The document discusses the Information Analysis Centers (IACs), which leverage data and analysis to diagnose technology opportunities and threats for the Department of Defense. The IACs conduct $2 billion annually in research, analysis and technical studies through over 600 tasks areas. They serve as a resource to access technical data and analysis in support of operations. The IACs also work to identify innovations from commercial and non-defense sources to develop better, cheaper and faster defense capabilities. Examples are provided of IAC projects supporting areas like counter-IED efforts and medical assessments.
The document summarizes the author's experiences during the first 10 years of his career as a structural engineer from 1958-1968. It describes some of the major projects he worked on, including buildings for IIT Delhi, medical colleges, and factories. It highlights two learning experiences from early in his career - making an error in design calculations that was caught by a site engineer, and receiving guidance from his boss on properly designing brick structures. The boss handled the error calmly and taught the author through demonstrating designs. Overall it provides insights into the author's first decade in the field.
The document contains contact information for Owen & Gilsenan Architects, including six addresses of properties in Wahroonga, Port Macquarie, Enfield, Parramatta, Killara, and Gosford. It also lists the architects' office address and phone, fax, and email contact details.
The document provides specifications for the POP TEAL go! collaborative board from Clarus Glassboards. It lists the board's weight, size, and ability to nest, gang, and collaborate. Visitors can design their own board at the provided website. The board combines glass and steel construction and allows customization of glass color, frame finish, and caster shade.
This short document states that all images used come from the internet and the copyrights belong to the original authors as named. The document expresses thanks and is signed off by Trinity on October 10, 2009.
1. The document describes methods developed to assess brown rot resistance in peach fruits, including an orchard spray-based method and a laboratory drop-based method.
2. Phenotypic data on infection probability and rot progression was collected from multiple populations over two years using these methods. Sub-traits associated with resistance like cuticular conductance, stomatal density, and fruit size effects were also analyzed.
3. The results provide insights on factors influencing infection probability and rot progression to inform breeding for improved brown rot resistance by combining favorable sub-traits.
How To Transform Ecommerce Marketing with Social MediaHubSpot
How to Transform your eCommerce Marketing with Social Media will give you the tips and tools to help grow your social following while increasing sales using Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
The document summarizes the author's experiences during the first 10 years of his career as a structural engineer from 1958-1968. It describes some of the major projects he worked on, including buildings for IIT Delhi, medical colleges, and factories. It highlights two learning experiences from early in his career - making an error in design calculations that was caught by a site engineer, and receiving guidance from his boss on properly designing brick structures. The boss handled the error calmly and taught the author through demonstrating designs. Overall it provides insights into the author's first decade in the field.
The document contains contact information for Owen & Gilsenan Architects, including six addresses of properties in Wahroonga, Port Macquarie, Enfield, Parramatta, Killara, and Gosford. It also lists the architects' office address and phone, fax, and email contact details.
The document provides specifications for the POP TEAL go! collaborative board from Clarus Glassboards. It lists the board's weight, size, and ability to nest, gang, and collaborate. Visitors can design their own board at the provided website. The board combines glass and steel construction and allows customization of glass color, frame finish, and caster shade.
This short document states that all images used come from the internet and the copyrights belong to the original authors as named. The document expresses thanks and is signed off by Trinity on October 10, 2009.
1. The document describes methods developed to assess brown rot resistance in peach fruits, including an orchard spray-based method and a laboratory drop-based method.
2. Phenotypic data on infection probability and rot progression was collected from multiple populations over two years using these methods. Sub-traits associated with resistance like cuticular conductance, stomatal density, and fruit size effects were also analyzed.
3. The results provide insights on factors influencing infection probability and rot progression to inform breeding for improved brown rot resistance by combining favorable sub-traits.
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How to Transform your eCommerce Marketing with Social Media will give you the tips and tools to help grow your social following while increasing sales using Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
The document provides information on successful field training, including the learning process, prospecting, mindset, and purpose of kitchen table presentations. The learning process involves hearing, writing, reading, and saying techniques repeatedly to achieve retention, utilization, and reinforcement. Prospecting should always present the opportunity first. The field training mindset advocates training before becoming licensed to earn more money faster. Kitchen table presentations aim to show people how the presenter can help them become clients or recruits.
This document discusses antibiotic allergy and provides key messages from several guidelines and expert opinions on the diagnosis and management of adverse drug reactions. It defines different types of drug hypersensitivity reactions and classifications. It also discusses approaches to evaluating antibiotic allergies, including skin testing and drug provocation tests. Specific sections focus on penicillin allergy testing and management. The document is a comprehensive review drawing from multiple guidelines and studies.
Este documento trata sobre ecuaciones exponenciales del caso II. Explica cómo resolver ecuaciones exponenciales donde la variable aparece en el exponente de la función exponencial. Se detalla el procedimiento para eliminar la variable del exponente y así poder resolver la ecuación obteniendo una o más soluciones.
Este documento proporciona información sobre diferentes tipos de fondos y salsas. Explica los elementos que componen los fondos, como huesos, vegetales y aromáticos. Describe los tipos principales de fondos, incluidos los fondos claros de ternera, ave y pescado, así como los fondos oscuros. También cubre la importancia histórica de los fondos y salsas, y proporciona detalles sobre la preparación de varias salsas importantes.
Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington. He showed an early aptitude for computers, writing his first program at age 13. Though accepted to Harvard, Gates dropped out in his junior year to start Microsoft with his friend Paul Allen in 1975. Gates helped grow Microsoft into the global software giant and leader in technology it is today, developing operating systems and business solutions. He has since dedicated himself to philanthropy through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, focusing on global health and education initiatives around the world.
The document discusses weightlifting and provides an assessment of Victoria Cisneros, an 18-year-old female weightlifter. It includes her anthropometric measurements, results from flexibility, power, and strength tests, and compares her lifts to world champion Tatiana Kashirina. Areas for improvement include increasing her lean body mass ratio and focusing on overall strength gains.
Hemoptysis refers to coughing up blood from the respiratory tract. It can range from a small amount of blood-tinged mucus to life-threatening massive hemorrhage. Common causes include infections, lung cancer, and vascular conditions. Evaluation involves assessing the type and amount of bleeding along with diagnostic tests like chest imaging, sputum analysis, and bronchoscopy. Treatment focuses on stabilizing the patient, stopping the bleeding, and addressing the underlying cause through techniques such as bronchial artery embolization, surgery, or medications. Complications can include asphyxiation, shock, and infection if not properly managed.
This document discusses significant bacteriuria and how it is defined as ≥105 CFU/ml of bacteria in a urine specimen, or ≥100 CFU/ml for catheterized specimens. It outlines methods for urine examination including microscopy, culture, and chemical tests. Microscopy looks for white blood cells and casts. Culture methods include loop, pour plate, and dip-slide techniques to quantify bacteria. Chemical tests detect nitrites and leukocyte esterase. The interpretation of urine cultures depends on factors like specimen type and patient symptoms. Asymptomatic bacteriuria requires treatment in pregnant women to prevent pyelonephritis.
Este documento describe los efectos biológicos de las radiaciones ionizantes. Explica que pueden producir daños en el material biológico como el ADN y causar efectos como cáncer o cambios estructurales. También detalla cómo diferentes tejidos y órganos tienen distintos niveles de sensibilidad a la radiación y cómo la dosis y el tiempo de exposición afectan los riesgos. Un objetivo clave de la radiobiología es reducir los efectos de la radiación manteniendo las dosis lo más bajas posible.
ETL stands for Extraction, Transformation, and Loading. The document describes an example ETL process to load master customer data from an Excel file into an SAP BI platform. First, the data is extracted from the Excel file into the BI data warehouse using a data source and info package. Next, the data in the persistent staging area is transformed by defining the customer ID and name fields as characteristic info objects. Finally, a data transfer process loads the mapped data from the source into the appropriate info objects, completing the ETL process.
Fantasy Football Info 2009 Yahoo Football Cheat SheetFantasy-Info
Fantasy-Info.com has their 2009 Yahoo Cheat Sheet. We hope you find this fantasy football information valuable to you on fantasy draft day. Here’s wishing you good luck for fantasy football in 2009.
See the full, written list here! bit.ly/likeable150
Happy 2015! Here's to a making it the most #likeable year yet. Want to know what I love most about Twitter? The people. Reading tweets from my favorite thought leaders gives me such inspiration. That's why I'm thrilled to announce 2015's Top 150 thought leaders to follow on Twitter. Follow these 150 and get the latest from their savvy tweeting.
Follow this list (bit.ly/twitter150) to keep up with all 150 thought-leading marketers in one place.
This document provides an overview of effective communication principles for nursing. It defines communication and discusses the communication process. Key aspects of effective communication highlighted include having clear lines of communication, concise messaging, and feedback. The document also covers types of communication channels, principles for choosing words, listening skills, and non-verbal communication factors like eye contact and posture.
Earthquake load as per nbc 105 and is 1893Binay Shrestha
This document provides an overview of earthquake resistant design philosophy and concepts in building codes. It discusses key topics such as:
- The goal of earthquake resistant rather than earthquake proof design, allowing some damage to occur and dissipate energy.
- Designing structures to resist minor, moderate, and major earthquakes without collapse through ductility and overstrength.
- Methods of seismic analysis including static coefficient and response spectrum approaches.
- Factors influencing earthquake forces such as seismic hazard, structural properties, and performance objectives.
- Detailing requirements for ductile moment frames and bracing systems.
How to Use Outstanding Visual Language in a Presentation – Part ISOAP Presentations
http://soappresentations.com/how_to_use_outstanding_visual_language_i/
This e-Book will inspire you to use more visuals in your next presentations, avoiding boring slides with too much text and full of bullet points.
Download the first part of our e-Book, “How to Use Outstanding Visual Language in a Presentation”, and deliver highly impactful messages from now on.
http://soappresentations.com/how_to_use_outstanding_visual_language_i/
SAIC is a science and technology company founded in 1969 that now employs over 45,000 people with $10 billion in annual revenue. It provides services and products to the US government in areas like national security, energy, environment, and health. Some of SAIC's major contracts have included work on renewable energy technologies, nuclear waste storage, weapons systems, intelligence support, and assistance to the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan. As an employee-owned company, SAIC has grown significantly over the past 40 years and now ranks as a Fortune 500 company.
