The Department of Energy is investing $25 million in eight technology projects aimed at harnessing the power of sea waves to generate electricity. These projects compose the initial round of open-water testing
MorePresident Biden has announced efforts to strengthen semiconductor manufacturing operations and improve the resilience of supply chains. One of the initiatives is Intel’s plan to establish a $20 billion factory in Ohio
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The Federal Communications Commission has named the new members of its reestablished Technological Advisory Council, which will be chaired by Dean Brenner, a former Qualcomm executive. TAC’s first meeting will take place
MoreSecretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. and Japan will sign a five-year framework to support U.S. military presence in the East Asian country and another pact to pursue research and
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a new office that will manage $20 billion in federal investments for clean energy technology demonstration projects involving carbon capture, small modular reactors and other
MoreThe White House is calling on Congress to reach a bipartisan agreement and pass appropriations bills for fiscal year 2022 to avoid the continuation of funding at FY 2021 levels under a
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The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is seeking public comments on a research and development plan for orbital debris. OSTP will use feedback and recommendations to help inform
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Heidi Shyu, undersecretary for research and engineering at the Department of Defense and a previous Wash100 Award winner, said DOD’s innovation steering group oversees an initiative called the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve
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The Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is planning to release a second funding opportunity announcement (FOA) around December for the development of scaled-up biofuel and bioproduct refineries.
MoreThe Strategic and Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems (S2MARTS) contract vehicle now has the authority to execute research projects outside of an existing prototyping agreement. The S2MARTS other transaction agreement can
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