October 3, 2019 | Lewis-Burke Associates LLC
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IN THIS ISSUE
ON THE FRONT LINES
- Army Futures Command Identifies Long-Term Research Gaps
VIEW FROM THE HILL
- President Trump Signs Continuing Resolution to Keep Government Open; Senate Appropriations Committee Paves Way for FY 2020 Defense Appropriations
NATIONAL SECURITY NEWS
- DOD Offices Launch New Artificial Intelligence Initiatives
- National Academies Host Report Launch for Decadal Survey on Social and Behavioral Sciences for the Intelligence Community
- Navy Establishes Tech Bridges to Boost Agility, Collaboration
- AFRL Aerospace Systems Directorate Welcomes New Director
- Minerva Research Initiative Annual Review Highlights National Defense Strategy Connections
FUNDING AND ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
- AFRL Releases Explore Opportunity Call for Transformational S&T Capability Ideas
- DEPSCoR White Papers Due on October 25
- DOD Announces RFI for Synthetic Biology Manufacturing Institute
- DOD Releases Naval Engineering Education Consortium BAA
- ONR Releases Long Range BAA for Navy and Marine Corps S&T
- Naval Research Laboratory Releases BAA for Science and Technology Research
- Naval Applications of Machine Learning Workshop in February 2020
- Chemical and Biological Defense S&T Conference Agenda Announced
- CDMRP Combat Readiness–Medical Research Program Solicits Rapid Development and Translational Research
- Combat Casualty Care Research Program and NHLBI Release Joint Funding Opportunity Announcement
- IARPA Releases RFI for Biometric Recognition and Identification at Altitude and Range (BRIAR)
- DARPA BTO Releases BAA for Complex Neuropsychiatric Conditions
- DARPA I2O Releases BAA for Assured Micropatching
- DARPA OFFensive Swarm Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) Program Seeks Proposals for Fifth “Sprint”
- SPIE Releases Call for Abstracts for AI/ML for Multi-Domain Operations Conference in April 2020
WHAT WE’RE READING
- Air Force Officials: Keep Space Research, Acquisition In House
- Air Force Strategy Provides Pathway for AI Rollout
- AFRL Examines Top Tech Picks
- DOD Report Assesses Role of Interdisciplinary Research in the Future of Social Science
- Intelligence Community Director Outlines Top Three Priorities
- NSA’s New Cybersecurity Directorate Aims to Create Unified Culture