NASA has selected 20 research and technology proposals -- valued at $15 million -- from 19 American small businesses. Each is partnering with research institutions for Phase II of NASA’s competitive Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. STTR supports NASA's future missions into deep...

Ten semifinalists have been selected in the first phase of the Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostic Challenge , a federal prize competition that will award up to a total of $20 million in prizes, subject to the availability of funds, for innovative rapid, point-of-need diagnostic tests to combat the...

In its 15th year of execution, the Trident Warrior (TW) exercise explored innovative solutions through fleet experimentation during various evolutions off the coast of Southern California from June to August 2017. Directed by the Navy Warfare Development Command and Space and Naval Warfare Systems...

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry today announced that the Department of Energy (DOE) will award 231 grants totaling $46 million to 202 small businesses in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Funded through DOE’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (...

The Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced that it had selected 43 small businesses to participate in the second round of its Small Business Voucher (SBV) pilot project. These businesses will have the opportunity to collaborate with 12 DOE labs, have access to world-class facilities and...

The 711th Human Performance Wing is leading an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) pilot program to embed intellectual property (IP) attorneys into research groups to see how they can support the laboratory’s IP needs. One day each week, an IP attorney from the Air Force Materiel Command...

Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the 38 small businesses that will collaborate with national lab researchers through the Small Business Vouchers (SBV) pilot. Eight DOE national laboratories will be supported to partner with 38 competitively selected small businesses across...

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Electronic Systems Development Division and Carbon Black, a locally based security company, signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to improve cybersecurity for the Hanscom Air Force Base Collaboration and Innovation Center...

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) recently signed a five-year cooperative agreement (CA) with America Makes—National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute to advance the 3-D printing industry, otherwise known as additive manufacturing. The first research project under the new CA...

Special operations groups in the Department of Defense endure long, grueling mental and physical training—preparation that classifies them as elite warfighters. Since most special operations personnel are not always accessible at their home bases, data from observations that monitor their...