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Air Force invests in new nuclear effects testing prototypes

The Air Force has tapped California-based fusion power startup Fuse Energy Technologies to deliver nuclear effects testing capabilities, DefenseScoop has learned.

Feb 28, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

Air Force introduces data-enabled platform to connect with small businesses

IGNITE leverages over 1,000 data points and machine learning technology to assess a military user’s needs, identify relevant emerging technologies from small businesses and facilitate collaboration in…

Nov 8, 2023 By Mikayla Easley

Spacecom plea to commercial industry: ‘Don’t let the bureaucracy scare you’

“Please, come show us what the realm of the possible is, because there’s a good chance that we didn’t even know we could ask for that," Col.…

Aug 25, 2023 By Mikayla Easley

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines (C) listens during a House Intelligence Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on March 08, 2022 in Washington, DC. The committee met to discuss worldwide threats including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and heard from intelligence officials including both Haines, Director of the National Security Agency Gen. Paul Nakasone, FBI Director Christopher Wray, CIA Director William Burns, and Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Lawmakers question whether the intelligence community needs its own ‘WERX’ tech incubator

An NDAA provision would mandate intel agencies to investigate their gaps with deploying AI and other emerging tech.

Dec 20, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

DISAWERX program manager Jeanelle Holder engages with AI Summit participants. (photo courtesy of DISA)

DISA creates new tech incubator, DISAWERX, to support innovation

The Defense Information Systems Agency recently launched its own technology incubator — DISAWERX — to facilitate prototyping.

Aug 17, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

New AFVentures director wants to ‘oil the machine’

Maj. Amanda Rebhi is the next director of Air Force innovation contracting vehicle AFVentures.

Jan 10, 2022 By Jackson Barnett