The document discusses the history and future of innovation in San Antonio, Texas. It begins with a summary of San Antonio's role in aviation and space innovation dating back to the 1910s. It then discusses more recent developments including the founding of the US Air Force Academy in 1954, advances in cybersecurity and the activation of 24th Air Force in 2009 focused on cyber operations. The document envisions San Antonio's future role in emerging areas like biotechnology, cybersecurity and developing human capital to organize and produce innovation.
Staying Ahead of the Race - Quantum computing in Cybersecurity Lilminow
This article proposes the use of autonomous software agents to help defend the growing number of interconnected devices that make up the Internet of Battlefield Things (IoBT) from cyber threats. As an example, the article describes how an autonomous agent residing on a robotic vehicle could detect and block malicious traffic to help prevent malware from degrading the vehicle's critical communications. The article argues that autonomous cyber defense agents will be necessary to manage security at the scale of the large and complex IoBT. It then provides an illustrative scenario of how such an agent may operate and discusses challenges in developing effective autonomous agents for cyber defense in battlefield environments.
The document provides information on successful field training, including the learning process, prospecting, mindset, and purpose of kitchen table presentations. The learning process involves hearing, writing, reading, and saying techniques repeatedly to achieve retention, utilization, and reinforcement. Prospecting should always present the opportunity first. The field training mindset advocates training before becoming licensed to earn more money faster. Kitchen table presentations aim to show people how the presenter can help them become clients or recruits.
This document discusses antibiotic allergy and provides key messages from several guidelines and expert opinions on the diagnosis and management of adverse drug reactions. It defines different types of drug hypersensitivity reactions and classifications. It also discusses approaches to evaluating antibiotic allergies, including skin testing and drug provocation tests. Specific sections focus on penicillin allergy testing and management. The document is a comprehensive review drawing from multiple guidelines and studies.
Este documento trata sobre ecuaciones exponenciales del caso II. Explica cómo resolver ecuaciones exponenciales donde la variable aparece en el exponente de la función exponencial. Se detalla el procedimiento para eliminar la variable del exponente y así poder resolver la ecuación obteniendo una o más soluciones.
Este documento proporciona información sobre diferentes tipos de fondos y salsas. Explica los elementos que componen los fondos, como huesos, vegetales y aromáticos. Describe los tipos principales de fondos, incluidos los fondos claros de ternera, ave y pescado, así como los fondos oscuros. También cubre la importancia histórica de los fondos y salsas, y proporciona detalles sobre la preparación de varias salsas importantes.
Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington. He showed an early aptitude for computers, writing his first program at age 13. Though accepted to Harvard, Gates dropped out in his junior year to start Microsoft with his friend Paul Allen in 1975. Gates helped grow Microsoft into the global software giant and leader in technology it is today, developing operating systems and business solutions. He has since dedicated himself to philanthropy through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, focusing on global health and education initiatives around the world.
The document discusses weightlifting and provides an assessment of Victoria Cisneros, an 18-year-old female weightlifter. It includes her anthropometric measurements, results from flexibility, power, and strength tests, and compares her lifts to world champion Tatiana Kashirina. Areas for improvement include increasing her lean body mass ratio and focusing on overall strength gains.
Hemoptysis refers to coughing up blood from the respiratory tract. It can range from a small amount of blood-tinged mucus to life-threatening massive hemorrhage. Common causes include infections, lung cancer, and vascular conditions. Evaluation involves assessing the type and amount of bleeding along with diagnostic tests like chest imaging, sputum analysis, and bronchoscopy. Treatment focuses on stabilizing the patient, stopping the bleeding, and addressing the underlying cause through techniques such as bronchial artery embolization, surgery, or medications. Complications can include asphyxiation, shock, and infection if not properly managed.
This document discusses significant bacteriuria and how it is defined as ≥105 CFU/ml of bacteria in a urine specimen, or ≥100 CFU/ml for catheterized specimens. It outlines methods for urine examination including microscopy, culture, and chemical tests. Microscopy looks for white blood cells and casts. Culture methods include loop, pour plate, and dip-slide techniques to quantify bacteria. Chemical tests detect nitrites and leukocyte esterase. The interpretation of urine cultures depends on factors like specimen type and patient symptoms. Asymptomatic bacteriuria requires treatment in pregnant women to prevent pyelonephritis.
Este documento describe los efectos biológicos de las radiaciones ionizantes. Explica que pueden producir daños en el material biológico como el ADN y causar efectos como cáncer o cambios estructurales. También detalla cómo diferentes tejidos y órganos tienen distintos niveles de sensibilidad a la radiación y cómo la dosis y el tiempo de exposición afectan los riesgos. Un objetivo clave de la radiobiología es reducir los efectos de la radiación manteniendo las dosis lo más bajas posible.
