The White House has moved to Jan. 4th the deadline for federal contractors to comply with the COVID-19 vaccination requirement, Federal News Network reported Thursday. The Biden administration said the new deadline
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Michael Brown, director of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), said the U.S. needs to accelerate technological development to maintain an advantage against China and other competing countries, DOD News reported Friday. He
More The U.S. Space Force’s technology innovation arm SpaceWERX is launching a new initiative to provide funding opportunities for on-orbit servicing, assembly and manufacturing (OSAM) companies, SpaceNews reported Thursday. The military service plans
More The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate has tasked Northeastern University to lead a new security-focused Center of Excellence over a 10-year period. The university will work with other academic
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The National Defense University (NDU) Foundation has appointed Tina Dolph, president and CEO of Siemens Government Technologies (SGT) and a three-time Wash100 Award, to the foundation’s board of directors along with three other industry executives.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration is awarding $1 million grants to 30 states and territories through its American Rescue Plan, which aims to provide Americans with direct COVID-19 relief by boosting
More The Department of Defense has released a Companion Document to its Climate Adaptation Plan (CAP), which was published Sept. 1, 2021 and outlines DoD’s projects and activities focused on addressing climate change. The recently
More Sens. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, have introduced a bill that would establish data repositories at the Department of Defense to support the development of artificial intelligence tools. Rosen’s office
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The Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) has issued a report providing an overview of trends in robotics patents issued to inventors across 88 countries from 2005 to 2019. CSET said
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Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said JAIC is in a phase where it focuses on enabling AI capabilities and
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