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| 309th Software Engineering Group | Air Force | SOFTWARE FACTORY | A group of talented people, innovators, engineers, computer scientists, IT, and cybersecurity professionals. A DevSecOps software engineering culture leading the way in software development (Dev), security (Sec) and operations(Ops). The 309th Software Engineering group at Hill AFB is recognized as a world leader in “cradle-to-grave” support systems. They encompass hardware engineering, software engineering, cybersecurity, cloud security, program management, consulting, data management, and much more. | Visit Webiste |
| 402nd Software Engineering Group | Air Force | SOFTWARE FACTORY | Through about 7,000 employees, the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex provides depot maintenance, engineering support and software development to major weapon systems (F-15, C-5, C-130, C-17 and SOF aircraft). The Complex achieves command objectives providing a capability/capacity to support peacetime maintenance requirements, wartime emergency demands, aircraft battle damage repair and a ready source of maintenance of critical items. THE 402d SOFTWARE ENGINEERING GROUP (SWEG) is located at Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, Georgia. The group is staffed with over 1,200 personnel experienced in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, and information technology. With over 420,000 square feet of facilities, SWEG is the largest industrial complex in the state of Georgia. The 402d Software Engineering Group performs software changes on real time software systems located in various platforms including aircraft, drones, ships and hundreds of related systems. We maintain sites used to remotely control drones. We build and deploy equipment used to test and diagnose hardware failures in systems and write the diagnostic software used on the equipment. We also Business Enterprise Systems and apps to include worldwide inventory management systems and electronic logs used by air crews for takeoff, landing and loading data. To fulfill our mission in being a premier software provider for DoD and NATO, we design and maintain one-of-a-kind system integration labs consisting of software and hardware –in-the-loop. We also provide engineering services such as system acquisition, software acquisition consulting, and life-cycle support. | Visit Webiste |
| 76th Software Engineering Group | Air Force | SOFTWARE FACTORY | The SWEG is an extremely diverse group of approximately 1,500 scientists, engineers, and Cyber/IT professionals, whose mission is to provide the best value engineering solutions to our customers, enabling global airpower for our AF warfighter. Our vision it to be the Air Force’s premier provider of engineering solutions. These values include putting integrity first, service before self and establishing excellence in all that we do. Why work for us? The 76th Software Engineering group provides numerous opportunities for our employees. Some advantages include: Developing hardware/software and cyber solutions for our nation’s complex weapon systems, Generous Federal Benefits, Growth Advancement Opportunities, Flexible work schedules, Job Security, Technical training opportunities, and a Work Environment that is centered around customer value. | Visit Webiste |
| Aerospace Corporation | Air Force | FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS | Sole FFRDC committed exclusively to the space enterprise. Technical experts focus on every discipline of space-related science and engineering. | Visit Webiste |
| AFLCMC Propulsion Directorate Consortium Initiative (PCI) | Air Force | CONSORTIA | Streamline the acquisition process by rapidly awarding projects under the OTA to members of the SOSSEC Consortium, which is managed by its Consortium Administrative Organization (CAO) or Consortium Manager, SOSSEC, Inc. | Visit Webiste |
| AFLCMC Consortium Initiative (ACI) | Air Force | CONSORTIA | Streamline the acquisition process by rapidly awarding projects under the OTA to members of the SOSSEC Consortium, which is managed by its Consortium Administrative Organization (CAO) or Consortium Manager, SOSSEC, Inc. | Visit Webiste |
| AFRL Open System Acquisition Initiative (OSAI) | Air Force | CONSORTIA | Produce prototypes in command, control, communications and cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) that increase the efficiency of Government, industry and academia capabilities in information systems proposed to be acquired or developed by the Department of Defense (DOD), and to reduce the cost of defense information systems technology. | Visit Webiste |
| AFRL Open Technology and Agility for Innovation (OTAFI) | Air Force | CONSORTIA | Perform a coordinated prototyping and testing program in conjunction with the Government that speeds the ability to rapidly prototype Government, industry and academia capabilities in the areas of command, control, communications, computing, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) technologies proposed to be acquired or developed by the Department of Defense (DoD) to sustain U.S. military technological advantage. | Visit Webiste |
| AFWERX | Air Force | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Rapidly prototype solutions to DoD/Air Force problems by identifying and focusing on user needs. | Visit Webiste |
| AFWERX Challenge | Air Force | CHALLENGE | AFWERX Challenge is a high-quality market research program. We use design thinking workshops, crowdsourcing, collaboration showcase event and innovative contracting pathways to cast a wide net for industry and academic innovators to apply their latest technologies and solutions to government problems and accelerate the path from idea to deployed solution. | Visit Webiste |
| Air Force Installation & Mission Support Center (AFIMSC) Ventures | Air Force | GOVERNANCE AND GUIDANCE OFFICES | We help the United States Air and Space Forces find innovative solutions to tough, urgent, real world, installation and mission support (I&MS) challenges. We are the primary I&MS innovation hub for the Air and Space Forces. Our team helps decision makers at headquarters and the bases build partnerships with industry and Airmen/Guardian innovators, navigate the innovation ecosystem, and provide funding and program support. We execute proofs of concepts of ideas that can deliver faster, leaner, and more resilient capabilities. | Visit Webiste |
| Air Force Tech Connect | Air Force | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), on behalf of the DAF, developed the Air Force and Space Force Science and Technology (S&T) Tech Connect, a service to connect potential partners with DAF science and technology experts and opportunities. In the past, individuals seeking to partner or connect with the DAF S&T enterprise encountered difficulties while navigating its structure. We heard you! We evolved this website for a more comprehensive look into the DAF S&T ecosystem and have also improved how we connect through a new business model. | Visit Webiste |
| Air Force Weapons Idea Submission (Armament Directorate) | Air Force | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The directorate designs, develops, produces, fields, and sustains a family of air-to-ground and air-to-air munitions for both U.S. and allied nations to defeat a spectrum of enemy targets. | Visit Webiste |
| Air Force Concept Development & Management | Air Force | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Preserve Air Force and DoD military advantage from commercial and economic risks. OCEA is the trusted U.S. Government expert to advance actionable solutions to commercial or economic risks to national security. | Visit Webiste |
| Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (AF-RCO) | Air Force | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Deliver capabilities at the speed of emerging threats. Specifically, the office: Expedites the development and fielding of select Department of Defense combat support and weapon systems. Leverages defense-wide technology development efforts and existing operational capabilities. Provides integration and technical support to other Service or U.S. Government activities. Conducts independent operational and technical assessments of weapon or combat support system capabilities and vulnerabilities. Takes on new challenges to accelerate operationally-focused capabilities. | Visit Webiste |
| Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office (AF-RSO) | Air Force | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Increase mission readiness by rapidly identifying, applying, and scaling technology essential to the operation and sustainment of the United States Air Force. | Visit Webiste |
| Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) | Air Force | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Leading the discovery, development, and integration of warfighting technologies for our air, space, and cyberspace forces. | Visit Webiste |
| Black Label | Air Force | SOFTWARE FACTORY | Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO) and Information Warfare (IW) capability development and mission execution for the Air Force. | Visit Webiste |
| Business Enterprise System Product Innovation (BESPIN) | Air Force | SOFTWARE FACTORY | Deliver exceptional custom mobile experiences for all Airmen that improve quality of life, mission success, and safety. | Visit Webiste |
| Catalyst Campus | Air Force | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | Leverage an economic development cluster strategy that capitalizes on the competitive advantage of Colorado’s aerospace, defense and homeland security, advanced manufacturing, electronics, cybersecurity and information technology industries to expand the region’s industrial base and create a distinctive position for Colorado Springs to compete in the regional, national and global aerospace, defense and technology economies. | Visit Webiste |
| Cloud One | Air Force | SOFTWARE FACTORY | Supports DoD users by providing mission critical cloud computing solutions, data management, application migration, and support services. Whether seeking cost savings or the latest machine learning/artificial intelligence capabilities, Cloud One Delivers in a fast, secure, and streamlined manner. | Visit Webiste |
| Collaboration Center (BRICC) | Air Force | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | Provides collaborative environments and data analytic services that support AFOSR’s mission to discover, shape, and champion basic research that profoundly impacts the future Air Force. | Visit Webiste |
| Conjure | Air Force | SOFTWARE FACTORY | Air Mobility Command’s premier agile software factory, delivering user-centered software supporting Mobility Air Force warfighters to provide rapid global mobility to the Department of Defense. Conjure partnered with Kessel Run for AMC’s Magellan application, and has built a partnership with Platform One to develop and host future AMC applications. Our logo is linked to the 375th Communications Support Squadron’s Wizard mascot and AMC’s heritage of the Phoenix. | Visit Webiste |
| Cyber Innovation Center | Air Force | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Develop a sustainable knowledge-based workforce that can support the growing needs of government, industry, and academic partners. | Visit Webiste |
| CYBERWORX | Air Force | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Solves operational problems by collaborating with government, industry, and academic experts through intentional human-centered design activities. | Visit Webiste |
| DAF Digital Transformation Office | Air Force | GOVERNANCE AND GUIDANCE OFFICES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Our team is dedicated to addressing the digital needs of the entire acquisition and sustainment enterprise from a short- and long-term perspective. We’re looking beyond mission sets, breaking down barriers, and enabling digital innovators by connecting them with the information, resources, and support they need to outpace our adversaries. | Visit Webiste |
| DAF-MIT Accelerator | Air Force | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | The DAF-MIT AI Accelerator is designed to make fundamental advances in artificial intelligence to improve Department of the Air Force operations while also addressing broader societal needs. AI Accelerator research involves interdisciplinary teams, including Airmen, who collaborate across disparate fields of AI to create new algorithms, technologies, and solutions. | Visit Webiste |
| Doolittle Institute | Air Force | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | Supports the Air Force Research Labs Munitions Directorate by working to license and commercialize AFRL/RW technologies in the private sector through technology transfer, enable rapid technology delivery to the warfighter via technology transition, identify and foster new R&D partnerships through innovation and collaboration, and develop today’s students into tomorrow’s STEM workforce. | Visit Webiste |
| Hangar 18 | Air Force | SOFTWARE FACTORY | To deliver Agile and DevSecOps to the WPAFB Digital Acquisition and Engineering community. We accomplish this in three distinct ways: Deploying tools and tool pipelines (we build it for you) Guiding technical efforts (we help you build it) Educating the workforce. | Visit Webiste |
| Innovare Advancement Center | Air Force | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | Build a magnetic ecosystem in which the world’s leading scientific and entrepreneurial talent tackle the country’s greatest challenges to national security and economic competitiveness. | Visit Webiste |
| Integrated Capabilities Directorate | Air Force | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Accelerating the Department of the Air Force's future force through cross-discipline collaboration. Its component divisions are the Architecture Design and Integration Division, the Center for Rapid Innovation, Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation and the Transformational Capabilities Office. | Visit Webiste |
| Kessel Run | Air Force | SOFTWARE FACTORY | To deliver combat capabilities warfighters love and revolutionize the Air Force software acquisition process. | Visit Webiste |
| Level Up | Air Force | SOFTWARE FACTORY | To serve as a software factory to support a full range of Air Force and DoD missions. | Visit Webiste |
| New York State Technology Enterprise Corporation (NYSTEC) | Air Force | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | Advance critical technology by connecting industry partners with the research community. We are committed to serving as an outreach arm by creating awareness of Air Force T3 opportunities in New York State aAnd across the nation. New York State Technology Enterprise Corporation (NYSTEC) description PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS Advance critical technology by connecting industry partners with the research community. We are committed to serving as an outreach arm by creating awareness of Air Force T3 opportunities in New York State a And across the nation. | Visit Webiste |
| ODIN | Air Force | SOFTWARE FACTORY | ODIN offers a Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Party Bus Software Factory option. Both options provide Customers with develop, test and production environments on all three enclaves. Centrally funded, in part, by Headquarters Air Force, ODIN’s partnership with Platform One allows us to provide customers an accredited Party Bus pipeline and continuous Authority to Operate (cATO). ODIN’s primary focus is to support the Air Force IC community. We are currently hosting ABMS and SpaceCAMP applications (operating under IATT, pilots) which allows them to promote compiled code (packaged applications) that have a Certificate to Field (CtF) through the P1 cATO pipeline into the Secret and Top Secret environments. ODIN has a fully ATO’ed Transfer Service which allows developers to rapidly and securely transfer code from the unclassified environment to the Secret and Top Secret environments. | Visit Webiste |
| Platform One | Air Force | SOFTWARE FACTORY | Make digital Air Force a reality by supporting our Airmen with Software Enterprise Capabilities while removing impediments to DevSecOps and IT innovation. | Visit Webiste |
| Purdue Innovates | Air Force | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | A hub for practical entrepreneurial support in starting companies that carry the ideas and innovations of Purdue faculty and students out of their labs, beyond academia and across the globe. | Visit Webiste |
| RAND Project Air Force | Air Force | FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS | Conduct an integrated program of objective analysis on issues of enduring concern to DAF. | Visit Webiste |
| Rouge Blue | Air Force | SOFTWARE FACTORY | Rogue Blue Software provides an expert software development, integration, and deployment platform across all enclave classifications up to the highest levels principally for Nuclear Command and Control (NC2), the Nation’s critical nuclear enterprise. Current customers include US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), US European Command (USEUCOM), the Joint Staff (JS), and the White House Military Office (WHMO). Our forte is our DevSecOps pipelines and ability to continuously integrate software up to the highest classification levels. | Visit Webiste |
| RTI Innovation Advisors | Air Force | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | RTI Innovation Advisors is a business unit of RTI International (RTI), an independent nonprofit research institute that was founded in 1958 with support from North Carolina government, education, and business leaders. Today, RTI is a leading applied research organization with over 5,700 employees across 25 locations worldwide, making it one of the largest current Partnership Intermediaries. RTI’s government innovation support dates to the 1960’s, when NASA contracted RTI to support its technology transfer efforts. Leveraging its extensive government innovation experience and global networks, RTI assists government agencies by actively marketing federally-funded technologies and IP to find partners to license and commercialize inventions; training aspiring entrepreneurs and researchers on start-up methodologies to identify and pitch their innovations to investors; evaluating regional innovation ecosystems and identifying best practices to spur growth; and hosting events to showcase technologies and accelerate technology transfer and commercialization efforts. | Visit Webiste |
| Scorpion Camp | Air Force | SOFTWARE FACTORY | Providing Air Force Mission Defense Teams with tailored software capabilities in order to detect, defend, and deter cyber threats across high-value weapons systems. | Visit Webiste |
| Shadows Edge | Air Force | SOFTWARE FACTORY | Shadow’s Edge is an off-base software development unit for the United States Air Force based in San Antonio, TX. Our work concentrates on offensive and defensive capability development in support of USCYBERCOM and specialized Air Force missions. We deliver the best solutions for cyberspace operations in the world. | Visit Webiste |
| STRIKEWERX | Air Force | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Connects people and resources across government, industry and academia to solve Air Force Global Strike Command’s most difficult problems. | Visit Webiste |
| Supply Chain Consortium Initiative (SCCI) | Air Force | CONSORTIA | The 448th Supply Chain Management Wing (SCMW) awarded a $99M OTA to SOSSEC, Inc. The purpose of the Supply Chain Consortium Initiative (SCCI) OTA is to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the military aviation acquisition process. | Visit Webiste |
| Tesseract | Air Force | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Tesseract is the Air Force Office of Logistics Innovation. We exist to accelerate Airman innovation and we trust that Airmen know what it takes to win the future fight. Our mission is to accelerate combat-focused Logistics innovation by empowering Airmen and connecting them to a network of ideas and resources in order to improve the Agile Combat Support and Mission Generation capabilities of the United States Air Force. Our vision is to rapidly actualize change through the voices of Airmen to strengthen Airpower. | Visit Webiste |