ETL stands for Extraction, Transformation, and Loading. The document describes an example ETL process to load master customer data from an Excel file into an SAP BI platform. First, the data is extracted from the Excel file into the BI data warehouse using a data source and info package. Next, the data in the persistent staging area is transformed by defining the customer ID and name fields as characteristic info objects. Finally, a data transfer process loads the mapped data from the source into the appropriate info objects, completing the ETL process.
Fantasy Football Info 2009 Yahoo Football Cheat SheetFantasy-Info
Fantasy-Info.com has their 2009 Yahoo Cheat Sheet. We hope you find this fantasy football information valuable to you on fantasy draft day. Here’s wishing you good luck for fantasy football in 2009.
See the full, written list here! bit.ly/likeable150
Happy 2015! Here's to a making it the most #likeable year yet. Want to know what I love most about Twitter? The people. Reading tweets from my favorite thought leaders gives me such inspiration. That's why I'm thrilled to announce 2015's Top 150 thought leaders to follow on Twitter. Follow these 150 and get the latest from their savvy tweeting.
Follow this list (bit.ly/twitter150) to keep up with all 150 thought-leading marketers in one place.
This document provides an overview of effective communication principles for nursing. It defines communication and discusses the communication process. Key aspects of effective communication highlighted include having clear lines of communication, concise messaging, and feedback. The document also covers types of communication channels, principles for choosing words, listening skills, and non-verbal communication factors like eye contact and posture.
Earthquake load as per nbc 105 and is 1893Binay Shrestha
This document provides an overview of earthquake resistant design philosophy and concepts in building codes. It discusses key topics such as:
- The goal of earthquake resistant rather than earthquake proof design, allowing some damage to occur and dissipate energy.
- Designing structures to resist minor, moderate, and major earthquakes without collapse through ductility and overstrength.
- Methods of seismic analysis including static coefficient and response spectrum approaches.
- Factors influencing earthquake forces such as seismic hazard, structural properties, and performance objectives.
- Detailing requirements for ductile moment frames and bracing systems.
How to Use Outstanding Visual Language in a Presentation – Part ISOAP Presentations
http://soappresentations.com/how_to_use_outstanding_visual_language_i/
This e-Book will inspire you to use more visuals in your next presentations, avoiding boring slides with too much text and full of bullet points.
Download the first part of our e-Book, “How to Use Outstanding Visual Language in a Presentation”, and deliver highly impactful messages from now on.
http://soappresentations.com/how_to_use_outstanding_visual_language_i/
SAIC is a science and technology company founded in 1969 that now employs over 45,000 people with $10 billion in annual revenue. It provides services and products to the US government in areas like national security, energy, environment, and health. Some of SAIC's major contracts have included work on renewable energy technologies, nuclear waste storage, weapons systems, intelligence support, and assistance to the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan. As an employee-owned company, SAIC has grown significantly over the past 40 years and now ranks as a Fortune 500 company.
The document discusses the history and future of innovation in San Antonio, Texas. It begins with a summary of San Antonio's role in aviation and space innovation dating back to the 1910s. It then discusses more recent developments including the founding of the US Air Force Academy in 1954, advances in cybersecurity and the activation of 24th Air Force in 2009 focused on cyber operations. The document envisions San Antonio's future role in emerging areas like biotechnology, cybersecurity and developing human capital to organize and produce innovation.
Staying Ahead of the Race - Quantum computing in Cybersecurity Lilminow
This article proposes the use of autonomous software agents to help defend the growing number of interconnected devices that make up the Internet of Battlefield Things (IoBT) from cyber threats. As an example, the article describes how an autonomous agent residing on a robotic vehicle could detect and block malicious traffic to help prevent malware from degrading the vehicle's critical communications. The article argues that autonomous cyber defense agents will be necessary to manage security at the scale of the large and complex IoBT. It then provides an illustrative scenario of how such an agent may operate and discusses challenges in developing effective autonomous agents for cyber defense in battlefield environments.
Open Source and Cyber Security: Open Source Software's Role in Government Cyb...Great Wide Open
This document summarizes the cybersecurity research agenda of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate. It discusses how DHS is focusing on areas like critical infrastructure security, open source software, cyber-physical systems, and new technology programs. The research aims to drive innovation in cybersecurity solutions through collaboration with academia, industry and open source communities to address evolving threats and transition technologies for real-world use.
The document discusses various topics related to technology including:
1. It defines technology as tools and the knowledge connected to their use, as well as ways of organizing human activity like factories and mass production.
2. It discusses how general tools require programming to perform specific jobs and how craft technologies differ from mass production.
3. It covers how the US government funds basic research through agencies like the National Science Foundation and funds applied research and development through defense agencies like DARPA which helped create the internet.
1) The document discusses the role of various trade organizations in the electronics industry such as IPC, CEA, SMTA, and others. IPC represents PCB fabricators and assemblers.
2) It describes changes at IPC in recent years including growing OEM membership and a more vertically integrated approach. However, some trade organizations like IPC and CEA may have competing objectives.
3) The regulation of drones is provided as an example where IPC advocates for more government oversight due to national security concerns, whereas CEA wants to minimize regulation to support industry growth.
