On December 5th, the DIU/NSIN Foundry Showcase brought together founders, investors, and industry leaders for an inspiring evening of innovation and connection. We had an amazing time hearing the team #pitches and celebrating their work as they tackle #nationalsecurity challenges. 🎉 Congratulations to our top six teams: 1st Place ($20,000 prize) - nFactor Technologies 2nd Place ($10,000 prize) - ResCav 3rd Place ($5,000 prize) - Dynamic Sky 4th Place ($5,000 prize) - Culverin & Company 5th Place ($5,000 prize) - Sparrow 6th Place ($5,000 prize) - PyroTerra Thank you to our speakers, judges, program partners, and cohort teams for making this event a success. We can't wait to see what is next for these amazing ventures - the future of national security innovation looks bright! 🚀 #pitchshowcase #deeptechinnovation #nationalsecurityinnovation NSIN - National Security Innovation Network, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Ariel Fanger, Greta R. Spivey, Ayomide Aremu-Cole, Ngoc L., Jesse Gipe, Julian Wurpel.
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Spot on, J. Clay McGuyer! Superb explanation! I have similarly thought about that “Raiders of the Lost Ark” scene as an illustration of the Valley of Death during my two year foray into the DoD innovation/BD malaise. Your perspective on the “VoD” reimagined not as a place where good ideas go to die but rather a place to deep dive on (previously failed) solutions that just needed to gestate until the right technology or concept came along to make it work. Seaplanes, hydrogen, small modular reactors (and nuclear aircraft someday??) etc. are all having a 21st Century “makeover.” I also think of the movie “Groundhog Day” - with the main character failing (fast?) until he figures out what love really means before moving on to the next day (and the rest of his life). The DTIC database (SBIRs that never made it past Phase 1, ONR/AFRL/NRL projects that never got out of the lab, etc.) is the VoD’s “government warehouse.” Maybe the DTIC database is actually a Large Language Model (LLM) waiting for someone(s) to do a deep dive “literature review” of rediscovery to bring that “Valley of Bones” to life (Ezekiel 37). The ‘Knights who say Ni’ from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” also comes to mind. DoD says they want a shrubbery and when industry returns with a shrubbery, now they want a herring ;). Totally understand though with the whack-a-mole missions and ever-evolving threats from across the competition continuum that DoD faces on the regular. Let’s keep muddling through this together!
Failure = Value. Another great week of #defenseinnovation. A new teammate asked me this week, “How do you know so much about technology?” And when I answered, she looked at me like I was crazy. “Failure,” was my answer. So I had to explain… When you find a technology and try to get it adopted in DOD and it fails, you always remember it. And, eventually, it comes back around. When it does, you say “I know how we could do that!” Then, someone says, “How do you know so much about technology?” Failing fast is a term thrown around often. It is of great value. I had an idea this week we had to kill. It was a great idea, but we couldn’t get any organizations to support the technology. It wasn’t viable with all the other things the department needed to do today. So what happened next? That idea had to go on the shelf. People also talk about the “technology shelf,” but it is a real thing. When I was at JIDO, I had a list of “shelved” programs. If we needed them, we’d pull them out and deloy them. I firmly believe the one we put on the shelf this week will come back. The good thing is, the more you innovate, the bigger the shelf gets. Which brings me to my point. Building a National Security Innovation Base does not happen overnight. It takes a lot of failure to start to build successes. But, the longer we work at it, the better we get. So, we have to remember Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), AFWERX, NavalX, ARCWERX, SOFWERX, and all our DODx teammates have to work together, and share the successes, but also the failures. Things we put on the shelf are not really failures. We have to move on to the next thing. Just know, they will come back around.
