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THE CHALLENGE Compact and autonomous underwater sensing platforms rely on acoustic transducers for transmitting and receiving signals in marine environments. These systems may be constrained to battery power and thus critically limited by less efficient or sensitive...

    The first 10 startups to participate in The U.S. Air Force Lab with MassChallenge, a two-year pilot project designed to increase non-traditional participation in Small Business Innovative Research program opportunities, were selected April 24. Airgility, Inc.;...

Note: The guidelines in this paper are targeted to the Maker Community. We will shortly publish a companion piece that is directed at the users of 3D printed equipment to help them determine how to make the best use of the equipment and assess its effectiveness. We...

The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the nature of the way we work, but not our ability to deliver value to our sponsors. Originally slated to be an in-person half day workshop, the Innovation Toolkit (ITK), Bridging Innovation, and MITRE’s Air Force Cyber Operations...

MITRE’s Acquisition in the Digital Age (AiDA) team curated a COVID-19 page on our AiDA website focused on Acquisition and Contracting for government COVID-19 response. Content includes contracting strategies and flexibilities leveraging both existing authorities, and...

According to the CDC, COVID-19 is believed to be spread mainly from person-to-person, “through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes." In order to safely treat patients, healthcare personnel must don appropriate Personal Protective...

COVID-19 targets the lungs causing respiratory illness with, in severe cases, complications like pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Severe cases will require a ventilator to be able to deliver enough oxygen into the lungs to the rest of the body. ...

"As someone who spends quite a bit of time both in a lab and on a boat off Narragansett Bay researching undersea technologies, I’m delighted that MITRE is teaming up with MassChallenge to launch their “Bluetech Track.” This is an exciting opportunity for entrepreneurs...

The MITRE Air Force Cyber Operations Portfolio, in collaboration with Bridging Innovation, is working with MassChallenge Texas to help shape and scope their next accelerator program in San Antonio. In late January, MassChallenge Texas, which manages established...

As more health and health care goes digital, patients are navigating how to access and use their data in unprecedented ways. While the technology is moving quickly to meet patient needs, the legal aspects associated with individual data ownership are still developing....

It was standing room only as media, dignitaries, tech luminaries, and AI-enabled droids gathered for the official opening of MassRobotics' new 25,000 square-foot laboratory, demonstration, and event space in Boston’s Seaport Innovation District. Boston Mayor Marty...

As space has become more congested and rival nations develop weapons to target U.S. satellites, MITRE is partnering with innovative solutions to improve the U.S. space domain awareness by identifying, characterizing, and understanding any factor, passive or active,...

AFWERX Vegas hosted the 2D to 3D Designs for Additive Manufacturing Challenge Definition Workshop on January 22-23. The event was designed to bring subject matter experts in additive manufacturing (AM) from industry, academia, military, and government organizations to...

Jan 23, 2020 Hot on the heels of a powerhouse 2019 program, Techstars, the U.S. Air Force, NSIN, and BAE Systems FAST Labs, are delighted to announce the 2020 class of the Air Force Accelerator Powered by Techstars. In 2018 the program launched with the goal of...

January 23, 2020  A Bedford-based nonprofit, MITRE, is the powerhouse behind a new initiative called Bridging Innovation, designed specifically to play matchmaker between startups and government agencies. For the program, MITRE has partnered with essentially all of...

    The Army is in the midst of its fourth competition to bring in small and nontraditional businesses with beneficial technologies to the service that may not work with the government in other circumstances. The Army’s acquisition office set up xTechSearch in 2018....

MITRE Phase I evaluators:  Jon Salisbury, Stephen Dillon, Keith Miller, and Adam Bairos. Not pictured: Christian Fiore, David Long, and Jeff Smith Technology is accelerating at an ever-increasing pace and is more widely accessible than ever before. This creates...

Through a competitive awards-based program, the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) program enables small businesses to explore their technological potential and provides the incentive to profit from its commercialization. AFWERX, in partnership with Air...

The Navy is presenting a preview of its topics to be included in the upcoming DoD 20.1 SBIR BAA and the 20.A STTR BAA. Both will officially open on 1/14/20 and close 2/12/20. Navy 20.1 SBIR Topics Preview The Navy is presenting a preview of its topics to be included...

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Rapid Reaction Technology Office (RRTO) will conduct a Solutions Meeting on behalf of the Assistant Director of Autonomy within the Undersecretary of Defense for Research & Engineering (USD(R&E)) in Spring 2020 in McLean, VA....