TSTC Emerging Technologies and the 5th World discusses how science and technology convergence is transforming workforce education. S&T convergence involves the synergistic combination of nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and neuroscience. This is fueling rapid technological progress and creating demand for new skills. TSTC is identifying emerging technology programs like nanotechnology, digital games, and fuel cells to prepare students for in-demand jobs. Leaders in economic development are focusing on building technopoles through initiatives in innovation, networking, human capital, and public-private partnerships. Promising K-12 solutions exist through transdisciplinary learning models and online gaming platforms that engage students in science.
NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN Daniel Dufourt
"This AI R&D Strategic Plan defines a high-level framework that can be used to identify scientific and technological gaps in AI and track the Federal R&D investments that are designed to fill those gaps. The AI R&D Strategic Plan identifies strategic priorities for both near-term and long-term support of AI that address important technical and societal challenges. The AI R&D Strategic Plan, however, does not define specific research agendas for individual Federal agencies. Instead, it sets objectives for the Executive Branch, within which agencies may pursue priorities consistent with their missions, capabilities, authorities, and budgets, so that the overall research portfolio is consistent with the AI R&D Strategic Plan."
Dr Dev Kambhampati | USA Artificial Intelligence (AI) R&D Strategic PlanDr Dev Kambhampati
This document establishes a strategic plan for federally-funded artificial intelligence (AI) research and development in the United States. It identifies seven priority strategies for AI R&D investments: 1) making long-term investments in basic AI research, 2) developing methods for human-AI collaboration, 3) understanding ethical and societal implications of AI, 4) ensuring safety and security of AI systems, 5) developing shared public datasets for AI training, 6) establishing standards and benchmarks for measuring AI, and 7) understanding national workforce needs for AI R&D. The plan aims to advance national priorities through AI while minimizing potential negative impacts.
This report is based on a series of interviews across the breadth of the MoD to probe the ability of the British military to cope with a growing data deluge, and identify potential applications and hurdles to their implementation.
The document discusses cyber threats facing the US industrial base from sources like rogue states and insider threats. It notes that critical infrastructure remains vulnerable despite administration progress on cybersecurity. Securing cyberspace and protecting industry requires a strategy combining agile national security policies with market incentives to develop technological protections. Any strategy also needs flexible legislation balancing security, privacy, and international agreements establishing cyber norms. With aware citizens, responsible agencies, a skilled workforce, and public-private cooperation, the US can safeguard its industrial base within cyberspace.
The document discusses the history and development of technology and science in the United States. It covers topics such as the difference between basic and applied research, government funding of research through organizations like the National Science Foundation, "big science" projects versus smaller scale projects, the development of technologies through Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) including the early internet, and the commercialization of some government-funded technologies.
“5th World: Texas Industry Cluster Initiative and 21st-Century Science, Techn...Jim "Brodie" Brazell
This document discusses emerging technologies and their impact on workforce education. It provides examples of how Texas State Technical College (TSTC) is addressing technological convergence through new programs in areas like computer forensics, hybrid vehicles, fuel cells, and digital games. TSTC publishes reports on these emerging technologies to help guide new curriculum development. The document also discusses leaders in science and technology economic development and potential K-12 educational solutions, like transdisciplinarity.
This document discusses emerging technologies and their impact on workforce education. It provides examples of how Texas State Technical College (TSTC) is addressing technological convergence through new programs in areas like computer forensics, hybrid vehicles, fuel cells, and digital games. TSTC publishes reports on these emerging technologies to help guide new curriculum development. The document also discusses leaders in science and technology economic development and potential K-12 educational solutions, like transdisciplinarity.
This document discusses emerging technologies and their impact on workforce education. It provides examples of programs that Texas State Technical College (TSTC) has developed related to emerging fields like computer forensics, hybrid vehicles, fuel cells, and digital games. TSTC works with other community colleges and universities to develop curriculum in emerging areas aligned with industry clusters in Texas. The document also discusses leaders in science, technology, and economic development and potential K-12 interventions to better prepare students for careers impacted by convergence of technologies.
The article discusses DoDTechipedia, a wiki created by the Department of Defense to facilitate collaboration and communication among DoD scientists, engineers, program managers, and operational personnel. DoDTechipedia aims to help share technical information, identify solutions to technological challenges, and avoid duplication of efforts. It contains information on topics like RIPRNET wireless communications systems, GPS satellite programs, and cybersecurity tools. The wiki allows users to directly contribute content, network, and discuss technology solutions to support national security goals more rapidly.
The document discusses the history and development of technology and science in the United States. It covers topics such as the difference between basic and applied research, government funding of research through organizations like the National Science Foundation, "big science" projects versus smaller scale projects, the development of technologies through Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) including the early internet, and the commercialization of some government-funded technologies.
The document discusses the history and current state of U.S. cybersecurity policy and the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. It outlines the key government actors involved in cybersecurity, recent relevant legislation, and critiques the national cybersecurity plan. The national plan prioritizes building a security response system, reducing threats and vulnerabilities, increasing security awareness and training, securing government cyberspace, and enhancing international cooperation. It advocates a public-private partnership approach with limited regulation.
Provided a demonstration about current information sharing and collaboration issues within the SCADA/control systems community, and some of the challenges (and advantages) encountered since its inception back in 2008.
