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Defense Department Awards $20.6 Million to Support Nickel Prospecting in Minnesota and Michigan

MINNEAPOLIS — The Department of Defense on Tuesday awarded $20.6 million to developers of the proposed Talon nickel mine in Minnesota under a …

Boeing advances in hypersonic interceptor program with $70.6M DARPA contract

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Boeing (NYSE:BA) a contract worth $70.6 million to proceed to the second phase …

Cantwell Says Federal Privacy Legislation Key to Addressing AI Scams And Misuse…

“DARPA is leading the way on important developments to approach detecting AI-generated media,” Sen. Cantwell said, adding that she will soon introduce …

Rice Biotech Launch Pad accelerator aims to rapidly turn medical and health discoveries into cures

… DARPA and the NIH in support of translational work involving platform technologies that can address multiple therapeutic areas.

Lithium giant Albemarle receives $90M grant from US DoD for its Kings Mountain mine

… a $90 million grant to help support the expansion of domestic mining and the production of lithium for the nation’s battery supply chain.

StartUp Health Insights: StartUp Health Companies Awarded SBIR NSF Grants | Sep, 2023

Alerje, a Detroit, MI-based company in emergency medicine and food allergy management, received a Phase II grant award from the SBIR program of …

Fluent BioSciences Awarded NIH SBIR Grant to Revolutionize Single Cell Analysis

The NIH SBIR grant represents a significant step forward for Fluent BioSciences as it continues to democratize single-cell sequencing and …

Arkansas Innovators Invited to Explore Seed Funding Opportunities

The live webinar, “Power Up Your SBIR/STTR Seed Funding Journey,” will cover the program requirements and application process, …

Pentagon vows to use cyberspace to project power and ‘frustrate’ US adversaries – CNN

The Department of Defense’s new cyber strategy – shaped by a close study of Russia’s war in Ukraine – casts the US military’s burgeoning hacking …

China’s new satellites extend its military reach, US says – Defense One

Rapid buildup “allows them to see much further with greater precision at day and at night and through all weather,” Space Force intel chief says.