Defense Policy Newsletter

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 

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