Hon. Ellen Lord, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the Department of Defense (DoD) is developing a “microelectronics strategy” to bring manufacturing and testing operations to the U.S. by relying on public-private partnerships and other initiatives.
Read More »Hon. Ellen Lord: Trusted Capital Marketplace Helps Safeguard Defense Supply Chain From Adversarial Capital
Hon. Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, wrote in a National Defense article published Sunday about the Trusted Capital Marketplace and how the public-private partnership helps bolster the defense supply chain and protects it from adversarial capital.
Read More »Army, Virginia Create Partnership Ecosystem to Advance Workforce Dev’t, STEM Education
The U.S. Army's Night Vision Labs and the Commonwealth of Virginia have launched a collaboration ecosystem that aims to encourage government, commercial and academic sectors to address workforce and educational system challenges through innovation.
Read More »Neil Jacobs: Private Sector Role Grows in NOAA Mission
Neil Jacobs, who leads the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on an acting basis, noted the importance of industry in the agency's mission, Space News reported Wednesday. He said at a Maryland Space Business Roundtable event that the private sector is now supporting NOAA's core efforts, expanding the sector's original role as a value-added service provider.
Read More »CNAS Report Presents R&D, Tech Talent Policy Recommendations to Ensure US Leadership in AI
A new Center for a New American Security report offers several recommendations for U.S. government leaders to help ensure U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence.
Read More »White House Issues Progress Report on Federal Investments to Push AI R&D Work
The White House National Science and Technology Council released its 2016–2019 progress report on the advancement of research-and-development work on artificial intelligence. The report documents the initiatives agencies have launched in the past three years to deliver on federal AI R&D and is structured around the eight priority areas outlined in the National AI R&D Strategic Plan: 2019 Update issued in June.
Read More »DOE Taps Public-Private Partnership to Manage Water Desalination R&D Hub
The Department of Energy has chosen a public-private partnership led by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to manage a research and development facility that will focus on desalineation technology platforms.
Read More »DOE, Weill Family Foundation Partner to Support AI-Driven Neurology Research; Rick Perry Quoted
Department of Energy and Weill Family Foundation have initiated a public-private partnership to incorporate artificial intelligence into neurosience research. DOE said Monday that it will provide AI technologies to support scientific research on brain-related biomedical and public health topics such as neurological disorders.
Read More »NIST Plan Calls for Federal Agencies to Back AI Standards Development
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a plan outlining a set of measures federal agencies to support the development of standards for artificial intelligence in compliance with an executive order signed in February.
Read More »AI National Security Commission Issues Initial Report to Congress
The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence provided updates on its activities and future plans to advance AI development through its initial congressional report, National Defense reported Wednesday. According to the report released Wednesday, the commissioners decided to group themselves into four working teams focused on four key areas, including maintaining U.S. leadership in AI research and keeping the country’s advantage in AI national security applications.
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