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Albemarle wins $90M DoD government grant to boost U.S. lithium production (NYSE:ALB)

… approved a $90M grant to help support the expansion of domestic mining and the production of lithium for the U.S. battery supply chain.

CCAT selects Capvidia as MBD technology partner for DoD Digital Thread Manufacturing Lab

“The Lab will serve as an engine to digitally transform our defense supply chains: unlocking productivity and profits by enabling MBD adoption …

SCOUT Space Awarded AFWERX Phase II to Develop Autonomous Satellite Software Suite

The DAF began offering the Open Topic SBIR/STTR program in 2018 which expanded the range of innovations the DAF funded and now on August 09, 2023, …

Patently Strategic Podcast: Government Grants and Patent Rights – IPWatchdog.com

The Small Business Technology Transfer (or STTR) and Small Business Innovation Research (or SBIR) grants are the largest source of early-stage …

Six professors granted USC’s first award for faculty intending to commercialize their research

“Unlike many research programs that we submit to, [the SBIR / STTR Award] is mostly focused on outcomes … You need to present very clear …

U.S. Dept of Defense Signs Deal to Boost Domestic Nickel Production – USNews.com

(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Defense on Tuesday entered into a $20.6 million agreement with a subsidiary of Canada’s Talon Metals Corp to …

A Record for Billion-Dollar Disasters Shows the Limits of America’s Defenses – The New York Times

The United States has been hit by 23 large-scale disasters so far this year, and hurricane season is far from over.

U.S. defense, commerce officials due in Seoul amid potential N. Korea-Russia arms deal

Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Sasha Baker will visit South Korea later this week for the 4th meeting of the Extended Deterrence …

How US Marines can protect commercial shipping in the Gulf – Defense News

Successfully deploying Marines on commercial ships could require overcoming thorny logistical hurdles.

India, NASA to cooperate on human spaceflight, planetary defense | Space

U.S. President Joe Biden congratulated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the scientists at the engineers at the Indian Space Research …