Similar to Defense IACs Tech Domain Awareness - 2014 National Innovation Summit (20)
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
“An Outlook of the Ongoing and Future Relationship between Blockchain Technologies and Process-aware Information Systems.” Invited talk at the joint workshop on Blockchain for Information Systems (BC4IS) and Blockchain for Trusted Data Sharing (B4TDS), co-located with with the 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE), 3 June 2024, Limassol, Cyprus.
Maruthi Prithivirajan, Head of ASEAN & IN Solution Architecture, Neo4j
Get an inside look at the latest Neo4j innovations that enable relationship-driven intelligence at scale. Learn more about the newest cloud integrations and product enhancements that make Neo4j an essential choice for developers building apps with interconnected data and generative AI.
Let's Integrate MuleSoft RPA, COMPOSER, APM with AWS IDP along with Slackshyamraj55
Discover the seamless integration of RPA (Robotic Process Automation), COMPOSER, and APM with AWS IDP enhanced with Slack notifications. Explore how these technologies converge to streamline workflows, optimize performance, and ensure secure access, all while leveraging the power of AWS IDP and real-time communication via Slack notifications.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/building-and-scaling-ai-applications-with-the-nx-ai-manager-a-presentation-from-network-optix/
Robin van Emden, Senior Director of Data Science at Network Optix, presents the “Building and Scaling AI Applications with the Nx AI Manager,” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
In this presentation, van Emden covers the basics of scaling edge AI solutions using the Nx tool kit. He emphasizes the process of developing AI models and deploying them globally. He also showcases the conversion of AI models and the creation of effective edge AI pipelines, with a focus on pre-processing, model conversion, selecting the appropriate inference engine for the target hardware and post-processing.
van Emden shows how Nx can simplify the developer’s life and facilitate a rapid transition from concept to production-ready applications.He provides valuable insights into developing scalable and efficient edge AI solutions, with a strong focus on practical implementation.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
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Defense IACs Tech Domain Awareness - 2014 National Innovation Summit
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Information Analysis Centers (IACs)
National Innovation Summit
June 18, 2014
Mr. Christopher Zember
Director, DoD Information Analysis Centers
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The IACs’ Mission
Facilitating Innovation Through Information and Services
The Information Analysis Centers (IACs) are a
central DoD innovation resource that leverage data and
analysis to diagnose technology threats and opportunities.
The IACs are leading a DoD Technology Domain
Awareness initiative that provides a range of services to
support better defense technology decision-making and
speed the flow of innovations to the field.
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The Facts Behind the IACs
ESSENTIAL RESOURCE
For over 65 years, the IACs
have served as an essential
resource to affordably
access technical data and
analysis in support of
current operations.
REALIGNED FOCUS
In 2008, the IAC program announced
changes to our contract structure, in
response to changes in legislation
requiring enhanced competition. The
ongoing effort to restructure the IACs will
be completed by the summer of 2014,
aligning to current priorities of the
SecDef, including Better Buying Power.
SCOPE OF WORK
The IAC program is composed of
over 7,000 scientists and
engineers in 49 states. Through
over 600 technical area tasks
(TATs), IACs conduct nearly
$2 billion annually in research,
development, technical studies
and analysis.
RESEARCH DATA AND
ANALYSIS
Through the IACs, research data is
collected, reused to answer recurring
challenges, and analyzed to identify long
term trends and provide
recommendations to the community.
More than six million technical
documents were viewed or downloaded
from IAC websites last year.
“IACs serve as a proven resource for maximizing the value of each dollar the department spends.”
– Pentagon spokeswoman
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Small, Tactical, Multi-Payload
Aerostat System (STMPAS):
SENSIAC developed two
configurations of new aerostat
system with hostile fire
indication sensors; tested and
deployed to OEF in June 2013.
Security Analysis for
AFRICOM: SURVIAC is
providing technical analysis for
current, evolving, and emerging
operations, capabilities, and
threats in support of AFRICOM’s
efforts to defeat the Al-Qaeda
terrorist networks in the Horn of
Africa.
Software & Systems Cost and
Performance Analysis Toolkit
(S2CPAT): CSIAC worked
with the Australian government
to collect data on the costs
associated with upgrading
military systems to better
predict future technology
upgrade costs.
SOUTHCOM Vulnerability,
Strategic Planning, Research and
Analysis for OCO: SURVIAC is
addressing SOUTHCOM strategic
planning and operational
requirements and providing
research, data collection, and
technical analysis to promote joint
capabilities in theater security.
Aide to US/NATO: SURVIAC performed critical
analysis to identify evolving terrorist activities,
trends, and developments threatening regional
security and stability in order to enable the Afghan
government to successfully develop and operate a
national rail system.
Operation Tomodachi:
CBRNIAC and
SENSIAC provided
support to existing JTF
staff with disaster relief
efforts.
IACs bring research to the front lines, in order to:
– Ensure the latest research data is available to tactical operations
– Test / validate research in current operations environment
– Gather data from the field to improve system design / implementation
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Exercise Ulchi Freedom
Guardian: CBRNIAC
provided reach back
support and advice on
available solutions and
resources for USFK.