| The Academic Partnership Engagement Experiment (APEX) | Air Force | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | The Academic Partnership Engagement Experiment has the mission to connect universities, businesses and the government; build collaborations between these sectors; identify their transformational operational defense solutions and capabilities; and advance defense technology development for the Department of the Air Force. The APEX mission supports the United States Air Force Science & Technology 2030 Strategy. | Visit Webiste |
| The Griffiss Institute | Air Force | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | The Griffiss Institute mission is to provide a responsive and flexible business environment to enable the collaboration of private industry, academia and the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate. This business environment enhances the facilitation of research that leads to new solutions in information sciences; spinning out new business opportunities, locally and nationally, and providing a dynamic environment to enabling the advancement of the future scientific and engineering workforce. | Visit Webiste |
| The Office of the Chief Software Officer | Air Force | GOVERNANCE AND GUIDANCE OFFICES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Visit Webiste | |
| TRON | Air Force | SOFTWARE FACTORY | To provide access, tools, and education for any service member to solve problems, inspire, and empower themselves and those around them. | Visit Webiste |
| Virginia Tech App lied Research Corporation (VT-ARC) | Air Force | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | VT-ARC delivers tailored analysis, research, and engineering to address problems of national and global importance. Specializing in forming highly collaborative, trusted partnerships across government, industry, and academia, we enable the critical innovations of tomorrow. VT-ARC performs translational R&D under contract with government and private sector clients. VT-ARC advances innovative and multi-disciplinary applications of hard and soft sciences, technology, and engineering to enhance global competitiveness. The corporation provides multi-disciplinary solutions to complex challenges in Intelligence, Cyber/IT, Defense/Security, Energy, and Health business sectors. VT-ARC is a private, non-profit corporation affiliated with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. As the "Portal to the Power of Virginia Tech" we collaborate closely with Virginia Tech in technical areas as appropriate to leverage the capabilities and expertise of the university. | Visit Webiste |
| Wright Brothers Institute (WBI) | Air Force | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | The Wright Brothers Institute (WBI) is a cutting-edge center for innovation and technology commercialization. WBI provides breakthrough solutions to US Air Force's most complex initiatives by leveraging resident experts, unique facilities, disruptive innovation processes and extensive networks. | Visit Webiste |
| 75th Innovation Command | ARMY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The 75th Innovation Command drives operational innovation, concepts, and capabilities to enhance the readiness and lethality of the Future Force by leveraging the unique skills, agility, and private sector connectivity of America's Army Reserve. | Visit Webiste |
| Advanced Manufacturing, Materials, and Processes Consortium (AMMP) | ARMY | CONSORTIA | The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) is proud to work with the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and the Advanced Manufacturing, Materials, and Processes (AMMP) program to advance and enable additive manufacturing to create next-generation manufacturing breakthroughs. AMMP will respond to requirements for affordable, complex parts that currently cannot be readily built. | Visit Webiste |
| Army Futures Command (AFC) | ARMY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | GOVERNANCE AND GUIDANCE OFFICES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Develop how future Army organizations will fight with new technology and ensure rapid delivery of war fighting capabilities. | Visit Webiste |
| Army App lications Laboratory (AAL) | ARMY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Accelerate the discovery, evaluation, and transition of dual-use technology and business practices to help the Army Futures Command (AFC) fundamentally reshape how the U.S. Army delivers capabilities in support of Multi-Domain Operations. | Visit Webiste |
| Army Expeditionary Technology Search (xTech) | ARMY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Uncover novel dual-use solutions that tackle the Army's most critical modernization challenges while providing prize money, robust feedback, mentorship, networking, and further opportunities. | Visit Webiste |
| Army Futures and Concepts Center | ARMY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Develops concepts, determines requirements, conducts experimentation, and begins integration of the future force to ensure the Army wins in 2035 and beyond. | Visit Webiste |
| Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) | ARMY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office will rapidly and efficiently research, develop, prototype, test, evaluate, procure, transition, and/or field critical enabling technologies and capabilities that address near-term, and mid-term threats. The Office will produce or acquire materiel solutions consistent with the Army’s modernization priorities that maximize Soldiers’ capabilities to deploy, fight, and win on future battlefields. | Visit Webiste |
| Army Research Institute for Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) | ARMY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | ARI's Science and Technology (S&T) research is focused on developing innovative measures and methods to improve and enhance the Soldier lifecycle, conducting scientific assessments and providing behavioral and social science advice to inform human resource policies, and developing fundamental theories and investigating new domain areas in behavioral and social sciences with high potential impact on Army issues. | Visit Webiste |
| Army SBIR/STTR Program | ARMY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Identify the top emerging technical solutions to meet critical Army priorities to modernize our world-class Army and transition life-saving technology into the hands of our Soldiers. | Visit Webiste |
| Army Software Factory | ARMY | SOFTWARE FACTORY | Enable, develop and employ self-sustaining talent from all ranks within the military and civilian workforce. | Visit Webiste |
| Artificial Intelligence Integration Center | ARMY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | To better connect with the broader artificial intelligence community and focus research efforts in this dynamic field. | Visit Webiste |
| Aviation & Missile Technology Consortium (AMTC) | ARMY | CONSORTIA | AMTC advances Army aviation and missile capabilities through a consortium that supports research, development and prototyping. AMTC minimizes barriers to entry for small, non-traditional businesses to work with the Government funded research and prototyping opportunities. AMTC enables rapid research, access to innovative commercial solutions for defense requirements, and innovations from non-traditional industry partners. | Visit Webiste |
| Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) | ARMY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Ensures the dominance of Army capabilities by creating, integrating and delivering technology-enabled solutions to our Soldiers. | Visit Webiste |
| Consortium for Command, Control, and Communications in Cyberspace (C5) | ARMY | CONSORTIA | C5 accelerates the development and deployment of new capabilities to the Warfighter through the use of Other Transaction Authority. C5 gives members an innovative and commonsense acquisition mechanism for development of new technologies and products to meet government customer requirements. | Visit Webiste |
| Consortium for Energy, Environment, and Demilitarization (CEED) | ARMY | CONSORTIA | Assists DoD program managers rapidly identify, acquire, demonstrate, and transition innovative technologies to the Warfighter through the use of OTAs. | Visit Webiste |
| Cornerstone Consortium | ARMY | CONSORTIA | A resilient defense industrial base with the capability and capacity to rapidly innovate and provide a technical edge to successfully support DoD and National Security requirements. | Visit Webiste |
| Cyberspace Operations Broad Responsive Agreement (COBRA) | ARMY | CONSORTIA | The purpose of the COBRA OTA is to spur innovative development, demonstration, and expedited delivery of prototypes to increase Armed Forces readiness via rapid and responsive projects. The SOSSEC consortium enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of the PEO EIS mission, the cyber community, and the Department of Defense through critical research, experiments, development, testing, modeling, architecture, and evaluation of innovative technology to support prototype efforts. Within the agreement, the Cyberspace – Real Time Acquisition Prototyping Innovation Development (C-RAPID) acquisition process is used to focus on rapidly delivering prototypes to Soldiers. | Visit Webiste |
| Defense Automotive Technologies Consortium (DATC) | ARMY | CONSORTIA | DATC’s objective is to serve the warfighter by creating opportunities for the U.S. government, industry and academia to work collaboratively to develop and transition engineering-based automotive technology solutions for manned and unmanned vehicles. The consortium uses an acquisition instrument called an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA), which reduces overhead and lowers costs while providing the government access to cutting-edge technology with a faster product development and transition cycle. | Visit Webiste |
| DEVCOM Analysis Center | ARMY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | To deliver objective analysis, experimentation and data across the entire life cycle to ensure readiness today and a more lethal future force tomorrow. | Visit Webiste |
| DEVCOM Armaments Center (AC) | ARMY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Lead research, development and engineering of systems solutions to arm those who defend the nation against all current and future threats, both at home and abroad. | Visit Webiste |
| DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory (ARL) | ARMY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | To discover, innovate, and transition science and technology to ensure dominant strategic land power. | Visit Webiste |
| DEVCOM Aviation and Missile Center (AvMC) | ARMY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | Conducts research, exploratory and advanced development, and one-stop lifecycle engineering support for aviation and missile weapons systems and unmanned aerial and ground vehicle platforms. | Visit Webiste |
| DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center (CBC) | ARMY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Develops technology in the areas of detection, protection, and decontamination and provides support over the entire lifecycle -- from basic research through technology development, engineering design, equipment evaluation, product support, sustainment, field operations and disposal. The CBC develops technologies such as protective masks and respiratory systems; biological agent detectors and warning devices; and decontamination systems to protect both Soldiers on the battlefield and civilians here at home. | Visit Webiste |
| DEVCOM Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center (C5ISR) | ARMY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | To enable the networked Warfighter by discovering, developing, and rapidly delivering innovative technologies that enable decisive lethality through information dominance in Multi-Domain Operations. | Visit Webiste |
| DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) | ARMY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | Develop, integrate, demonstrate, and sustain ground vehicle systems capabilities to support Army modernization priorities and improve readiness. | Visit Webiste |
| DEVCOM Soldier Center | ARMY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | To provide the Army with innovative science and technology solutions to optimize the performance of our Soldiers. The SC is the national and international leader in Warfighter science and technology development. | Visit Webiste |
| EAGLEWERX | ARMY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | EAGLEWERX strives to champion a network that accelerates Soldier-integrated innovation. We connect people and resources to empower all Screaming Eagles to provide novel ideas that solve tactical problems. | Visit Webiste |
| EDRCWERX Challenges | ARMY | CHALLENGE | ERDCWERX events and tech challenges discover new commercial opportunities to solve challenging warfighter problems. We leverage the DEFENSEWERX ecosystem to collaborate and innovate for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). Individuals, startups, small businesses, large enterprises, academics, and research labs are invited to submit solutions to specific tech challenges and other opportunities launched by ERDCWERX in collaboration with the ERDC. | Visit Webiste |
| Energetics Technology Center | ARMY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | Connects technology companies to the Army’s technical community to jointly develop solutions to the Army’s most challenging problems. | Visit Webiste |
| Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) | ARMY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Solve our Nation’s most challenging problems in civil and military engineering, geospatial sciences, water resources, and environmental sciences for the Army, Department of Defense, civilian agencies, and our Nation’s public good. | Visit Webiste |
| Engineer Research and Development Center Consortium | ARMY | CONSORTIA | Under this Agreement and associated Prototype Projects, the Government, along with Consortium Member Entity(ies), performs prototype projects within the following focus areas as they relate to Military Engineering: Protective Structures and Systems, Protection and Survivability, Geophysical Sensors and data fusion, Vulnerability assessment, detection, and analytics, Geoscience, Environmental, Geospatial, and Material Modeling and simulation, Enhance and Assess Mobility of Manned and Unmanned Systems, Engineering and engineering enabling technologies, Global Access Engineering, Infrastructure Maintenance, Repair and Reconstruction Technologies, Engineering Analysis Tools and Decision Aid Prototype Software. close description ERDCWERX description PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS FirePoint Innovations Center description PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | Visit Webiste |
| ERDCWERX | ARMY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | With a focus on innovation, we apply our engineering and business skills to understand urgent Army customer needs and requirements, and integrate crucial expertise and technology to create successful outcomes for the Warfighter. | Visit Webiste |
| FirePoint Innovations Center | ARMY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | With a focus on innovation, we apply our engineering and business skills to understand urgent Army customer needs and requirements, and integrate crucial expertise and technology to create successful outcomes for the Warfighter. | Visit Webiste |
| Georgia Tech App lied Research Corporation (GTARC) | ARMY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | The Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation (GTARC) provides contracting, grant, and research administration services for the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), a business segment of Georgia Tech committed to applied research. | Visit Webiste |
| Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) | ARMY | UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS | Leverage the science and engineering base to enhance the impact of our collective research output: Enhance State of GA economic development. Serve National Security. Improve the human condition. Educate future technology leaders. | Visit Webiste |
| Innovation Exchange Lab (IXL) | ARMY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | ASA(ALT) invites innovators to help shape the future of our early-stage reference architectures. Acknowledging the intrinsic nature of our evolving frameworks – they are architectures, not products – our Innovation Exchange Lab (IXL) serves as a hub for collaboration, experimentation, and excellence. Together, we can accelerate the development of the best solutions to support the Army’s mission. Join us in shaping tomorrow’s Army through the power of experimentation. | Visit Webiste |
| Institute for Creatives Technologies (USC) | ARMY | UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS | Use basic and applied research that benefits learning, education, health, human performance, and knowledge. | Visit Webiste |
| Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies | ARMY | UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS | Help the US Army improve the protection, survivability and capabilities of the Soldier, and their platforms, through basic research on nanotechnology and by transitioning outcomes of that research. | Visit Webiste |
| Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies (UCSB) | ARMY | UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS | Use the tools of modern biotechnology to discover the mechanisms responsible for the remarkably high performance of complex biological systems and translate these into revolutionary advances in engineering for the support of Army operations. | Visit Webiste |
| Medical Research Development Command (MRDC) | ARMY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Responsively and responsibility create, develop, acquire and deliver capabilities for the warfighter. | Visit Webiste |
| Medical Technologies Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) | ARMY | CONSORTIA | To be the partner of choice for private industry, academic institutions, government agencies, and other research organizations seeking to accelerate the development of medical solutions that prevent and treat injuries and restore America’s military and veterans to full health. | Visit Webiste |
| National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NAMC) | ARMY | CONSORTIA | As one of the longest serving OTA-enabled consortiums, NAMC leads as a platform for U.S. innovators to work in partnership with the Government to advance the development of manned and unmanned autonomy-enabled military solutions and their emerging technologies in support of the U.S. warfighter. | Visit Webiste |
| National Security Innovation Council (NSIC) | ARMY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | The National Security Innovation Council (NSIC) was created to align the Texas defense innovation environment with emerging defense priorities identified by national security partners. NSIC’s approach includes building an operational model that illustrates national security challenges, identifying Texas-based organizations that can solve the issues, and effectively fostering and guiding the collaboration between the resulting public-private partnership. The DEVCOM Soldier Center executed a PIA with the NSIC, in support of Army Futures Command. The PIA supports the Army Software Factory, a program that leverages a train-with-industry pipeline to empower Soldiers and Army civilians to scope and solve problems with modern software practices. Activities under the PIA may include, among others, coding camps, internships with local industry, and paired programming operations with industry experts. Soldiers and civilians will operate as product teams in roles like product manager, user interface designer, and engineer to help solve existing and future Army problems. The goal of the Software Factory is to bring together concepts of agile methods and high levels of collaboration, to produce products that have direct value to Army users. | Visit Webiste |
