August 1, 2019 | Lewis-Burke Associates LLC
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IN THIS ISSUE

VIEW FROM THE HILL

• Congress and the White House Strike a New Two-Year Budget Agreement Lifting Spending Caps
• House Passes NDAA, Moving Bill to Conference

NATIONAL SECURITY NEWS

• Mark Esper Confirmed as Defense Secretary, Focuses Efforts on Filling Vacancies
• Director of National Intelligence Resigns, President Trump Names New Intel Chief
• Army Futures Command Leadership Illuminates Approach to Small Business and Academic Outreach
• DOD Chief Technology Office Launches New Web Sites
• AFRL Joins IBM Q Network to Form New Quantum Information Technology Hub in New York
• DARPA Announces Launch of Microsystems Exploration Program
• DOD to Stand Up New Information Security Office on Cybersecurity
• NSA to Launch First Cybersecurity Directorate this Fall
• White House Releases Updated Strategic Plan for AI R&D, Congress Develops AI Legislation

FUNDING AND ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

• Air Force Academy Releases BAA for New Approaches in Artificial Intelligence Education
• AFRL to Issue BAA for Operationalizing Machine Learning for Command and Control
• AFRL Announces Defense Production Act Title III FOA for Domestic Production Capability and Capacity
• Army Center Seeks Information on Cybersecurity Defense Operations and Research
• Army Research Laboratory Issues RFI for Partnership Intermediary Agreement
• CDMRP Releases Pre-Announcements for New Programs in Pain Management and Combat Readiness
• Chemical and Biological Defense S&T Conference Registration Opens
• DARPA Publishes BAA for Information Innovation Office Intent-Defined Adaptive Software (IDAS)
• DARPA Announces SBIR/STTR Opportunity for Side Channel Attack Testbench Estimator (SCATE)
• DMRDP Releases Restoring Warfighters with Neuromusculoskeletal Injuries Research Award (RESTORE)
• Military Operational Medicine Research Program Releases RFI for Pilot Program on Psychological Conditions Associated with Sexual Assault
• Military Operational Medicine Research Program Releases RFI for PREVENTS National Research Strategy
• NITRD NCO Issues RFI on Strategic Computing

WHAT WE’RE READING

• Electronic Warfare Spending on the Rise
• The U.S. Army is Making Synthetic Biology a Priority
• Think Tank Makes Recommendations on the U.S. Defense Department’s Role in Health Security 
• DARPA’S $1.5-Billion Remake of U.S. Electronics: Progress Report 
• VA Appoints First-Ever Artificial Intelligence Director