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Interested in hearing the latest from private capital and venture capital leaders? It’s officially two weeks until the start of the NDIA's Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference & Exhibition happening August 7 - 9 at Walter E. Washington Convention Center in DC. Attendees can expect several panels covering the importance of aligning private markets to defense needs and more quickly leveraging commercial technology. These panels include: - PRIVATE CAPITAL AND VC PERSPECTIVES ON EMERGING DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY MARKETS - DIU Update - FIRESIDE CHAT: OFFICE OF STRATEGIC CAPITAL Secure your spot today at NDIATechExpo.org #EmergingTechETI
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Heading to the Security & Policing event? Need to aggregate data quickly from multiple data sets? Need to save your investigators and analysts time? Need to do more with less? Need Scout®. #Scout® #dataaggregation #timeefficiency #investigations #data
Scott Coughtrie and Andrew Booth from Synalogik are attending the Security and Policing event at Farnborough exhibition centre on the 12 March 2024 as guests of the Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE). Please come and find us at the Innovation Zone or in the Government Zone. Looking forward to discussing our ground-breaking technology 'Scout'
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Regarding J. Clay McGuyer's allusion to "the Warehouse of Death" for #defenseinnovation ...I think this is a contender to replace the infamous Valley of Death. The latter suggests that if we (small tech companies) only had enough water and supplies, we could make it across. In other words, the Valley analogy implies that small tech companies have some (some) ability to control their own destiny. But if you end up in the Warehouse, on the other hand, water and supplies may just extend your shelf life in purgatory. This opinion piece by Jason Stack was in my reading pile -- https://lnkd.in/dAcrZiHN -- and in my opinion provides very valuable insights into achieving the level and quality of innovation the US needs to prevail in any future near-peer (or even non-near peer) conflict. He expands on these four points: 1. Solve problems, don’t meet requirements. 2. Protect, incentivize and embed the innovators. 3. Experiment early, incrementally and only against actual hypotheses. 4. Optimize for discovery and speed, not for efficiency or scale. I thought Jason's opinion piece provided valuable insights and applications for achieving the type of truly disruptive (a la Replicator) innovation we all claim to value. Sure, handy for the DoD to have a warehouse of shelves to pull tech from when they decide they need it. But to Jason's point, the warehouse approach may not serve the endgame of unleashing the type of disruptive innovation process we need to win the war.
Failure = Value. Another great week of #defenseinnovation. A new teammate asked me this week, “How do you know so much about technology?” And when I answered, she looked at me like I was crazy. “Failure,” was my answer. So I had to explain… When you find a technology and try to get it adopted in DOD and it fails, you always remember it. And, eventually, it comes back around. When it does, you say “I know how we could do that!” Then, someone says, “How do you know so much about technology?” Failing fast is a term thrown around often. It is of great value. I had an idea this week we had to kill. It was a great idea, but we couldn’t get any organizations to support the technology. It wasn’t viable with all the other things the department needed to do today. So what happened next? That idea had to go on the shelf. People also talk about the “technology shelf,” but it is a real thing. When I was at JIDO, I had a list of “shelved” programs. If we needed them, we’d pull them out and deloy them. I firmly believe the one we put on the shelf this week will come back. The good thing is, the more you innovate, the bigger the shelf gets. Which brings me to my point. Building a National Security Innovation Base does not happen overnight. It takes a lot of failure to start to build successes. But, the longer we work at it, the better we get. So, we have to remember Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), AFWERX, NavalX, ARCWERX, SOFWERX, and all our DODx teammates have to work together, and share the successes, but also the failures. Things we put on the shelf are not really failures. We have to move on to the next thing. Just know, they will come back around.
