March 3, 2020 | Lewis-Burke Associates LLC
View Full Report: Defense Policy Newsletter – March 3, 2020
IN THIS ISSUE
VIEW FROM THE HILL
- HASC Holds Second Future of Defense Task Force Hearing on “Supercharging the Innovation Base”
- HASC Members React to DOD’s FY 2021 Request in First Budget Hearing
NATIONAL SECURITY NEWS
- President Trump Releases FY 2021 Budget Request; Prioritizes Near-Term Military Capabilities
- DOD Faces Continued Turmoil with Additional Leadership Changes
- U.S. Officials Warn of Threats to U.S. Universities and Economy at CSIS China Initiative Conference
- DOD Adopts Defense Innovation Board’s Recommendations for AI Principles
FUNDING AND ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
- DOD Releases FOA for BioIndustrial Manufacturing Innovation Institute
- FY 2021 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) BAA
- Department of Defense Releases FY 2021 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) BAA
- DARPA BTO Announces June 3-4 Biotech Summit
- DARPA DSO Announces June 24-25 Discover DSO Day
- DARPA DSO Announces Habitus Program BAA
- DARPA DSO Announces Proposers Day for High Enthalpy Aperture Technology (HEAT) Program
- DARPA DSO Announces Proposers Day for Rational Integrated Design of Energetics (RIDE) Program
- DARPA DSO Announces Proposers Day for Invisible Headlights Program
- DARPA DSO Releases Disruption Opportunity for Quest for Undiscovered Energy Storage and Thrust (QUEST) Program
- DARPA I2O Releases BAA on Open Programmable Secure 5G (OPS-5G)
- DARPA MTO Releases BAA for Wideband Secure and Protected Emitter and Receiver (WiSPER) Program
- DARPA MTO Releases BAA on Wideband Adaptive RF Protection (WARP)
- CDMRP Releases FY 2020 Solicitations
- 2020 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) Announces Calls for Abstracts
WHAT WE’RE READING
- DOD Looks to Inspire Young People to Pursue Engineering
- Planners Aim to Build Slim, Agile Space Force
- Army Secretary Questions DHA’s Readiness to Handle Reforms