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The Defense Innovation Imperative
Addressing the Challenges of a Changing World
Geopolitical
Complexity
Emerging Peer
Competitors
Declining
Budgets
Rapidly Evolving
Threats
Innovation
Asymmetries
Commercial
Efficiencies
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Commercial market efficiencies
Innovation asymmetries
The democratization of high tech, the Law of Accelerating
Returns, and social learning are letting a new generation of
Information Age threats operate inside of the conventional defense
innovation loop.
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The Innovation Imperative
Addressing the Challenges of a Changing World
9. DOD
USG-Networked Design Challenges
Technology/Capability mapping to
Defense Opportunities
Framed user-centered needs
Adaptable commercial capabilities
Optimal design solutions
Scale, capacity, and repeatability
Disruptive innovation
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The Defense Innovation Base
Building an Extended Innovation Ecosystem
Total Defense Market
Total Non-Defense Market
Defense Industrial
Base
Tech Base
Defense Innovation
Base
Commercial
Consumer
Non-Profit
Academic
Domestic
International
Private Citizens
Private Capital
Multi-Agency
$
$
Public + Private
Financing
DoD
Financing
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The Defense Innovation Base
Building an Extended Innovation Ecosystem
Total Defense Market
Total Non-Defense Market
Defense Industrial
Base
Tech Base
Defense Innovation
Base
Commercial
Consumer
Non-Profit
Academic
Domestic
International
Private Citizens
Private Capital
Multi-Agency
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Technology Domain Awareness
Prospecting Innovations for Defense
“We must now adapt, innovate, and make difficult
decisions to ensure that our military remains
ready and capable—maintaining its technological
edge over all potential adversaries.”
—The Honorable Chuck Hagel, Secretary of Defense
Technology Domain Awareness (TDA) is
the effective understanding of the technology
landscape as it relates to current and future
defense capability needs.
The DoD IACs TDA initiative is DoD’s
focal point for harvesting innovations
from the commercial and non-defense
marketplace, ensuring the development of
better, cheaper, AND faster defense
capabilities through technology reuse based
on a foundation of:
1) Technology lessons learned;
2) Warfighter insights; and
3) Technology marketplace awareness
42 CFR CHAPTER 79—SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY POLICY, ORGANIZATION AND
PRIORITIES
(b)(2) […] it is recognized as a responsibility of the
Federal Government not only to coordinate and
unify its own science and technology information
systems, but to facilitate the close coupling of
institutional scientific research with commercial
application of the useful findings of science.
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Technology Domain Awareness
Prospecting Innovations for Defense
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Culture Needs
Capital
Technology
Creating shared market awareness
between defense “consumers” and
innovation “producers” in academia and
industry.
Channeling innovations derived from outside
the traditional defense industrial base.
Lowering barriers to entry for
innovation in the defense market.
Incubating a defense innovation base
that supports the development of
better, cheaper AND faster products.
Aligning technology sources,
uses and incentives to create
an extended defense
innovation ecosystem.
Developing an information-
based learning context for
rapid innovation.
Realizing economic
efficiencies through co-
investment.
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Data
IACs Enterprise
Innovation from Analysis to Implementation
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ASD R&E
DTIC
DoD IACs
Director
Deputy Director
AFICA/KD
Offutt AFB/Wright Patterson AFB
Steering Committee &
Technical Coordinating
Groups
Support Team
DoD IACs Government
Team
Finance Team
CSIAC
DSIAC
HDIAC
Business Ops
COCOM + Agency
Liaisons
SNIM
HDTAT
DSTAT
Government
Industry
Academia
Prototyping + Experimentation
National Security Technology Accelerator
National Security
Technology Accelerator
Technology Domain Awareness Resources
CURRENT
PLANNED
Analysis
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IACs Technical Scope
Aligning with SECDEF’s Top Priorities
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Basic Center of Operations
Identifying Opportunities for Innovation
Three Basic Centers of Operation (BCO’s)
Cyber Security and Information Systems Information Analysis Center
Defense System Information Analysis Center
Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center
Mission
Leverage data collection and analysis to identify defense technology opportunities and
challenges
Develop lessons learned for better technology decision making
Use analysis to support the operational employment of technology across a wide
range of operational scenarios
Task Size (Max) and Period of Performance
Core Analysis Tasks (CAT’s) up to $500K or $1M (DSIAC) over 12-months
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CSIAC
Agent-Based UAV Control Assessment
Customer(s):
U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
Challenges:
Integration of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) into
the National Airspace requires the implementation of
new technologies and processes for airspace
management.
Solutions:
Model and test agent-based techniques for autonomous
operation of UAVs. Modify FAA and Air Force
developed software to integrate UAV operations in a
limited flight test to demonstrate feasibility of model.
Feed validation/verification process to move
technology forward. Identify technology gaps, such as
“sense and avoid” requirements, and candidate
solutions. Benefits include greatly expanded domestic
use of UAVs for commercial and public safety
applications.