| New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) | ARMY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) is a not-for-profit corporation associated with the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), a public research university located in Newark, New Jersey. NJII combines the resources of NJIT with strong industry and government relationships in order to transform ideas into innovative and practical solutions. Through a PIA signed in 2021, NJII promotes defense, homeland defense/security, and public safety objectives by identifying small business firms, private/public sector agencies, and other educational institutions that may need or can make demonstrably productive use of technology-related assistance from DEVCOM Armaments Center. | Visit Webiste |
| New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program | ARMY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | NJMEP is a private, not-for-profit organization (associated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology), that aims to improve the profitability and competitiveness of New Jersey manufacturers by increasing productivity and efficiencies, reducing costs, and enhancing employee performance. NJMEP currently assists DEVCOM AC with identifying nontraditional defense manufacturing firms (including small and medium-sized businesses) capable of filling key U.S. Army advanced manufacturing technology needs. Once identified, DEVCOM AC may partner with such manufacturing firms under CRADAs, CTAs, and other T2 activities. | Visit Webiste |
| Rand Arroyo Center | ARMY | FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS | Enables the Army to maintain a strategic relationship with an independent, nonprofit source of high-quality, objective analysis that can sustain deep expertise in domains of direct relevance to perennial Army concerns. | Visit Webiste |
| Sensors, Communications, and Electronics (SCE) Consortium | ARMY | CONSORTIA | The Sensors, Communications and Electronics Consortium (SCE Consortium) was created to conduct research, development, and testing in cooperation with the Government, leading to technology demonstrations and prototype projects in the sensors, communications and electronics sciences and other related fields to maintain and improve warfighter command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities in complex environments. | Visit Webiste |
| SOCOM Ignite | ARMY | CHALLENGE | SOCOM Ignite is a yearly innovation pipeline that brings together Special Operations Forces operators, military students, and researchers to find solutions to real-world problems such as big data analytics, smart sensors, unmanned system autonomy and swarming, human-machine teaming, AI/ML, and generating real-time actionable intelligence from battlefield sensors. In the SOCOM Ignite program, SOF operators outline their challenges while military students work with teammates and mentors during the school year to come up with innovative solutions and build prototypes addressing those challenges. Select teams will have the opportunity to continue developing their concepts in FY23 with the goal of reaching a stage where their projects can be transitioned to SOCOM for final development and operational use. In addition to the potential of seeing their projects transition for operational use, promising military students have opportunities for internships. Graduating students also have opportunities for military fellowships to pursue their Masters or PhD studies. Interested in participating? Don't hesitate to submit an idea or contact us at sof-ignite@ll.mit.edu. | Visit Webiste |
| Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center (SMDC TC) | ARMY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | USASMDC Technical Center provides technologies to meet today’s requirements and future needs in directed energy, space, cyberspace, hypersonics and integrated air and missile defense. | Visit Webiste |
| Training and Readiness Accelerator (TReX) Consortium | ARMY | CONSORTIA | The purpose of the Training and Readiness Accelerator (TReX) is to spur innovative development, demonstration and expedited delivery of prototypes to increase Warfighter readiness via modeling, simulation and training focused projects. | Visit Webiste |
| X-Tech Search | ARMY | CHALLENGE | he xTech Program hosts Army prize competitions, connecting businesses with Army and DoD experts to build solutions for current problems. Through these competitions, the xTech Program, led by the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, allows businesses to compete for cash prizes and potential follow-on contracts to accelerate and transition their transformative technology solutions into the Army. | Visit Webiste |
| Cyber Fusion Innovation Center (CYBERCOM) (CFIC) | COMBATANT COMMAND | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | Aid the U.S. Army Cyber Command in defending the Department of Defense Information Network, delivering cyberspace effects, and rapidly developing and deploying cyberspace capabilities. We aim to assist in the systemic, transformational work necessary to revolutionize the command to focus on Information Warfare Operations. | Visit Webiste |
| DreamPort | COMBATANT COMMAND | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | ACCELERATOR | DreamPort is a combination of state-of-the-art facilities, innovative programs, and imaginative people charged with finding that spark that leads to unparalleled capability for USCYBERCOM and the warfighters at large. | Visit Webiste |
| Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC) | COMBATANT COMMAND | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | Provide combatant commands, Joint Staff, and other customers with effects-based analysis and precision targeting options for selected networks and nodes in order to carry out the national security and military strategies of the United States during peace, crisis, and war. | Visit Webiste |
| National Strategic Research Institute (UN) | COMBATANT COMMAND | UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS | Use basic and applied research that benefits learning, education, health, human performance, and knowledge. | Visit Webiste |
| SOCOM Directorate of Science and Technology (SOF S&T) | COMBATANT COMMAND | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Executes all Major Force Program (MFP-11) S&T funds to conduct technology development to provide SOF an overwhelming competitive advantage in the future operational environment. | Visit Webiste |
| SOFWERX | COMBATANT COMMAND | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | Build the network, provide the Venues, and develop the tools and processes to enable agile SOF Acquisition. | Visit Webiste |
| Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (SOF AT&L) | COMBATANT COMMAND | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Provide rapid and focused acquisition, technology, and acquisition logistics support to SOF Warfighters. | Visit Webiste |
| Technology Advancement Center (TAC) | COMBATANT COMMAND | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | Technology Advancement Center (TAC), formerly MISI, is a cybersecurity nonprofit fueling the people and technology needed to solve critical cybersecurity challenges. The TAC’s three pillars of focus include: small business and academic engagement, STEM and workforce development, and proof of concept innovation. Through collaboration with small businesses, academic researchers, and non-traditional members of the cybersecurity community, TAC serves as an intermediary and helps connect U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) and the U.S. government to the innovative products and solutions needed to advance the nation’s cybersecurity capabilities. The Technology Advancement Center runs programs out of two nationally acclaimed Defense Mission Accelerators with over 100,000 square feet of space that serve as non-government-owned or operated independent facilities to provide cyber national mission forces and partners with continuous innovation in cyber capabilities: TheLink and DiscoveryX. | Visit Webiste |
| TRANSCOM Research, Development, Test and Evaluation | COMBATANT COMMAND | GOVERNANCE AND GUIDANCE OFFICES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Develop and deploy joint, relevant technologies to improve warfighter support while reducing costs; improve the precision, reliability, visibility and efficiency of the DOD supply chain; and assure superior strategic, operational and tactical mobility support for the warfighter. | Visit Webiste |
| Bringing Classified Innovation to Defense and Government Systems (BRIDGES) Consortium | DEPARTMENT-WIDE | CONSORTIA | Connect innovation from small companies that traditionally do not work with the United States Government to classified Department of Defense (DoD) research and development (R&D) efforts. Specifically, the goal is to connect innovators directly to the challenging problems that exist in the classified realm and to help develop solutions to those problems. BRIDGES aims to provide companies that demonstrate they can provide innovation and value to the DoD the means to obtain a facility clearance, and interact directly with DoD customers at classified levels. | Visit Webiste |
| Challenge.gov | DEPARTMENT-WIDE | CHALLENGE | Challenge.Gov is a program in the General Service Administration's Technology Transformation Services Division. Challenge.Gov supports federal agencies to mature and scale the use of prize competitions and crowdsourcing campaigns to advance their missions. | Visit Webiste |
| Codebreaker Challenge | DEPARTMENT-WIDE | CHALLENGE | Codebreaker Challenge consists of a series of tasks that are worth a varying amount of points based upon their difficulty. Schools will be ranked according to the total number of points accumulated by their students. Solutions may be submitted at any time for the duration of the Challenge. | Visit Webiste |
| Defense Electronics Consortium | DEPARTMENT-WIDE | CONSORTIA | The mission of the DEC is to strengthen the economic and force posture of the U.S. defense electronics industrial base and provide the DoD with deeper insights and connections to the U.S. electronics industry while providing industry with greater access to DoD opportunities. | Visit Webiste |
| DefenseWERX | DEPARTMENT-WIDE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Cultivate ecosystems that enable the acceleration of innovative solutions to benefit the warfighter and the nation. | Visit Webiste |
| Hack the Pentagon | DEPARTMENT-WIDE | CHALLENGE | DDS runs Bug Bounties for the Department of Defense. A Bug Bounty is a time-boxed assessment where monetary rewards are given to security researchers/ethical hackers in exchange for reporting bugs or vulnerabilities in systems. Some of our past DoD business partners/asset owners have included the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, DoD agencies and offices, and the Pentagon itself. | Visit Webiste |
| JPEO-CBRND Joint Enterprise Technology Tool | DEPARTMENT-WIDE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Developed with industry in mind, JETT is intended to make conversations between JPEO-CBRND and industry members easier and help connect you to the right people from the start. JETT serves as a market research tool to ensure JPEO-CBRND is aware of the work that industry is pursuing and informs us about where we might focus our efforts and help shape the future capabilities. | Visit Webiste |
| Miltech | DEPARTMENT-WIDE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | To accelerate the transition of new technology to the U.S. Government. Since 2004 MilTech has performed over 150 technology acceleration and transition projects for every military service including joint and special commands. | Visit Webiste |
| National Armaments Consortium (NAC) | DEPARTMENT-WIDE | CONSORTIA | Our mission is to foster collaboration between Government, Industry and Academia to deliver dominant solutions to complex National Armament challenges. | Visit Webiste |
| NSIN Challenges | DEPARTMENT-WIDE | CHALLENGE | NSIN Challenges is a scalable prize competition that brings together early-mid stage ventures, DoD customers, and subject matter experts, resulting in an award and justification for potential post-program activities. | Visit Webiste |
| Patriot Labs | DEPARTMENT-WIDE | CONSORTIA | The mission of Patriot Labs is to support defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies with sourcing technological solutions to mission critical challenges and high-priority needs. This is achieved through engagement with industry members that have innovative technologies, capabilities and approaches that can be adapted to federal customer use cases. Patriot Labs delivers three (3) primary benefits to consortia members. Each is focused on helping members to successfully connect, coordinate, and collaborate as they engage DoD and government programs. These include (1) Finding member-aligned opportunities by continuously evaluating government customer needs and requirements; (2) Facilitating government-industry introductions by identifying customer and end-user points of contact; and (3) Funding justification and project support by providing Technical and Business Assistance (TABA) on government awarded contracts. PartnerNetwork serves as an important channel for matching industry solution providers (ISPs) and non-traditional small business concerns (SBCs) with government customers based on their specific needs and requirements. | Visit Webiste |
| SOFWERX / TEAMWERX | DEPARTMENT-WIDE | CHALLENGE | TeamWERX is a prize challenge platform designed to find innovative solutions to warfighter problems. | Visit Webiste |
| Techlink | DEPARTMENT-WIDE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | The authorized, nationally focused technology transfer partnership intermediary for the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs. | Visit Webiste |
| Thunderstorm Demonstration and Experimentation | DEPARTMENT-WIDE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Thunderstorm is an enduring technology demonstration venue open to a wide range of participants, including small businesses, military, and the interagency. New technologies can be integrated, evaluated, and assessed under real world conditions with scripted and unscripted scenarios. | Visit Webiste |
| VULCAN | DEPARTMENT-WIDE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Vulcan is an innovation scouting platform that serves a diverse ecosystem and provides networked capabilities for the discovery and assessment of capabilities of interest to U.S. National Security. As a fully networked platform, Vulcan bridges the engagement divide between public and private organizations engaged in solving national security challenges. | Visit Webiste |
| Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Consortium | JOINT STAFF | CONSORTIA | The Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) has established an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with the CWMD Consortium for use by agencies that have a need to prototype new technologies related to Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction. The consortium is comprised of a mixture of traditional and non-traditional contractors, small businesses, for-profit and not-for-profit entities, and academia, representing the key players in the industry. | Visit Webiste |
| Medical Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Defense Consortium (MCDC) | JOINT STAFF | CONSORTIA | The Medical CBRN Defense Consortium (MCDC) was formed in response to the Government’s expressed interest to establish an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with an eligible entity or group of entities, to include industry, academic, and not-for-profit partners, for advanced development efforts to support the Department of Defense’s (DoD) medical pharmaceutical and diagnostic requirements as related to enhancing the mission effectiveness of military personnel. | Visit Webiste |
| Marine Corps Business Operations Support Services (MCBOSS) | MARINE CORPS | SOFTWARE FACTORY | We are furiously engineering accredited next-generation cloud capabilities that are ready for the Marine Corps. We are on the leading edge of DoD Cloud Engineering and striving to make life easier for Marine Corps App Developers. | Visit Webiste |
| Marine Corps Software Factory | MARINE CORPS | SOFTWARE FACTORY | Create a world class Marine-led software development capability enabling Marine Corps modernization efforts by developing applications for commanders at the speed of operations, increasing lethality and readiness. | Visit Webiste |
| Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) | MARINE CORPS | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Marine Corps Systems Command is the acquisition command of the Marine Corps. We exercise contracting and technical authority for all Marine Corps ground weapon and information technology programs. We are a diverse team of Marines, Sailors, civilians and contractor support personnel united by a common purpose: to equip and sustain Marine forces with the most capable and cost-effective systems for current and future expeditionary and crisis-response operations. | Visit Webiste |
| Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) | MARINE CORPS | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Generates and examines threat-informed, operating concepts and capabilities and provides analytically-supported recommendations to inform subsequent force design and development activities. | Visit Webiste |
| Marine Innovation Unit (MIU) | MARINE CORPS | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The Marine Innovation Unit (MIU) leverages existing Marine talent to address advanced technology challenges in order to accelerate the development of new capabilities. | Visit Webiste |
| MCWL Office of Science and Technology | MARINE CORPS | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | S&T Division plans, coordinates, and executes all S&T activities that support the S&T subject matter expert (DC, CD&I) and Commanding General (CG), MCWL/FD in his role as the executive agent for Marine Corps S&T. The S&T division identifies, develops, and delivers innovative capabilities for warfighter assessment and experimentation in support of the Marine Corps future force design and development activities. Additionally, the S&T division conducts assessments of emerging commercial technologies with potential military utility. | Visit Webiste |
| MCWL Current Technology Office | MARINE CORPS | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Delivers innovative capabilities for warfighter assessment and experimentation in support of the Marine Corps future force design and development activities. Additionally, the S&T division conducts assessments of emerging commercial technologies with potential military utility. | Visit Webiste |
| MCWL Experiment Division | MARINE CORPS | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Experiment Division plans, executes and analyzes the results of a program of concept-based live-force experiments enhanced by modeling and simulation in order to inform the DC, Combat Development & Integration, requirements process and the efforts of other organizations to advance Marine Corps capabilities. Results include assessment of emerging concepts, development of new and innovative tactics, techniques and procedures, and recommended enhancements to current and future organizational structures and training. | Visit Webiste |