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Scout was designed by a frustrated police detective who realised that: 👨💻 Investigators and analysts would spend vast amounts of time gathering information from various sources 👨💻 Open source searches were variable depending on the skillset of the investigator 👨💻 Analysis of the data was complex and resource intensive 👨💻 Information would be cut and pasted into manual reports which was: a) Labourious b) Lost, i.e. not searchable again. Scout was built to overcome all of these obstacles, speeding up entity profiling by gathering data and OSINT, analysing information and then prioritising it ⭐️IN SECONDS ⭐️ We can integrate other data sources into Scout and have a suite of data we also offer. As a former detective (Field Intelligence Officer) this would have saved me hours (sometimes days) of work. It’s a game changer, creating consistent results, saving vast amounts of time, finding leads and connecting entities, such as mobile phones to people. Please get in touch with me, or any of the team SYNALOGiK Innovative Solutions Limited to find out more. If you’re at the the Security and Policing Home Office Event next week, please go and visit Andy and Scott. They’ll be happy to pull up a sandbag with you 👍
Scott Coughtrie and Andrew Booth from Synalogik are attending the Security and Policing event at Farnborough exhibition centre on the 12 March 2024 as guests of the Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE). Please come and find us at the Innovation Zone or in the Government Zone. Looking forward to discussing our ground-breaking technology 'Scout'
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Interested in hearing the latest from private capital and venture capital leaders? It’s officially two weeks until the start of the NDIA's Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference & Exhibition happening August 7 - 9 at Walter E. Washington Convention Center in DC. Attendees can expect several panels covering the importance of aligning private markets to defense needs and more quickly leveraging commercial technology. These panels include: - PRIVATE CAPITAL AND VC PERSPECTIVES ON EMERGING DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY MARKETS - DIU Update - FIRESIDE CHAT: OFFICE OF STRATEGIC CAPITAL Secure your spot today at NDIATechExpo.org #EmergingTechETI
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🚨 Attention Founders and Startups 🚨 Join the Defense Innovation OnRamp Hub: Arizona for our next founder event on August 8th in Phoenix. Come learn from industry expert Sonia Vohnout give a deep dive into DoD SBIR/STTRs. Event: Founder Series: SIBR/STTR Date: August 8th Time: 11:00am to 1:00pm During the luncheon, you will have the opportunity to: 💡 Learn about the objectives, phases, and funding opportunities specific to the DoD SBIR/STTR programs. 🚀 Explore effective pathways to transition from R&D to market-ready defense technologies. 🔓 Discover best practices for formatting strategic partnerships with defense contractors, research institutions, and government agencies. 🔍 Identify other funding programs and resources available to support defense-related innovations and enhance project success. 🥗 Network with fellow founders and representatives from the Department of Defense Who Should Attend: Individuals interested in DoD programs, emerging founders, startups, technology investment, academia and research in defense technology are encouraged to attend. 🔗 Register: https://lnkd.in/gNtkvRGx Don't miss this opportunity to connect with fellow innovators and accelerate your business growth. #DualUseTechnology #NationalSecurity #DoD #Innovation #Founders #SWMAC #defenseinnovation #SBIR #STTR
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"The best way to predict the future is to create it." - Alan Kay At Attentus, we believe in being the answer to tomorrow's technology challenges. We don't just react to change - we drive it. How are you creating the future for your business? Share your innovative approaches below! #InnovationQuote #TechLeadership #FutureofIT #attentustech
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At the Space Tech Expo Europe 2024 🚀, we had the pleasure of speaking with Scott Unzen, Sales & Marketing Manager at Omnetics Connector Corporation. With over 20 years of experience in sales and marketing for electronic components, Scott brings extensive expertise in business development and market strategy. During the interview, Scott shared insights into the latest trends and challenges in the industry, highlighting the importance of quality and reliability in high-demand applications. Our long-standing partnership with Omnetics allows us to provide our customers with innovative and dependable interconnect solutions that meet the rigorous demands of modern technologies. Learn more about Omnetics here 👉 https://lnkd.in/djywKWKY #SpaceTech #Omnetics #Innovation #Partnership #Aerospace #Defense #Technology #MSAComponents
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If you are attending GovAI this week and are interested in seeing what a leading Generative AI platform can do for your business - stop by our Booth (#11) our guys will be happy to talk with you and give you the run down. #RohanRFP #ArtificialIntelligence
We're at the GovAISummit. Stop by to chat with us at Booth #11. #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #MachineLearning #Innovation #RohanRFP Benjamin Barrows Tate Sundberg Ed Savage Tim Sedlak, PMP Farah van Caloen
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