Tag Archives: research and development

Cybersecurity tool maker Kryptowire has won a four-year, $7.3M contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency conduct research and development activities on 5G mobile network security.

The U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX innovation arm is accepting applications for a new challenge focused on identifying energy production and sustainability approaches to support Department of Defense missions through 2045.

A Raytheon Technologies business unit has received a $495K contract to help the U.S. Air Force assess the feasibility of using blockchain across battle management, aviation and situational awareness operations, Coindesk reported Thursday.

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has partnered with the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity to identify new approaches to defend the artificial intelligence training pipeline against malware.

The National Armaments Consortium plans to work with the Department of Defense to speed up prototype development procedures through other transaction agreements and more virtual events, Defense News reported Thursday.

Woolpert has secured a contract to assess possible challenges that may arise from the integration of unmanned aircraft systems into airport operations and craft a set of guidelines to help industry plan airfield infrastructure to accommodate large UAS platforms.

The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has issued a request for information on potential sources of cyber services and operational technologies to support the center’s research and development activities.

Ninety-two U.S. small businesses will receive up to $116 in total grants to continue developing prototypes or processes for the second phase of two Department of Energy-funded programs that support scientific innovation projects.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has launched an effort to help researchers pursue studies related to GEOINT technology. A recently published broad agency announcement, titled Boosting Innovative GEOINT Research or BIG-R, creates a new mechanism designed to accelerate and bolster geospatial research activities, NGA said Wednesday.

Sensor technology maker Signal Systems Corp. has received a potential five-year, $13.5M contract to provide undersea and anti-submarine warfare technologies to support the U.S. Navy’s sonar signal processing research and development efforts.

NASA has earmarked $51M in funding to support 312 companies’ Phase I technology development activities as part of the agency’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer initiative.

The National Science Foundation and Intel have selected five research teams to receive funding for studies focused on utilizing machine learning for next-generation wireless network capabilities.

Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has partnered with Purdue University to help drive joint research and development efforts on hypersonics technology.

The National Institutes of Health has entered into an agreement with Israel-based health data platform developer MDClone to leverage the latter’s data analytics engine to support COVID-19 research initiatives.

The Department of Energy’s Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office is looking for potential AI research and development concepts encompassing various subject areas including sensors, supercomputers and data analytics.