| MCWL Rapid Capabilities Office (MCRCO) | MARINE CORPS | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | MCRCO Division reduces the time between need identification, technological opportunity, and delivery of warfighting capability to the operating forces. The MCRCO draws upon embedded support from Marine Corps Systems Command while collaborating with organizations such as the office of the Capabilities Development Directorate, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition; Naval Research and Development Establishment, Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity (MCOTEA); Program Executive Office Land Systems; Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics; Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command; Office of Naval Research, and other Service and Defense Agency Stakeholders. The MCRCO has no program of record responsibility or standard acquisition authority, however it equips operating forces for operational assessments with high maturity technologies that are safe for warfighter use. The key deliverable from the MCRCO is the Capability Assessment Report that supports the effective transition of capability to the operating forces through USMC and Joint Acquisition Commands. | Visit Webiste |
| MCWL S&T Futures Directorate | MARINE CORPS | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The Technology Initiatives Screening Officer (TISO) provides responsive, value-added evaluations of commercial technology to senior leadership at MCCDC and its subordinate commands. These evaluations save time by pre-screening vendor-initiated requests to brief new technologies to senior leadership. The evaluations are conducted in accordance with criteria for relevance, feasibility, maturity and readiness for operational (or organizational) implementation. The TISO can also assist with the coordination of follow-on meetings with vendors of technology products recommended for further consideration. | Visit Webiste |
| MCWL S&T Office of Science and Technology Integration | MARINE CORPS | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The Office of Science and Technology Integration develops the vision, policies and strategies needed to make use of scientific research and technological development. | Visit Webiste |
| MCWL Wargaming | MARINE CORPS | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Plans and executes the Marine Corps Wargaming Program. Through formal reporting of analytical and assessment results, it assists in the identification of wargame findings that are appropriate for further exploration through live-force experimentation, doctrine and policy review, and science and technology examination. In coordination with Marine Corps Systems Command Program Manager Wargaming and in support of MCWL/FD’s mission, the WGD establishes an “Improved Wargaming Capability” that includes a comprehensive analytical and assessment capability, an integrated wargaming architecture operating with appropriate methods, models, and tools, and the acquisition of a qualified support staff to enable transition to the proposed purpose-built Wargaming Center. | Visit Webiste |
| ARCWERX | NATIONAL GUARD | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | To enable Reserve Component Airmen to make positive, lasting, and meaningful change. | Visit Webiste |
| Army National Guard Business Transformation | NATIONAL GUARD | GOVERNANCE AND GUIDANCE OFFICES INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | To support Army National Guard Innovation, and improve organizational effectiveness & efficiency through modernization and reform. | Visit Webiste |
| Corsair Ranch | NATIONAL GUARD | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | To Engage, Deliver, and Field! | Visit Webiste |
| Massachusetts National Guard Innovation Team | NATIONAL GUARD | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | leverages government, private, public, and academic resources, best practices, partnerships, group collaboration, and research to create innovative solutions to improve and increase efficiency, modernize & reform, and increase readiness. | Visit Webiste |
| Texas Military Department Innovation Unit | NATIONAL GUARD | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | TMDx, Texas Military Department Joint Innovation Unit, is dedicated to helping our people, industry, and academia cross the chasm from ideation to execution while connecting them with our people facilities and equipment. | Visit Webiste |
| Acquisition Research Program at Naval Postgraduate School | NAVY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Provides applied research in acquisition sciences, hones the professional education of the next generation of defense acquisition innovators, and forges connections with acquisition thought leaders -- enhancing the operational effectiveness of the U.S. Naval and Joint Forces. | Visit Webiste |
| America's Sea Land Air Military Research Initiative - Naval Postgraduate School (SLAMR) | NAVY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Address the rising technical and technological sophistication of potential adversaries. Initiated with a seed grant from the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation and Alumni Association, SLAMR seeks to catalyze rapid experimentation and prototyping with private sector, academia, and government teams to accelerate identification, and adoption or adaption of emerging technologies for national security. | Visit Webiste |
| App lied Physics Laboratory (JHU) | NAVY | UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | The application of advanced science and technology to find solutions to problems of national and global significance. | Visit Webiste |
| App lied Physics Laboratory (UW) | NAVY | UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | To help educate tomorrow’s scientists and engineers. | Visit Webiste |
| App lied Research Institute | NAVY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | ARI, A HUB OF NATIONAL SECURITY INNOVATION ARI (Applied Research Institute, Inc.) works with academia, industry and government to create a hub of national security innovation that helps solve critical defense priorities. We are building an ecosystem of economic growth that is speeding new investment and advancing partnerships, jobs and the talent pool in Indiana. The Governor, major university presidents and CEOs serve on our board. We connect regional, state and national partners through a variety of means. This includes convening research and business teams to solve emerging technical challenges for the Department of Defense (DoD). We expect that these discoveries will impact a range of critical industries including medical, transportation and many more. Board of Directors The ARI Board of Directors consists of the Governor, major university presidents and CEOs. Learn more about the ARI Board. Our History In 2015, a group of business and community leaders in Southwest Central Indiana (now known as the Indiana Uplands Region) developed a strategic plan to enhance regional economic development initiatives in an 11-county region. By the end of that year, three initiatives were developed, one of which was the Applied Research Institute (ARI), know known as ARI (Applied Research Institute, Inc.). ARI was designed to provide more efficient technology transfer and commercialization for Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, government, industry and research universities. ARI was established through a $16.2M grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. as part of a larger $42M grant for regional organizations to enhance economic prosperity, collaboration and growth across Southwest Central Indiana. ARI was launched in 2017 and became ARI one year later. Our Focus Partnering with more than 200 academic, industry and government organizations, ARI is focusing on the following critical areas: Hypersonics Cyber-Physical Systems Trusted Microelectronics Artificial Intelligence. | Visit Webiste |
| App lied Research Laboratories (UT) | NAVY | UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS | To strengthen the national security and global progress of the United States through sponsored research in the fields of acoustics, electromagnetics, and information sciences. | Visit Webiste |
| App lied Research Laboratory (PSU) | NAVY | UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS | Supports national security, economic competitiveness, and quality of life through: Education, Scientific Discovery, Technology Demonstration, Transition to Application. | Visit Webiste |
| App lied Research Laboratory (UH) | NAVY | UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS | Imagining & developing agile, innovative, cost-effective solutions to problems impacting our stakeholders, our community, & our planet. | Visit Webiste |
| Battery Innovation Center | NAVY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | Provide military and national security customers with a robust and secure source of battery development and low-volume production under one roof with linkages to an array of high-volume commercial manufacturing partners. | Visit Webiste |
| Black Pearl | NAVY | SOFTWARE FACTORY | Proliferate modern, high-quality, and secure software development throughout the Naval Enterprise by providing technologies, services, and methodologies that allow more of your team's time and energy to be focused on end-user value delivery. We'll show your team how to shorten your capability delivery cycle through DevSecOps Culture, Agile and Lean Methodologies, CI/CD Automation, Lighthouse & Party Barge, Software Modernization, and Accelerated Cyber Accreditation. | Visit Webiste |
| Center for Naval Analysis (CNA) | NAVY | FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS | Analyzes and solves problems by getting as close as possible to the people, the data – and the problems themselves – in order to find the clear, credible answers government leaders need to choose the best course of action. | Visit Webiste |
| Center for Naval Metalworking | NAVY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Develops and deploys innovative metalworking and related manufacturing technologies to reduce the cost and time to build and repair key U.S. Navy ships and weapons platforms, while also collaborating with other relevant manufacturing industries. CNM utilizes a proven approach that blends the virtual center model with in-house technical expertise to ensure that project teams are comprised of the best providers from the industry to identify, develop, select and execute ‘metals-centric’ projects that support ManTech objectives and transition to industry. CNM is managed by Advanced Technology International (ATI) and partners with Edison Welding Institute (EWI), leveraging EWI’s member-based organization that provides applied research, manufacturing support and strategic services. CNM conducts projects that focus on metals and advanced metallic materials, metal-based composites, metal manufacturing processes (e.g., additive manufacturing), and joining techniques, coupled with process design control, advanced metrology, and inspection technologies. | Visit Webiste |
| Central Florida Tech Grove | NAVY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | Central Florida Tech Grove creates connectivity and collaborations to support development of innovative solutions addressing the needs of the military. It provides education, support, and access for small businesses wanting to connect with the Modeling, Simulation & Training and Human Performance industry. | Visit Webiste |
| Composities Manufacturing Technology Center | NAVY | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Develops improved manufacturing processes for composite-based components and facilitates technology transfer to resolve manufacturing and repair issues identified and prioritized by the Navy’s Program Executive Offices, other DOD services and industry. Operated by Advanced Technology International (ATI) in Summerville, SC, CMTC forms teams of prime contractors, composites industry suppliers and universities to address Navy composites manufacturing technology needs and has strong in-depth knowledge and experience in composites manufacturing technology for all DOD weapon systems. As part of CMTC’s organizational structure, all laboratories, facilities and project labor resources are provided by project teams. This structure results in cost benefit to the Navy, with maximum funding going to project execution. CMTC’s current portfolio includes composites manufacturing projects for four major ship platforms, the F-35 Lightning II aircraft and the CH-53K heavy lift helicopter. | Visit Webiste |
| Consortium for Robotics and Unmanned Systems Education and Research (CRUSER) | NAVY | CONSORTIA | CRUSER was chartered at the direction of the Secretary of the Navy to create a broad consortium - spanning the Navy, Marine Corps, Department of Defense, academia, and industry - focused on the advancement of unmanned systems education and research in order to "shape generations of naval officers through education, research, concept generation and experimentation in maritime application of robotics, automation, and unmanned systems." In doing so, CRUSER provides a DoD-wide community of interest to exchange research and experimentation results related to unmanned systems integration with military and naval operations. | Visit Webiste |
| Electro-Optics Center | NAVY | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Operated by the Penn State University Applied Research Laboratory in Freeport, PA, EOC is a hybrid between the best components of a university and those of private industry. This relationship enables access to the university’s researchers and scientists, its state-of-the-art facilities and leading-edge research. Application of this hybrid model enables EOC to provide its sponsors with solutions that combine leading-edge research with on-time and on-budget deliveries. EOC and the partner members of its Electro-Optics Alliance (EOA) have completed nearly 40 Navy ManTech projects that have resulted in significant savings to the taxpayer. The EOA advances DoD critical electro-optic manufacturing science and technology, and promotes U.S. preeminence in all areas of electro-optics. Alliance membership is available at no cost to all U.S. companies, government labs and academic institutions involved in electro-optics technology. The EOA is committed to advancing the commercial viability of electro-optics technologies and promoting technology transfer to industry, as well as wide dissemination of new electro-optics-related information. | Visit Webiste |
| Energetics Manufacturing Technology Center | NAVY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | IHEODTD serves as the focal point for EMTC and, as a renowned leader in energetics, provides a full spectrum of capabilities, including energetics research, development, modeling and simulation, engineering, manufacturing technology, production, test and evaluation, and fleet / operations support. EMTC develops solutions to manufacturing problems unique to military system / subsystem acquisition and production requirements and the energetics industry. EMTC does not own or operate any facilities or equipment but is essentially a virtual enterprise that involves government, industry and academia in identifying requirements and executing projects. EMTC identifies weapon system and manufacturing base needs, develops and demonstrates the required manufacturing process technology solutions, and transitions successful results. EMTC understands that energetics are inherently dangerous and require special processes, equipment, facilities, environmental considerations and safety precautions. | Visit Webiste |
| Expeditionary Missions Consortium - Crane (EMC) | NAVY | CONSORTIA | The Expeditionary Missions Consortium-Crane supports the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) under an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) collaboration to engage industry and academia to perform basic, applied, and advanced research projects, and prototype projects in support of current and future needs related to Expeditionary Missions Technologies. The consortium will address requirements in the areas of Power & Energy Systems; Specialized Munitions; Weapon Systems; Maneuver, Surveillance, & Engagement; Integrated Software; Command, Control, Communications and Information (C3i) & Cyber; and Electro-Optic Technology. ATI is excited about creating this new consortium to support NSWC Crane’s research and prototyping initiatives. Join EMC to access business and research opportunities focused on research, development, testing, and integrating complex systems across a broad range of technology areas and disciplines. | Visit Webiste |
| FATHOMWERX | NAVY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | To create and maintain a platform to accelerate the delivery of innovative capabilities to the Department of Defense in both port and maritime environments. To facilitate capability refinement through community, exploration, experimentation, and assessment of promising technology. | Visit Webiste |
| FLEETWERX | NAVY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | CONSORTIA | The FLEETWERX (FWX) Innovation Hub was chartered to develop a coordinated innovation and collaboration program with the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) by creating a cutting-edge environment that brings the best of Government, Industry, National & Federal Laboratories, and Academia together to work on the most difficult science and technology problems, while championing STEAM education and workforce development across all levels of society. FLEETWERX’s mission is to develop an ecosystem of innovators, all working together to integrate advanced solutions for evolving maritime challenges to ensure the United States naval forces remain incomparable on a global scale. | Visit Webiste |
| Hawaii Technology Development Corporation | NAVY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | Accelerate the growth of Hawaii's technology industry by providing capital, building infrastructure and developing talent to foster innovation. | Visit Webiste |
| Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP) | NAVY | CONSORTIA | Our mission is to foster collaboration between Government, Industry and Academia to identify, develop and demonstrate the enabling technologies that enhance the Navy and Marine Corps mission effectiveness in the field of Information Warfare. The IWRP Consortium minimizes barriers to entry for small, non-traditional businesses to work with the Government, and access research and prototyping teaming opportunities. IWRP enables rapid research, access to innovative commercial solutions for defense requirements, and innovations from industry, academia and non-traditionals. | Visit Webiste |
| Innovation Accelerator Foundation | NAVY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | ACCELERATOR | Promote our nation’s economic and military strength globally by promoting our nation’s innovation. | Visit Webiste |
| Innovation and Modernization Patuxent River (IMPAX) | NAVY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | Bridging the gap between technology and capability — Innovation and Modernization Patuxent River (IMPAX) | Visit Webiste |
| Institute for Manufacturing and Sustainment Technologies | NAVY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | iMAST addresses challenges related to Navy and Marine Corps weapon system platforms in the following technical areas: materials processing, laser processing, advanced composites, manufacturing systems, repair and sustainment, and complex systems monitoring. iMAST supports the Navy and Marine Corps systems commands, as well as PEOs and Navy laboratories. iMAST also manages the Repair Technology (RepTech) program and applies new and emerging technologies to improve the capabilities of Navy depots, shipyards, Marine Corps Logistics Bases and lower level maintenance activities throughout the fleet. RepTech cooperates and communicates with Navy COEs, the joint depot community, DoD industrial activities, industry, PEOs and university laboratories to improve sustainability, reliability and system availability. | Visit Webiste |
| Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity (MCTSSA) | NAVY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | MCTSSA provides 24/7 global technical support for command, control, computer, communications, cyber, and intelligence (C5I) systems; and conducts engineering, testing and evaluation, and supports experimentation on C5I systems and amphibious platforms in order to inform acquisition decisions and make the Fleet Marine Force (FMF) more capable. | Visit Webiste |
| Maritime Sustainment Technology and Innovation Consortium (MSTIC) | NAVY | CONSORTIA | Focused on innovative sustainment solutions to effectively address current and future security threats in maritime environments. Members will have access to opportunities focused on developing and maturing technologies in the field of Maritime Sustainment that enhance the Navy’s mission effectiveness. | Visit Webiste |
| Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) | NAVY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | Enhance economic development by fostering an inclusive and entrepreneurial innovation ecosystem. Identify, invest in, and help grow technology companies in Maryland. | Visit Webiste |
| Michigan National Guard Kelly Johnson Joint All-Domain Innovation Center | NAVY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Allow the Michigan National Guard and our partners in the private sector to build upon their strong reputations of innovation to further push the boundaries of what is possible in pursuit of our national defense. | Visit Webiste |
| Mississipp i Enterprise for Technology, Inc | NAVY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | Using the scientific and technical resources of NASA and other resident agencies at Stennis, MSET promotes growth in existing industry, stimulates new business, and attracts high-tech companies to the region by providing companies crucial business and technology-related services, opportunities for partnerships and collaboration, entrepreneur resources and access to state and federal technology portfolios. | Visit Webiste |
| National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) | NAVY | CONSORTIA | The mission of the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) is to employ a unique collaborative framework to research, develop, mature, and implement industry-relevant shipbuilding and sustainment technologies and processes, improving efficiency across the U.S. shipyard industrial base and meeting future demand. | Visit Webiste |
| NAUTILUS | NAVY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | CONSORTIA | NAUTILUS is constantly assessing the landscape in the areas of defense and innovation. Our ecosystem of the latest technologies allows us to scout for the most promising concepts, prototypes, or commercially available technologies that can be leveraged as solutions for the warfighter. Using research and development agreements, contracts, competitions, public-private partnerships, and other tools, NAUTILUS can address Navy and Marine Corps innovation challenges while helping grow the circle of entrepreneurs and investors interested in working the strategic and technical challenges associated with maintaining U.S. national security. | Visit Webiste |
| NAVAIR Unsolicited Proposals | NAVY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | This publication is designed to aid those organizations or individuals which may not have access to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in the preparation and submission of unsolicited proposals. An unsolicited proposal is a means by which creative ideas that are originated or developed in the private sector can be presented to the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and aviation-related Program Executive Offices (PEOs) for use in fulfillment of mission needs. | Visit Webiste |
| Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) | NAVY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | NAVFAC delivers best value facilities engineering and acquisition for the Navy and Marine Corps, Unified Commanders, and Department of Defense agencies through our five business lines: Design & Construction Environmental Expeditionary Public Works Asset Management. | Visit Webiste |
| Naval Information Warfare Center (Atlantic) | NAVY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Provides systems engineering and acquisition to deliver information warfare capabilities to the naval, joint and national warfighter through the acquisition, development, integration, production, test, deployment and sustainment of interoperable command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, cyber and information technology capabilities. | Visit Webiste |
| Naval Shipbuilding and Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence | NAVY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The NSAM Center develops advanced manufacturing technologies and deploys them in U.S. industrial facilities to improve manufacturing processes and ultimately reduce the cost and time required to build and repair Navy weapons platforms. The NSAM Center works closely with the Navy’s acquisition community and the defense industry to address manufacturing technology issues that negatively impact efficiency, with respect to both cost and cycle time. Projects improve construction and repair processes, such as optimizing production practices, increasing the use of robotic manufacturing methods, investigating modular / packaged units, improving accuracy control, eliminating inefficiencies in material usage, and using advanced manufacturing tools and technologies. The NSAM Center focuses on technologies that improve the affordability of current Navy acquisition programs; new projects will investigate using modern planning systems, automated fabrication technologies, supply chain improvements, streamlined unit / module flow to and within storage and construction areas, wireless data management applications, using 3D models to support production, and developing improved scheduling systems for new, aggressive build strategies. | Visit Webiste |
| Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) | NAVY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | We deliver timely, effective and sustainable naval aviation capabilities to ensure the warfighter’s mission success and safe return home. | Visit Webiste |
| Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) | NAVY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | To execute full-spectrum weapons and warfare systems Research, Development, Acquisition, Test, and Evaluation (RDAT&E) | Visit Webiste |
| Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) | NAVY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Supports research, development, test, evaluation, engineering, and fleet support of Navy and Marine Corps air vehicle systems and trainers. NAWCAD is the steward of the ranges, test facilities, laboratories, and aircraft necessary to support the Fleet's acquisition requirements and provides a variety of services to the Department of Defense, other Federal agencies as well as non-Federal customers. | Visit Webiste |
| Naval Aviation Systems Consortium (NASC) | NAVY | CONSORTIA | The Naval Aviation Systems Consortium (NASC) has been formed to support the technology needs of the Naval Air Warfare Centers (NAWCs) and the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) through the use of Other Transaction (OT) Authority. NASC is an agile, collaborative and enduring enterprise with world-class capabilities that provides the Navy with broad reach, robust competition and a comprehensive range of technology solutions. Through its unique structure, consortium members are able to work with the Government to identify opportunities, target their technology offerings, expand into new markets and grow their businesses. | Visit Webiste |
| Naval Energetic Systems and Technologies (NEST) | NAVY | CONSORTIA | The Naval Energetic Systems and Technologies (NEST), in partnership with the National Armaments Consortium (NAC), is a national collaboration supporting the Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) to address the most significant energetics and explosive ordnance disposal challenges facing the Navy, the Marine Corps, Department of Defense, and the Nation. | Visit Webiste |
| Naval Facilities Engineering Command Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC) | NAVY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | Delivers life-cycle technical and acquisition solutions aligned to Fleet and Marine Corps priorities. | Visit Webiste |
| Naval Information Warfare Center (Pacific) | NAVY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Provides development, basic and applied science, test and evaluation, systems engineering and integration, installation, and support of fielded Information Warfare systems from seabed to space. | Visit Webiste |
| Naval Innovation Center (NIC) | NAVY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Ideas will be curated through the Naval Warfare Studies Institute’s engagement with fleet customers, solutions conceived through the Warfare Innovation Continuum workshops, prototyped and experimented with by Naval Innovation Exchange teams, and then prepared for acquisition strategy through the Department of Defense Management’s Innovation Capstone Project. | Visit Webiste |
| Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) | NAVY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | To conduct health and medical research, development, testing, evaluation, and surveillance to enhance deployment readiness of DoD personnel worldwide. NMRC is a premier research organization with the vision of World-class, operationally relevant health and medical research solutions. | Visit Webiste |
| Naval Postgraduate School | NAVY | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Provide defense-focused graduate education, including classified studies and interdisciplinary research, to advance the operational effectiveness, technological leadership and warfighting advantage of the Naval service. | Visit Webiste |
| Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) | NAVY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) operates as the Department of the Navy's full-spectrum corporate laboratory, conducting a broadly based multidisciplinary program of scientific research and advanced technological development directed toward maritime applications of new and improved materials, techniques, equipment, systems and ocean, atmospheric, and space sciences and related technologies. | Visit Webiste |
| Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) | NAVY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | We design, build, deliver and maintain ships, submarines and systems reliably, on-time and on-cost for the United States Navy. | Visit Webiste |
| Naval Surface Technology and Innovation Consortium (NSTIC) | NAVY | CONSORTIA | The Naval Surface Technology & Innovation Consortium (NSTIC) is a premier technology consortium that is focused specifically in supporting naval surface technology innovation to provide research, development, test and evaluation, analysis integration and certification of complex naval warfare systems across a broad range of technology areas and disciplines. NSTIC offers Federally-funded research and business opportunities for large and small companies and academia, especially small and emerging companies that have not traditionally worked with the government in the past. | Visit Webiste |
| Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) | NAVY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Deliver seapower to the U.S. Navy. | Visit Webiste |
| Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) | NAVY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Builds and supports America’s fleet of ships and combat systems. | Visit Webiste |
| NavalX | NAVY | GOVERNANCE AND GUIDANCE OFFICES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Guide naval stakeholders to rapidly deliver capabilities to the warfighter. Serve as the platform that connects naval needs and challenges with expert solution providers across industry, academia, and the Department of the Navy. | Visit Webiste |
| Navy SBIR/STTR | NAVY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Mission-oriented programs that integrate the needs and requirements of the DON’s Fleet through research and development (R&D) topics that have dual use potential, but primarily address the needs of the DON. | Visit Webiste |
| Navy Warfare Development Center | NAVY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Develop and integrate innovative solutions to complex naval warfare challenges to enhance current and future warfighting capabilities. | Visit Webiste |
| NineTwelve Institute | NAVY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | Its mission-driven team of trusted experts specialize in microelectronics, 5G, emerging manufacturing, unconventional energy, hypersonics, space, sensors and cybersecurity, with a commitment to job creation and sustainable economic development. | Visit Webiste |
| NSWC Corona | NAVY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | NSWC Corona Division has served as the Navy's independent assessment agent since 1964. With experience in gauging the Navy's warfighting capability, NSWC Corona is positioned as a leader in NAVSEA data analytics. Utilizing networked data environments, data analytics and visualization, and measurement technology to bridge the Navy's disparate data, Corona enables informed decision-making for the warfighter. The Naval Sea Systems Command field activity provides transparency for warfighting readiness through data analytics and assessment, engineers the fleet’s Live-Virtual-Constructive training environment, and assures the accuracy of measurements as the engineering advisor for the Navy and Marine Corps metrology and calibration programs. | Visit Webiste |
| NSWC Carderock | NAVY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The Carderock Division consists of approximately 2,000 scientists, engineers and support personnel working in more than 40 disciplines ranging from fundamental science to applied/in-service engineering. We are the Navy's experts for maritime technology. The Division houses world-class facilities and laboratories. Carderock's Headquarters is located in West Bethesda, Maryland. The Division also conducts research and development at several remote sites across the country. As a major component and field activity of the Naval Sea Systems Command, the Carderock Division provides cradle-to-grave support for its technical products over an enormous range of scientific areas related to surface and undersea platforms. The Division addresses the full spectrum of applied maritime science and technology, from the theoretical and conceptual beginnings, through design and acquisition, to implementation and follow-on engineering. This includes all technical aspects of improving the performance of ships, submarines, military water craft and unmanned vehicles, as well as research for military logistics systems. In addition, the Division is uniquely chartered by Congress to support America's maritime industry. | Visit Webiste |
| NSWC Crane | NAVY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | NSWC Crane, located in Crane, Indiana is a shore command of the U.S. Navy. NSWC Crane is under the Naval Sea Systems Command headquartered in Washington DC. The mission of NSWC Crane is to provide acquisition engineering, in-service engineering and technical support for sensors, electronics, electronic warfare and special warfare weapons. NSWC Crane also works to apply component and system-level product and industrial engineering to surface sensors, strategic systems, special warfare devices and electronic warfare systems, as well as to execute other responsibilities as assigned by the Commander, Naval Surface Warfare Center. | Visit Webiste |
| NSWC Dahlgren | NAVY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division originally established itself as the major testing area for naval guns and ammunition. Today, it continues to provide the military with the development and integration of warfare systems for the warfighter, warfighting and the future fleet. Our MISSION: We deliver warfare systems to protect our nation and defeat our adversaries. Our VISION: Design, develop, and integrate technologically superior, 21st century warfare systems. The division is headquartered at Dahlgren, VA, and provides Fleet support at the NSWC Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity, in Virginia Beach, VA, overlooking the Virginia Capes Fleet Operations Area. NSWCDD conducts advance research in all systems-related areas and pursues scientific disciplines including physics, mathematics, directed energy and digital engineering, modeling and simulation, software, mechanical, electrical and systems engineering, to name a few. | Visit Webiste |
| NSWC Indian Head | NAVY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division is the Department of Defense Energetics Center and serves as the DoD Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Program lead. NSWC IHD focuses on the research, development, test, evaluation and in-service support of energetics and energetic systems as well as works to provide Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, and Airmen worldwide with the information and technological solutions they need to detect/locate, access, identify, render safe, recover/exploit, and dispose of both conventional and unconventional explosive threats. The U.S. Navy, DoD agencies and all allied nations come to NSWC IHD for energetic systems solutions and EOD expertise — we support the warfighter of today and of tomorrow through discoveries that anticipate the future needs for the next generation. | Visit Webiste |
| NSWC Panama City | NAVY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The mission of NSWC PCD is to conduct research, development, test and evaluation, and in-service support in Mine Warfare, Naval Special Warfare, Diving and Life Support, and Amphibious and Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare Systems, as well as other missions in the Littoral Battlespace. | Visit Webiste |
| NSWC Philadelphia | NAVY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Provides the Navy's primary technical expertise and facilities for both naval machinery research and development and naval machinery lifecycle engineering. NSWCPD is responsible for the machinery systems core equity of the Ship and Ship Systems Product Area for the United States Navy and serves as a central point for academia and industry to join forces with Navy technical experts to develop solutions to needs in naval machinery. Consistent with its core equity responsibility, NSWCPD fulfills key functions including research, design, development, shipboard and land-based test and evaluation, acquisition support, in-service engineering, Fleet engineering, integrated logistics support and concepts and overall life cycle engineering. | Visit Webiste |
| NSWC Port Hueneme | NAVY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) employs more than 2,500 engineers, scientists, technicians, logisticians, and support personnel who provide the United States Navy surface fleet with integration, test and evaluation, life-cycle engineering, and product support for today’s and tomorrow’s warfare systems. For more than half a century, NSWC PHD has been at the forefront of engineering and product support for the U.S. Navy's combat and weapon systems. From its roots as Naval Ship Missile Systems Engineering Station—servicing and providing overall technical support for Terrier-, Talos-, and Tartar-guided missiles—to its current provision supporting today's and tomorrow's warfare systems, NSWC PHD is the fleet's source for readiness. This page is intended to provide updated information and discussion on NSWC PHD. While this is an open forum, it's also a family friendly one, so please keep your comments and posts clean. In addition to keeping it family friendly, we ask that you follow our posting guidelines here. Comments and posts that do not follow our guidelines will be removed. | Visit Webiste |
