprise...