The Rundown –February 23, 2023
Your weekly national security and government news brief, with insights for founders, investors, and those invested in the future of defense and public safety.
Here’s The Rundown…
BCG REPORT ON DEFENSE INNOVATION READINESS: A new report produced by Boston Consulting Group analyzed the defense innovation readiness gap of the United States and 58 other countries, concluding that the gap between aspirations for innovation and the ability to generate results is widening. Read more HERE.
WASHINGTON CONCERNED ABOUT CHINESE INVESTMENT IN TECH: Washington is increasingly concerned about China poaching US technology and focusing on curbing China’s ability to use foreign investment in critical and emerging technologies, which has become an increasing focus of Washington’s efforts to decouple from Beijing. Read more here about Chinese tech investments and what the US is doing HERE.
REP CALVERT ADVOCATING FOR CHANGES IN DEFENSE PROCUREMENT: CA Rep. Congressman Ken Calvert chairs the subcommittee in charge of defense appropriations and is advocating for a dramatic change in the cost and speed of defense procurement. Listen to Rep. Calvert as he walks through solutions to current procurement problems HERE.
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Decisive Point News:
JOIN DECISIVE POINT AT SXSW: Join Decisive Point’s Tommy Hendrix at SXSW on March 12th on the Army Applications Laboratory’s panel, 2023: Is the ROI for Defense Investing Changing? The panel will focus on making defense investments in today’s dynamic economic and geopolitical environment. The panel will also be available online; more details and information HERE.
APPLY TODAY FOR CRADLE TO COMMERCE: Cradle to Commerce (C2C), funded by the Department of Energy Office of Technology Transitions, is an unprecedented public-private incubator built to accelerate climate technology and equitable entrepreneurship. Four national labs and partners seek to provide innovators with unparalleled scientific and entrepreneurial resources.
C2C pairs diverse and talented researchers, businesses, and entrepreneurs to bring our expert-curated climate technologies to market.
We are now recruiting inventors and diverse entrepreneurs from the public and private sectors to help commercialize national laboratory climate and energy technologies, particularly for buildings, nuclear, smart grid, and renewables technologies.
Do you want to bring climate tech to commercialization, but don’t know where to start?
Learn more about how you can get involved and fill out the pre-application HERE!
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Events
NAVY UNMANNED SYSTEMS INDUSTRY DAY
2023 PACIFIC OPERATIONAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (POST) CONFERENCE
ARPA-E ENERGY INNOVATION SUMMIT
SPACE & MISSILE DEFENSE SYMPOSIUM
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Opportunities
INNOVATION, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BAA
AFRL CAPABILITIES FOR CYBER ADVANCEMENT
BAA FOR INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES
DARPA ADAPTIVE WARFIGHTING ARCHITECTURES
AFRL MANUFACTURING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT BAA
BAA FOR EXTRAMURAL BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
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Jobs
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT — FLIGHTWAVE
Explore more job openings HERE.
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Weekly Motivation
OLDEST ALL-AMERICAN DOG DERBY RACE KICKS OFF FOR 106TH YEAR: This week marked the 106th year of the Ashton Dog Derby, a dog sled team competition that began in 1917 with traders racing each other from Ashton to Yellowstone during the winter. Learn more about the historic dog derby and watch a video HERE.
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