| NUWC Newport | NAVY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport provides research, development, test and evaluation, engineering, analysis, and assessment, and fleet support capabilities for submarines, autonomous underwater systems, and offensive and defensive undersea weapon systems, and stewards existing and emerging technologies in support of undersea warfare. Executes other responsibilities as assigned by the commander, Naval Undersea Warfare Center. | Visit Webiste |
| NUWC Keyp ort | NAVY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport (NUWC Keyport) provides technical leadership, engineering expertise, and unique facility complexes that serve to ensure sustainment of undersea warfare superiority for the United States. As one of two divisions of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport’s mission is focused on developing and applying advanced technical capabilities to test, evaluate, field, and maintain undersea warfare systems and related defense assets. These advanced technical capabilities directly support the full spectrum of Navy undersea programs. NUWC Keyport is headquartered in the state of Washington on the Puget Sound, about 10 miles west of the city of Seattle and just north of the city of Bremerton. To provide ready support to Fleet operational forces at all major Navy home ports in the Pacific, Keyport also maintains detachments in Southern California and Hawaii, and an operating site in Guam, and an office in Japan. An operating site in Hawthorne, Nevada is used for storage and maintenance of undersea mines. Naval Sea Logistics Center, an echelon five command under Keyport, is located in Pennsylvania and has satellite offices mostly on the East Coast. In addition, Keyport has a presence in Canada in partnership with the Royal Canadian Navy for undersea range operations. Our people frequently travel around the world to support the U.S. Fleet and Allied militaries. | Visit Webiste |
| Office of Naval Research - Global | NAVY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The U.S. Office of Naval Research Global (ONR Global) provides worldwide science & technology (S&T)-based solutions for current and future naval challenges. Leveraging the expertise of more than 50 scientists, technologists and engineers, ONR Global maintains a physical presence on five continents. The command reaches out to the broad global technical community and the operational fleet/force commands to foster cooperation in areas of mutual interest and to bring the full range of possibilities to the Navy and Marine Corps. | Visit Webiste |
| Office of Naval Research (ONR) | NAVY | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Provide the science and technology necessary to maintain the Navy and Marine Corps' technological advantage. | Visit Webiste |
| Office of Research & Innovation | NAVY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Our objective is to increase net warfighting advantage through impactful foundational and applied research that is fully informed and directly contributes to warfighting solutions. Our warrior-scholars bring operational experience into the research arena and create innovative, relevant solutions for real-world challenges faced by the Navy today and tomorrow. Learn about the NPS Research Enterprise and how we make an impact in DoD innovation to accelerate decisive advantage. | Visit Webiste |
| Ohio Aerospace Institute | NAVY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | Commission researchers, consultants, and subject matter experts in academia and industry to achieve your civil and defense priorities. Create collaborative teams with corporations, other government agencies & universities to develop, transfer, and commercialize technology Advance state and federal programs for small businesses and economic development. | Visit Webiste |
| Overmatch Software Armory | NAVY | SOFTWARE FACTORY | The Overmatch Software Armory is the Navy’s preeminent Cloud-based development environment delivering software solutions to the US Naval fleet. | Visit Webiste |
| South Carolina Research Authority | NAVY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | Accelerating technology-enabled growth in research, academia, entrepreneurship and industry. | Visit Webiste |
| Stiletto Joint Prototyping and Experimentation Maritime (JPEM) Technology Demonstration Program | NAVY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Stiletto is a maritime technology demonstration platform with an “electronic keel” that enables rapid integration, demonstration, and experimentation with new technologies. The 88-foot experimental boat provides an authentic military maritime platform with easy access for small businesses and non-traditional performers. | Visit Webiste |
| Strategic & Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems (S2MARTS) | NAVY | CONSORTIA | United States leadership in Strategic Missions, Electronic Warfare and assured, advanced microelectronics is critical to military dominance and economic sovereignty. Loss of this leadership position threatens U.S. ability to deter adversaries and prevail in conflict. There are additional potential impacts to economic/industrial base equities extending beyond national security. The Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division and the Department of Defense (DoD) require innovative technological solutions to address current and future security threats in the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS), trusted microelectronics, and strategic missions hardware environments. To engage the broadest set of innovators, NSWC Crane has created the Strategic and Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems (S2MARTS) OTA. The S2MARTS OTA (pronounced “SMARTS”) will refine strategies, management planning activities, and implement integrated, complementary solutions that enable broader Department of Defense (DoD) access to commercial state-of-the-art EMS technologies, advanced microelectronics, radiation-hardened (RAD-HARD) and strategic missions hardware. | Visit Webiste |
| The Patuxent Partnership | NAVY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | Advance education through STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) based initiatives, to advance technology through speaker programs and networking, to advance science and technology transfer through the exchange of ideas, information and data related to technologies, and to foster workforce development through an array of initiatives. | Visit Webiste |
| The Forge | NAVY | SOFTWARE FACTORY | Provides a virtual and physical ecosystem to foster Agile software development using DevSecOps tools and principles. | Visit Webiste |
| The Naval Postgraduate School - Joint Interagency Field Experimentation Program (JIFX) | NAVY | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Demonstrate and evaluate new technologies related to the Department of the Navy and the Department of Defense research in an operational field environment, and also to provide the operational community the opportunity to experiment with these technologies to better understand the capabilities that they may represent. | Visit Webiste |
| Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium (UTIC) | NAVY | CONSORTIA | The Undersea Technology Innovation Center is committed to building a national community to advance and accelerate undersea, maritime technology innovation. | Visit Webiste |
| Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation | NAVY | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | ACCELERATOR | SBIR/STTR | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) CIT's Federal Funding Assistance Program identifies and accelerates opportunities for Virginia's small technology businesses to learn how to apply for and win government contracts. | Visit Webiste |
| Acquisition Innovation Research Center | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS | Infuse innovation and alternative methods needed to better respond to the rapid increase of technological advancements critical to today’s warfighter. | Visit Webiste |
| AFFOA: Advanced Functional Fabrics of America | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | MANUFACTURING INNOVATION INSTITUTES (MII) | AFFOA enables a manufacturing-based revolution through the transformation of traditional fibers, yarns, and textiles into sophisticated, integrated, and networked devices and systems. | Visit Webiste |
| AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | CHALLENGE | AIxCC will allow two tracks for participation: the Funded Track and the Open Track. Funded Track competitors will be selected from proposals submitted to a Small Business Innovation Research solicitation. Up to seven small businesses will receive funding to participate. Open Track competitors will register with DARPA via the competition website and will proceed without DARPA funding. Teams on all tracks will participate in a qualifying event during the semifinal phase, where the top scoring teams (up to 20) will be invited to participate in the semifinal competition. Of these, the top scoring teams (up to five) will receive monetary prizes and continue to the final phase and competition. The top three scoring competitors in the final competition will receive additional monetary prizes. | Visit Webiste |
| Aim Photonics: American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | MANUFACTURING INNOVATION INSTITUTES (MII) | AIM Photonics enables a complete Photonic Integrated Chip (PIC) manufacturing ecosystem. The system provides the photonic community and DoD access to advanced technology, capabilities, and resources throughout the entire product development cycle. | Visit Webiste |
| America Makes | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | MANUFACTURING INNOVATION INSTITUTES (MII) | America Makes is the nation’s leading public-private partnership for additive manufacturing (AM) technology and education through accelerating AM adoption and the nation’s global manufacturing competitiveness. | Visit Webiste |
| American Metalcasting Consortium | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | CONSORTIA | AMC develops and implements the best metalcasting technologies and processes to support DLA’s mission of improving the readiness and mission effectiveness of U.S. warfighters. Better metal components ensure technological superiority on the battlefield, at sea, in the air and beyond the stratosphere. | Visit Webiste |
| APEX Accelerators | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | GOVERNANCE AND GUIDANCE OFFICES | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The Department’s APEX Accelerators are located in fifty states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands and have ninety-six locations. These Accelerators will keep helping American businesses pursue contracts with federal, state, and local governments by assisting with various registration and eligibility requirements, identification of contract opportunities, preparation for applications and submission of bids. They will also support the Department in targeted market research and other efforts to support specific acquisitions pursuant to the action plan developed in response to President Biden’s Executive Order (EO) 14017 on “America’s Supply Chains”, EO 14036 on “Promoting Competition in the American Economy”, and EO 13985 on “Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government”. | Visit Webiste |
| App lied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS | Support the government's security and intelligence communities, ARLIS aims to integrate social and behavioral sciences, AI, and computing for new Human Domain applied research and development capabilities. | Visit Webiste |
| ARM: Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | MANUFACTURING INNOVATION INSTITUTES (MII) | ARM strengthens and stabilizes the DoD manufacturing supply chain by advancing the robotic and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and supporting workforce needed to efficiently supply the U.S. warfighter from domestic sources. | Visit Webiste |
| ASD(MC) Innovation and Modernization Office | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Established in 2003, Innovation and Modernization (I&M) (formerly known as Rapid Reaction Technology Office or RRTO) supports the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) by rapidly identifying, prototyping, and transitioning solutions to fill capability gaps in priority technology areas to maintain our Nation’s technological superiority and military advantage. Innovation and Modernization identifies innovative technologies and capabilities that align with OUSD(R&E)’s critical technology areas, matures concepts through targeted prototyping, and transitions capabilities that fill needs within the Joint Warfighting Concepts, thereby increasing interoperability between Service programs and informing multi-Service joint experiments. | Visit Webiste |
| Biofabusa: Advanced Tissue Biofabrication Institute | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | MANUFACTURING INNOVATION INSTITUTES (MII) | BioFabUSA integrates innovative cell and tissue cultures with advances in biofabrication, automation, robotics, and analytical technologies to create disruptive research and development tools and Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-compliant volume manufacturing processes. | Visit Webiste |
| BioMADE: Bioindustrial Manufacturing and Design Ecosystem | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | MANUFACTURING INNOVATION INSTITUTES (MII) | BioMADE’s mission is to enable domestic bioindustrial manufacturing at all scales, develop technologies to enhance U.S. bioindustrial competitiveness, de-risk investment in relevant infrastructure, and expand the biomanufacturing workforce to realize the economic promise of industrial biotechnology. | Visit Webiste |
| California Defense Ready Electronics and Microdevices Superhub (California DREAMS) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | California DREAMS will accelerate the prototyping of RF technologies and processes for 5G/6G and EW. Our hub includes premier compound-semiconductor labs and DOD-volume fabs in Southern California, with core facilities and workforce development partners throughout the country. MOSIS 2.0 will provide brokerage and engineering services to hub users that will dramatically increase innovation through promoting lab-to-fab transitions, reducing barriers to prototyping, and reducing fabrication cycle times. | Visit Webiste |
| California-Pacific-Northwest AI Hardware Hub (Northwest-AI-Hub) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | The Microelectronics Commons California-Pacific-Northwest AI Hub (Northwest-AI-Hub) is an ecosystem and infrastructure of physical and virtual facilities with the mission to serve regional and national needs for lab-to-fab translation of AI hardware technologies. | Visit Webiste |
| Center for Advancing Science, Technology, Learning, and Engagement (CASTLE) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The CASTLE is a collaboration with NRO’s Advanced Systems and Technology (AS&T) directorate, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) and their partnership intermediary, the Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation (VT-ARC). | Visit Webiste |
| Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Responsible for the acceleration of the DoD’s adoption of data, analytics, and AI to generate decision advantage across, from the boardroom to the battlefield. | Visit Webiste |
| Commercial Leap Ahead for Wide- bandgap Semiconductors (CLAWS) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | The Commercial Leap Ahead for Wide Bandgap Semiconductors (CLAWS) Hub is designed to advance and accelerate the manufacture and adoption of wide bandgap semiconductors for DoD and civilian applications in four principal areas: High voltage, high power Silicon Carbide power electronics III-Nitride electronics III-Nitride Photonics Ultra-Wide Bandgap devices, by enabling both research and pilot foundry capability with transition paths to volume manufacture with industry partners. | Visit Webiste |
| Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities (CTMA) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | CONSORTIA | CTMA is a Cooperative Agreement in partnership with the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Materiel Readiness (ODASD MR) and NCMS. Its objective is to ensure American warfighters and their equipment are ready to face any situation, with the most up-to-date and best-maintained platforms, data, and tools available. It provides technology demonstrations, evaluations, and validations in support of reliability and sustainment and must always benefit the U.S. military, industrial base, and the public good. | Visit Webiste |
| Cybersecurity Directorate, National Security Agency (NSA) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | NSA Cybersecurity prevents and eradicates threats to U.S. national security systems with a focus on the Defense Industrial Base and the improvement of U.S. weapons’ security. It also strives to promote cybersecurity education, research, and career-building. | Visit Webiste |
| DARPA Prize Challenges | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | CHALLENGE | Prizes Encourage Thinking Outside the Box: Unlike grants and contracts, which are awarded in the hope that the recipient will be successful, prizes allow a funder to establish an ambitious goal without having to predict who or which approach is most likely to succeed, making way for novel approaches that might otherwise seem too risky to pursue. | Visit Webiste |
| Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | To make pivotal investments in breakthrough technologies for national security. | Visit Webiste |
| Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | About Us DCSA is the security agency in the federal government dedicated to protecting America’s trusted workforce and trusted workspaces — real or virtual. DCSA joins two essential missions: Personnel Vetting and Critical Technology Protection, supported by Counterintelligence and Training, Education and Certification functions. DCSA services over 100 federal entities, oversees 10,000 cleared companies, and conducts approximately 2 million background investigations each year. | Visit Webiste |
| Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | At DIA, we provide military intelligence to warfighters, defense policymakers and force planners in the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community, in support of U.S. military planning and operations and weapon systems acquisition. We plan, manage and execute intelligence operations during peacetime, crisis and war. | Visit Webiste |
| Defense Digital Service (DDS) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Improve technology across the Department of Defense. | Visit Webiste |
| Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | CONSORTIA | The consortium managed OT Agreement will enhance MCEIP’s mission of addressing defense supply chain issues, developing the industrial workforce, sustaining critical production, commercializing Research and Development (R&D) efforts, and rapidly scaling emerging technologies to build a robust, resilient DIB. | Visit Webiste |
| Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | DIANA leverages its acceleration programme and test centre network to bring start-ups together with operational end-users, scientists, and systems integrators to advance compelling deep tech with dual-use solutions for the NATO Alliance. | Visit Webiste |
| Defense Innovation Board (DIB) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | GOVERNANCE AND GUIDANCE OFFICES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Provide the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and other senior leaders across the Department with independent advice and recommendations on innovative means to address future challenges through the prism of three focus areas: people and culture, technology and capabilities, and practices and operations. | Visit Webiste |
| Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | GOVERNANCE AND GUIDANCE OFFICES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | To accelerate DoD adoption of commercial technology, transform military capacity and capability, and strengthen the American national security innovation base. | Visit Webiste |
| Defense Manufacturing Innovation Institutes (MII) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | GOVERNANCE AND GUIDANCE OFFICES | MANUFACTURING INNOVATION INSTITUTES (MII) | Seeks to revitalize the U.S.’s domestic manufacturing capability through domestic public-private partnerships that enhance America’s strategic competitiveness while enabling the military of tomorrow. | Visit Webiste |
| Defense Microelectronics Activity | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Seeks to revitalize the U.S.’s domestic manufacturing capability through domestic public-private partnerships that enhance America’s strategic competitiveness while enabling the military of tomorrow. | Visit Webiste |
| Defense Science Board (DSB) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | GOVERNANCE AND GUIDANCE OFFICES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Providing innovative solutions to myriad technological, operational, and managerial problems. | Visit Webiste |
| Developmental Test Evaluation and Assessment (DTE&A) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | GOVERNANCE AND GUIDANCE OFFICES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Provide systems engineering and test and evaluation (T&E) rigor to DoD Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF) program development pathways and Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD(R&E)) modernization priorities to ensure delivery of relevant and timely warfighting capabilities. | Visit Webiste |
| DLA J68 Research & Development | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Dedicated to improving warfighter support by addressing military needs, redefining internal business processes for DLA's global supply chain and addressing industrial base manufacturing issues. | Visit Webiste |
| DoD Chief Technology Officers Council (DoD CTOC) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | GOVERNANCE AND GUIDANCE OFFICES | The DoD CTO Council will serve as the principal forum to collaborate on USD(R&E) initiatives and share information relating to science, technology, technology transition, engineering, test and evaluation, and other related matters of strategic importance within the purview of the DoD CTO and the greater national security science and technology (S&T) and research and development (R&D) communities. The DoD CTO Council will serve as the primary body to review and recommend issues relevant to the S&T and R&D communities for consideration by the Deputy's Management Action Group, recommend further review by other governance bodies as appropriate, and elevate issues to the Secretary of Defense (SecDef) and Deputy Secretary of Defense (DepSecDef) for consideration and decision. The DoD CTO Council's agenda will be driven by issues requested by the SecDef, the DepSecDef, the DoD CTO Council Chair, and/or DoD CTO Council standing members. | Visit Webiste |
| DoD Ordnance Technology Consortium (DOTC) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | CONSORTIA | Integrate the DoD Ordnance community to work collaboratively in RDT&E of prototype solutions to advance and transition ordnance systems, subsystems and component technologies. | Visit Webiste |
| Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | ESTCP is the DoD’s environmental, resilience, and installation energy and water technology demonstration and validation program. The Program was established in 1995 to promote the transfer of innovative technologies that have successfully established proof of concept to field or production use. ESTCP demonstrations collect cost and performance data to overcome the barriers to employ an innovative technology because of concerns regarding technical or programmatic risk, the so-called “Valley of Death.” | Visit Webiste |
| Forging Defense Manufacturing Consortium (FDMC) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | CONSORTIA | Identify, investigate, develop, and deploy technical and enterprise solutions to improve capability and competitiveness of the forging industry in support of US government forging supply chains. Facilitate timely and accurate information exchange and program coordination between the United States government agencies, non-government agencies, industry customers and suppliers. | Visit Webiste |
| Geophysical Detection of Nuclear Proliferation | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS | Detect, locate, characterize, and assess the threat potential of nuclear activities worldwide through research, development, testing, and evaluation of scientific and technological capabilities. | Visit Webiste |
| Hacking 4 Defense | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | CHALLENGE | Hacking for Defense is a university course sponsored by the Department of Defense that teaches students to work with the Defense and Intelligence Communities to rapidly address the nation’s emerging threats and security challenges. | Visit Webiste |
| IDA Communications & Computing Center | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS | Performs fundamental research in support of the National Security Agency’s mission in cryptology, which includes both foreign signals intelligence and protecting the communications of the U.S. Government. Focus on computing, advanced algorithms, cryptology, network technologies, communications securities, cyber-security and data analytics. | Visit Webiste |
| IDA Systems and Analyses Center | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS | Answer the most challenging U.S. security and science policy questions with objective analysis leveraging extraordinary scientific, technical, and analytic expertise. | Visit Webiste |
| Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate (IWTSD) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | To identify and develop capabilities for DoD to conduct Irregular Warfare against all adversaries, including Great Power competitors and non-state actors, and to deliver those capabilities to DoD components and interagency partners through rapid research and development, advanced studies and technical innovation, and provision of support to U.S. military operations. | Visit Webiste |
| Joint Hyp ersonics Transition Office (JHTO) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Responsible for accelerating hypersonics technology development, developing the nation’s future hypersonics workforce, and facilitating the transition of ready technologies into operational capabilities. | Visit Webiste |
| Joint Rapid Acquisition Cell (JRAC) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Coordinates urgent and emergent acquisitions to meet the needs of combatant commanders and interagency partners by refining requirements and harnessing authorities best suited for rapid acquisition. Within the DoD, the JRAC provides Warfighter Senior Integration Group oversight for ongoing operations and coordinates Combatant Commander-wide joint urgent and emergent operation needs. In support of the interagency, the JRAC provides Defense Assisted Acquisition (DA2) as the single entry point to the DoD acquisition enterprise. | Visit Webiste |
| Laboratory for Telecommunication Sciences | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | At the intersection of academia and government, the Laboratory for Telecommunication Sciences (LTS) conducts both classified and unclassified networking and computing research, exploring the implications of new communications domains. Our researchers work at the cutting edge of technology, enhancing the National Security Agency's mission. | Visit Webiste |
| Laboratory for Advanced Cybersecurity (LAC) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | NSA's Laboratory for Advanced Cybersecurity Research is the U.S. government's premier cybersecurity research and design center; our cybersecurity experts conduct and sponsor research in the technologies and techniques which will secure America's information systems of tomorrow. Our researchers aren't just inventing products-we're trying to invent a safer future. | Visit Webiste |
| Laboratory for Analytic Sciences | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The Laboratory for Analytic Sciences is a partnership between the intelligence community and North Carolina State University that develops innovative technology and tradecraft to help solve mission-relevant problems. Founded in 2013 by the National Security Agency and NC State, each year LAS brings together collaborators from three sectors – industry, academia and government – to conduct research that has a direct impact on national security. | Visit Webiste |
| Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The Laboratory for Physical Sciences exists to drive physical sciences research in future information technologies to prevent technological surprise. Founded in 1956 in partnership with the University of Maryland, LPS has evolved a model of basic and applied research that focuses on government engagement with academia and industry. Our fabrication and measurement laboratories allow researchers at LPS, along with our partners, to make, measure, and understand state-of-the-art systems. | Visit Webiste |
| Lift: Connecting Technology and Talent | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | MANUFACTURING INNOVATION INSTITUTES (MII) | LIFT rapidly contracts, designs, develops, prototypes, and tests innovative technologies for the DoD to speed technology transition to the warfighter while building the future workforce of America. | Visit Webiste |
| Lincoln Laboratory | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Spans 12 research areas that focus on the development and prototyping of new technologies and capabilities for national security. | Visit Webiste |
| Manufacturing Times Digital (MXD): Digital Manufacturing and Cybersecurity Institute | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | MANUFACTURING INNOVATION INSTITUTES (MII) | MxD is where innovative manufacturers forge their futures. MxD brings together the U.S. manufacturing industry, government, and academia around project opportunities, a 22,000 square-foot future factory floor, workforce development tools, and workshops to advance the digital transformation of U.S. manufacturing. | Visit Webiste |
| Marne Innovation and Technology Center | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The Marne Innovations program identifies current capability gaps within the 3rd Infantry Division then works with industry and academic partners to rapidly identify, develop, and implement solutions while fostering a culture of a bottom-up innovation: Solving today's problems with today's technology. The Marne Innovation and Technology Center is a fully equipped maker space where Soldiers can transform their ideas in prototypes and solutions to being back to their unit. | Visit Webiste |
| Microelectronic Commons | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The Microelectronics Commons is a CHIPS-funded national network that willcreate direct pathways to commercialization for US microelectronics researchers and designers from “lab to fab.” | Visit Webiste |
| Missile Defense Agency (MDA) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) mission is to develop and deploy a layered Missile Defense System to defend the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and friends from missile attacks in all phases of flight. | Visit Webiste |
| Missouri Technology Corporation | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | Investing directly in early stage ventures through the IDEA funds and supporting the broader entrepreneurial ecosystem through the MOBEC grant program, the Missouri Technology Corporation ("MTC") is a public-private partnership created by the Missouri General Assembly to promote entrepreneurship and foster the growth of new and emerging high-tech companies. The Innovation, Development, and Entrepreneurship Advancement (IDEA) Funds are deployed through four programs: Missouri TechLaunch, Seed Capital Co-Investment Program, Venture Capital Co-Investment Program, and the High-Tech Industrial Expansion Program. Companies in the applied engineering, defense and homeland security, biomedical science, animal health, and plant sciences seeking seed or venture funding are encouraged to apply. Through the Missouri Building Economic Capacity (MOBEC) program, MTC makes strategic investments that expand the support system for entrepreneurs that are commercializing new technologies or that enhance the capacity of Missouri to grow its innovation economy. Eligible Applicants are public or private non-profit Missouri research institutions and non-profit entrepreneurial support and related organizations. | Visit Webiste |
| Moonshot Labs | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Opened in July 2021, NGA’s Moonshot Labs is an unclassified innovation hub and collider space for NGA, its partners and customers to meet, create, collaborate, and innovate. Moonshot Labs is a cross-agency asset with an initiatives approach to measuring success and accountability. Moonshot Labs offers a preview of the unprecedented collaborative environment to come at the agency’s Next NGA West campus when it opens in 2025. View our photo gallery and more below. | Visit Webiste |
| National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The National Reconnaissance Office is committed to protecting the security of the United States, its citizens and its allies through unparalleled capabilities in space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. For more than 60 years, the NRO has leveraged innovation and strategic partnerships to develop, acquire, launch and operate America's spy satellites. A diversified architecture of spacecraft provides information critical to policymakers, the Department of Defense, two dozen federal agencies, the Intelligence Community, the military, and commercial partners. This is both our legacy and our mission for the future - ensuring the United States maintains and expands its advantage amid increasing challenges from our adversaries. | Visit Webiste |
| National Security Agency (NSA) / Central Security Service (CSS) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) leads the U.S. Government in cryptology that encompasses both signals intelligence (SIGINT) insights and cybersecurity products and services and enables computer network operations to gain a decisive advantage for the nation and our allies. Throughout the site, NSA/CSS will be referred to collectively as NSA. | Visit Webiste |
| National Security Engineering Center (NSEC) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS | Focus on technical areas such as sensors, electronics, digital systems, IT, and cybersecurity. Provides objective technical assessments, mission requirements, and budgetary constraints. We also transfer the prototypes or system improvements that our own staff develops either directly to our sponsors or to commercial companies for production. | Visit Webiste |
| National Defense Research Institute | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS | Conducts research and analysis for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the defense agencies, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the U.S. Navy. | Visit Webiste |
| National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Anyone who sails a ship, flies an aircraft, goes into harm’s way, makes national policy decisions, responds to disasters, or navigates with a cellphone, all rely on the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. NGA delivers world-class geospatial intelligence, or GEOINT, that provides a decisive advantage to warfighters, policymakers, intelligence professionals and first responders. Both an intelligence agency and a combat support agency, NGA fulfills the president’s national security priorities in partnership with the intelligence community and Department of Defense. NGA is headquartered in Springfield, Virginia and has two major locations in St. Louis and Arnold, Missouri. Hundreds of NGA employees serve on support teams at U.S. military, diplomatic and allied locations around the world. | Visit Webiste |
| National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Consortium | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | CONSORTIA | NGA’s Office of Ventures and Innovation using the OTA as one means to drive innovative and transformational change into the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG) and Allied System for Geospatial-Intelligence (ASG) environments. The agreement has a $30M ceiling for multiple prototype project awards and represented SOSSEC’s sixth such agreement since 2007. | Visit Webiste |
| National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | To build new networks of innovators. We remain dedicated to the work of bringing together defense, academic and entrepreneurial innovators to solve national security problems in new ways. | Visit Webiste |
| National Security Innovation Capital (NSIC) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Enables dual-use hardware startups to advance key milestones in their product development by addressing the shortfall of private investment from trusted sources. | Visit Webiste |
| National Spectrum Consortium (NSC) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | CONSORTIA | The National Spectrum Consortium (NSC) provides the Government direct access to over 440 members of U.S. industry and academia who work with systems, sub-systems, components and the enabling technologies related to the use of the electromagnetic spectrum or the information that rides on it. The majority of Consortium members are small businesses, and over 75% are principally focused on commercial markets. Membership spans the continuum of basic research through large-scale production, enabling the formation of purpose-built teams tailored to the development phase(s) of most interest to the sponsor. | Visit Webiste |
| NATO Defense Accelerator for the North Atlantic | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | DIANA leverages its accelerator programme and test centre network to bring start-ups together with operational end users, scientists and systems integrators to advance compelling deep tech with dual-use solutions for the Alliance. Companies accepted into the DIANA accelerator programme gain access to: funding to support technology development and demonstration, and participation in the DIANA accelerator programme. 23 accelerators across the Alliance 182 test centres across the Alliance where entrepreneurs can de-risk, demonstrate and validate their proposed dual-use technological solutions mentoring from scientists, engineers, industry partners, end users, and government procurement experts an investor network associated with the Allied Capital Community for trusted third-party funding opportunities to demonstrate technology in operational environments pathways to market within the NATO enterprise and 32 Allied markets. | Visit Webiste |
| Nextflex: America's Flexible Hybrid Electronics Institute | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | MANUFACTURING INNOVATION INSTITUTES (MII) | NextFlex engages design, development, prototyping, and pilot-scale manufacturing of Flexible Hybrid Electronics aligned with multiple DoD priorities at a single International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Food and Drug Administration compliant location. | Visit Webiste |
| Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) Hub | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | The Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) Hub consists of more than 100 organizations with a significant concentration in eight northeastern states. It represents a unique mix of defense-oriented microelectronics organizations with the technical expertise, facilities, resources, and infrastructure to address the six technical priority areas identified by the Department of Defense (DoD). With a 70-year track record of driving DoD innovation and presence of major defense industry partners, the NEMC Hub is poised to deliver on the mission of the Microelectronic Commons while stimulating job creation, startup maturation, workforce training opportunities, and investments in the region’s advanced manufacturing and emerging technology sectors. | Visit Webiste |
| Northeast Regional Defense Technology Hub (NORDTECH) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Northeast Regional Defense Technology Hub (NORDTECH) expands regional microelectronics fabrication and prototyping to create direct pathways for US commercialization and workforce development. NORDTECH, a consortium led by Cornell University, IBM, NY CREATES, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University at Albany, spans over 50 participants. NORDTECH offers accessible, specialized facilities for wafer-scale advancements and leverages decades of experience connecting microelectronics researchers to prototyping for scaled production. | Visit Webiste |
| NSA's Cybersecurity Collaboration Center (CCC) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | NSA’s Cybersecurity Collaboration Center (CCC) harnesses the power of industry partnerships to prevent and eradicate foreign cyber threats to National Security Systems (NSS), the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). This groundbreaking hub for engagement with the private sector is designed to create an environment for information sharing between NSA and its partners combining our respective expertise, techniques, and capabilities to secure the Nation’s most critical networks. These collaborative relationships leverage the unique strengths of both government and industry and represent a vital part of a whole-of-nation approach to cybersecurity. | Visit Webiste |
| Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The United States is in a global competition to be the world’s leader in emerging critical technologies. These technologies are vital to creating enduring national security advantages and increasing economic prosperity. Today, the private sector provides the majority of capital for U.S. technology R&D and production, and private capital providers are a powerful force in shaping the agenda for America's technology advancement. Consequently, the Secretary of Defense established the Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) with the mission to develop, integrate, and implement proven partnered capital strategies to shape and scale investment in critical technologies. | Visit Webiste |
| Office of Acquisition Enablers | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | GOVERNANCE AND GUIDANCE OFFICES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | To enable the acquisition workforce with innovative, data-driven practices and policies to deliver warfighting capability at the speed of relevance. | Visit Webiste |
| Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | GOVERNANCE AND GUIDANCE OFFICES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | We maximize opportunities for small businesses to contribute to national security by providing combat power for our troops and economic power for our nation. | Visit Webiste |
| Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve (RDER) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Pronounced “Raider,” RDER is an initiative that will facilitate more rapid modernization by focusing prototyping and experimentation efforts on multi-Component missions. | Visit Webiste |
| Research Institute for Tactical Autonomy (RITA) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS | The Research Institute for Tactical Autonomy (RITA) is a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) of the US Department of Defense, Department of Air Force that leverages the research and expertise of diverse faculty, staff, and student researchers from 9 collaborating universities throughout the United States to conduct research and development for secure, trustworthy and intelligent tactical autonomy with trustworthy artificial intelligence, collaborations between platforms and human-machine teaming. The RITA, establish in 2023 as consortium and led by the Howard University Washington DC, provides a national resource for a critical and diverse mass of tactical autonomy researchers. | Visit Webiste |
| Silicon Crossroads Microelectronics Commons (SCMC) Hub | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | The Silicon Crossroads Microelectronic Commons (SCMC) Hub, led by the Applied Research Institute (ARI), is an innovation ecosystem of diverse partners driven to accelerate expansion of America’s microelectronics base by leveraging strong collaborative practices that strategically support innovation, workforce development, and infrastructure needs to achieve domestic microelectronics excellence. In this era of rapid technology advancements, the SCMC model attracts top talent, secures additional financial investments, and helps eliminate the R&D to production “valley of death.” The SCMC is a three-state coalition comprised of Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan, yet has built a committed nationwide membership of innovators, transition owners, academic leaders, defense industrial base (DIB) partners, government program managers and prototyping/manufacturing facilities that are accelerating microelectronics development. The placement of this hub in America’s heartland is a testament of the region’s commitment to and will catalyze the attraction of top-technology companies, talent, and investments to the Midwest for coming generations. | Visit Webiste |
| Small Business Innovation Research - Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR-STTR) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | GOVERNANCE AND GUIDANCE OFFICES | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program was established in 1982 to strengthen the role of innovative SBCs in Federally-funded research or research and development (R/R&D). Specific program purposes are to: (1) stimulate technological innovation; (2) use small business to meet Federal R/R&D needs; (3) foster and encourage participation by socially and economically disadvantaged SBCs (SDBs), and by women-owned SBCs (WOSBs), in technological innovation; and, (4) increase private sector commercialization of innovations derived from Federal R/R&D, thereby increasing competition, productivity and economic growth. Established in 1992, the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program expands public/private sector partnerships and stimulates ideas and technologies between innovative SBCs and non-profit Research Institutions. By providing awards to SBCs for cooperative R/R&D efforts through formal collaborations with Research Institutions, the STTR program assists the U.S. small business and research communities by supporting the commercialization of innovative technologies. STTR’s most important role is to bridge the gap between basic R&D and commercialization of resulting innovations. | Visit Webiste |
| Software Engineering Institute (SEI) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS | Establish and advance software as a strategic advantage for national security. Leads and direct research and transition of software engineering and related disciplines at the intersection of academia, industry, and government. | Visit Webiste |
| Southwest Advanced Prototyp ing (SWAP) Hub | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Led by Arizona State University, the Southwest Advanced Prototyping Hub is one of eight regional innovation hubs established under the Department of Defense’s Microelectronics Commons, a national strategic initiative to accelerate the development and production of microelectronics technologies that are critical to U.S. security and defense. Funded by a $39.8 million initial DoD investment, the SWAP Hub is one of the first awards under the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, which aims to revitalize American semiconductor manufacturing capacity and competitiveness. As the SWAP Hub lead, Arizona State University leverages its ability to convene and engage with stakeholders across diverse sectors. The SWAP Hub’s 130+ regional and national partners work together to accelerate the lab-to-fab transition between research, development and production, and collaborate to build the microelectronics workforce of the future through development of curriculum, learning opportunities and job pathways. ASU coordinates Hub activities and develops the human, physical and digital capabilities of its partners to maximize value to the DoD and advance national security priorities around microelectronics. | Visit Webiste |
| Space Dynamics Laboratory (USU) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS | Use basic and applied research that benefits learning, education, health, human performance, and knowledge. | Visit Webiste |
| Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | SERDP is the DoD’s environmental and resilience science and technology program, planned and executed in partnership with the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with participation by numerous other federal and non-federal organizations. SERDP invests across a broad spectrum of basic and applied research, as well as advanced development. | Visit Webiste |
| System Engineering Research Center (SERC) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS | The SERC will be instrumental in developing partnerships between academia, government, and industry with a focus on solving systems challenges that are critical to our national security through systems research. | Visit Webiste |
| Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Dedicated to ensuring the DoD (Department of Defense) Components have the right T&E (Test and Evaluation) Infrastructure to accomplish the T&E mission. | Visit Webiste |
| The Midwest Microelectronics Consortium (MMEC) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | CONSORTIA | The MMEC™ is a non-profit, member-lead consortium formed to unite industry, academia, and government for US microelectronic advancement, benefiting the commercial and defense markets. Created to enhance domestic technology and fortify the US supply chain, the MMEC envisions a collaborative ecosystem fostering rapid lab-to-fab innovation. This community will empower members to discover new technologies, share their capabilities, develop the next generation of workforce, and bring world-class innovation into scalable commercial production. | Visit Webiste |
| The Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | CONSORTIA | Develop industry-led standards and guide international policies for servicing that contribute to a sustainable, safe, and diverse space economy. | Visit Webiste |
| Tradewinds | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Tradewind is a suite of services designed to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence/machine learning, digital, and data analytics solutions throughout the Department of Defense. A core pillar of Tradewind is the Tradewind Ecosystem where Industry, Academia, and other innovators can connect the Government, and identify contracting opportunities. In October 2022, Tradewind will launch the Tradewind Solutions Marketplace, a ground-breaking digital repository of post-competition, readily-awardable pitch videos, which address the Government’s greatest challenges in the AI/ML, digital, and data analytics space. | Visit Webiste |
| University Consortium for App lied Hyp ersonics (UCAH) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | CONSORTIA | The consortium’s mission is to serve the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) requirements in science and technology, workforce development, and technology transition. It does this by mobilizing and leveraging the academic community and its partners to deliver time-sensitive applied solutions to the DOD-defined research and prototype projects in the follow areas: core technology, next-generation projects (enabling technologies), and challenge projects (multidisciplinary efforts). | Visit Webiste |
| Vertical Lift Consortium (VLC) | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE | CONSORTIA | The Government, in conjunction with VLC, performs a coordinated research and development program designed to develop prototype aviation technologies. Under this Agreement, the Government, along with the non-government members from VLC, can perform coordinated planning and research and development prototype efforts designed to encompass the following as it relates to the aviation technologies. | Visit Webiste |
| Air Force Research Laboratory - New Mexico Tech Engagement Office (AFRL-NM) | SPACE FORCE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (T2) | Air Force Research Laboratory New Mexico is leading the way in the Nation’s laser, optical, and space supremacy technologies. The Technology Engagement Office supports that mission by connecting the private sector and academia with AFRL resources to develop new technology and create opportunities for industry growth. We also offer some of the of the most innovative STEM opportunities in the country, designed to inspire and cultivate our next generation of innovators. | Visit Webiste |
| Hyp erspace Challenge | SPACE FORCE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | ACCELERATOR | Hyperspace Challenge is a business accelerator that forges valuable relationships between the government, startup, and university communities to accelerate innovation for the space domain. | Visit Webiste |
| Kobayashi Maru | SPACE FORCE | SOFTWARE FACTORY | The program provides infrastructure and enterprise services, as well as develops mission applications to enable responsive, resilient operational-level Space C2 capabilities for the space operations centers. | Visit Webiste |
| NewSpace New Mexico | SPACE FORCE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | NewSpace New Mexico is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit that is accelerating the pace of space innovation by uniting and igniting the industry. Through Unite & Ignite Space, a first-of-its-kind co-innovation hub, stakeholders gain access to workspaces, equipment, programming, rapid prototyping and demonstration, and resources needed for innovation and rapid progress. Services include access to space ecosystem knowledge, public events, and networking; navigation services that provide tailored guidance and direct assistance to fast-track business growth; and collaborative innovation services that ignite product and solution development. | Visit Webiste |
| Q-Station Collaboration facility and Soft Landing Accelerator | SPACE FORCE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS | ACCELERATOR | To push innovation faster, developing technology the future needs now. We do it through partnerships, networking and leveraging those around us on a daily basis. | Visit Webiste |
| Space Force Rapid Capabilities Office (USSF RCO) | SPACE FORCE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | The Space RCO mission is to develop and deliver operationally dominant space capabilities at the speed of warfighting relevance. We expedite delivery and deployment of space capabilities in response to the Commander, US Space Command requirements as assigned by our Board of Directors. | Visit Webiste |
| Space Systems Command (SSC) Front Door | SPACE FORCE | CHALLENGE | SSC Front Door is a solution to the space acqusition labyrinth challenge, and is the one-stop-shop for learninga bout engageing with SSC. | Visit Webiste |
| Space Commercially Augmented Mission Platform (Space CAMP) | SPACE FORCE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Focused on the continuous development and deployment of USSF mission applications to the warfighter. As a software node of Platform One (the DoD Executive agent for DevSecOps) for Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), we aim to avoid vendor-lock by building an open platform (Kubernetes/Istio), embracing DevSecOps principles outlined by the DoD CIO and AF CSO, considering microservice/service mesh architectures early and often, leveraging event-driven behavior across the entire portfolio, and building a network of like-minded software shops for collaboration. | Visit Webiste |
| Space Development Agency (SDA) | SPACE FORCE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Create and sustain lethal, resilient, threat-driven, and affordable military space capabilities that provide persistent, resilient, global, low-latency surveillance to deter or defeat adversaries. | Visit Webiste |
| Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) | SPACE FORCE | CONSORTIA | The Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) was created in 2017 through the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. SpEC was created to bridge the cultural gap between military buyers and commercial space startups and small businesses through OTAs. The OTA’s innovative contracting process allows SpEC to solicit bids from a mix of member companies including companies that have not previously done work with the DoD. The SpEC OTAs mission is to work to: Minimize barriers to entry for small businesses and non-traditional vendors Promote integrated research and prototyping efficiencies Leverage partnerships to increase flexibility and agility, reduce cost, improve technology and decrease program development cycles. | Visit Webiste |
| Space Systems Command (SSC) | SPACE FORCE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | Pioneer, develop and deliver sustainable joint space warfighting capabilities to defend the nation and its allies and disrupt adversaries in the contested space domain. | Visit Webiste |
| SpaceWERX | SPACE FORCE | INNOVATION ORGANIZATION | SpaceWERX transitions agile, affordable, and accelerated capabilities by teaming innovative technology developers with Airmen and Guardian talent. | Visit Webiste |
| The Catalyst Accelerator | SPACE FORCE | PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY AGREEMENTS ACCELERATOR | Introduce innovative, dual-use technology to the Department of Defense in support of the US Warfighter while strengthening our nation’s economy by investing in start-ups and small businesses. | Visit Webiste |
Capability Focus Areas
- Additive Manufacturing
- Advanced Manufacturing and Production
- Advanced Materials
- Advanced Networks
- Advanced Nuclear Energy
- Advanced Wireless
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Autonomous & Unmanned Systems
- Autonomous Agents
- Blockchain & Distributed Ledger
- C4ISR Technology
- Cloud Computing
- Cognitive and Explainable AI
- Combat Casualty/Critical Care
- Critical Infrastructure Modernization & Security
- Cyber Security
- Data Analysis & Analytics
- Directed Energy
- Edge Computing
- Energy Storage Technologies
- Engine Technology
- Grid Modernization & Security
- Human-Machine Interfaces
- Hypersonics
- Immersive Technologies (VR, AR, MR, XR)
- Instruments and Payloads
- Integrated Communications Technologies
- Internet of Things (IoT) & Digital Twins
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Machine Learning (ML) & MLOps
- Medical Devices (wearable & diagnostic)
- Network Applications
- Networks
- Nontherapeutic Biotechnologies
- Omics (Genomics, Proteomics, Multi-omcis)
- Process Automation (RPA and IPA)
- Propulsion Technologies and Systems
- Quantum Technologies
- Radar Applications
- Radar-Communication Systems
- Radars
- Radio-frequency (RF) Technology
- Renewable Energy
- RF Materials and Components
- Robotics & Machine Automation
- Semiconductors and Microelectronics
- Sensors & Sensor Fusion
- Signature Management (Early Detection)
- Space Technologies and Systems
- Sustained Autonomy
- Symbiotic Human-Machine Applications
- Therapeutic Biotechnologies
See complete list of current Technology Domains and Capability Focus Areas.