National Airspace UAV Integration
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Customer(s):
Department of Defense
Challenges:
Support of U.S. military operations in the Middle East
has resulted in a vast repository of reports, information,
data, and hardware associated with the development and
demonstration of innovative Counter IED (CIED)
technologies. Critical CIED capabilities stand to be lost
if they are not preserved in an effective and organized
manner.
Solutions:
Evaluate, organize, and preserve critical information,
data, and hardware associated with DoD CIED
technology development. Identify and re-purpose
appropriate tools and information for ongoing defense
and public safety applications. Benefits include
increasing DoD’s return on investment for CIED
capabilities and preserving warfighter readiness for
future IED contingencies.
defensetech.org
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DSIAC
Counter IED Knowledge Preservation
Preserving the CIED Enterprise
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Customer(s):
Department of Defense, Department of Energy and
other government agencies
Challenges:
Lack of connectivity and needs sharing among
government agencies inhibits proper leveraging of the
commercial innovation base for the solution of
common problems.
Solutions:
Identify candidate target sets and cross-cutting
collaboration opportunities for government agencies
and commercial entities to share and address emerging
problems in order to accelerate innovation, rapid
prototyping, and potential solutions. Benefits include
better organization of commercial and public sector
resources to quickly and cost effectively address
emerging national security capability needs.
defensetech.org
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Accelerated Capability Development
DSIAC
Rapid Reaction Accelerator
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HDIAC
USMC Chemical Biological Incident Response Force
Customer(s):
USMC CBIRF
Problem:
Current organizational structure does not allow the
USMC CBIRF to optimally respond to its technical
CBRN and WMD response missions.
Solution:
Conduct analysis of the existing organization structure
and technical capabilities to determine opportunities for
CBIRF to better leverage emerging commercially-
derived product and process innovations. Search the
technology domain for CBRN and WMD defense
equipment that will enable the CBIRF to perform its
technical mission. Benefits include more rapid, cost
effective equipping of CBRIF personnel in response
to rapidly changing threats.
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Customer(s):
U.S. Army, 82nd Civilian Affairs Battalion
Problem:
The U.S. Army deploys troops to conflict ridden
countries for humanitarian, peace and stabilization
missions such as South Sudan. The troops need to
understand the country’s medical capabilities and
infrastructure in order to develop and deliver the needed
equipment and services.
Solution:
Developed medical capabilities study that included
detailed analyses and summary of capabilities, list of
diseases, medical access, infrastructure, and dependence
on NGOs. Benefits include providing situational
context enabling the U.S. Army to identify, develop,
and deploy commercially-derived medical
equipment and related services required to stabilize
local health conditions.
HDIAC
South Sudan Medical and Infrastructure Assessment
South Sudan Medical Relief
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Technical Area Tasks
Developing Innovations for Defense Applications
Three Technical Area Tasks (TAT’s)
Software Networks Information Modeling and Simulation (SNIM)
Defense Systems Technical Area Tasks (DSTAT)
Homeland Defense and Security Technical Area Tasks (HDTAT)
Mission
Support rapid development and experimentation of targeted defense technology solutions
across a wide range of potential mission applications
Provide mission support for the employment of product and process innovations across
the DoD enterprise
Task Size (Max) and Period of Performance
Technical Area Tasks (TAT’s) up to $900M (HDTAT), $2B (SNIM), or $3B DSTAT over
one base year with up four option years
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Customer(s):
U.S. Army TARDEC
Problem:
Military ground vehicle weight has skyrocketed as
vehicles are increasingly armored to deal with threats
such as Improvised Explosive Devices. Vehicles
become too heavy to be air transportable, increase JP8
fuel logistics demands, and are more unstable in
motion.
Solution:
To improve occupant survivability, adapted motorsports
design lessons to military ground vehicles. Modern
racecars allow drivers to survive horrific crashes, while
the cars remain light weight. Lessons implemented
include occupant impulse loading analysis, controlled
deformable seat mounts, and shock transmission
analysis. Benefits include lives saved, weight
reduction and better fuel consumption.
Mitigating Blast Effects
Vehicle Occupant Protection from IED Blasts
Vehicle hull impulse loading from
an IED explosion
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Customer(s):
U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force
U.S. Army RDECOM-CERDEC
Challenges:
Fuel resupply operations impose a heavy economic,
logistics and force protection burden. Tactical
operations require enhanced power generation,
distribution, management and storage to mitigate these
burdens.
Solutions:
Evaluated and validated commercially-derived hybrid
power solutions. Developed and delivered innovative
commercially-derived solutions such as thin, flexible,
high efficiency solar technology and various light,
mobile, soldier-worn power modules. Benefits at one
installation site include 60% reduction in fuel
consumption, resulting in four fewer helicopter
resupply missions per week.
Expeditionary Power
Power for Tactical Edge Operations
Tactical Hybrid Power
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Customer(s):
U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force (REF)
Problem:
The U.S. military is striving to better understand how
blasts impact the human body. Traumatic brain injury
(TBI) has become a greater concern and there is a lack
of clear understanding of the impact from blast-induced
injuries.
Solution:
Developed Integrated Blast Effect Sensor Suite (IBESS)
from commercially derived sensors and data acquisition
technologies to provide an integrated capability that
measures blast exposure at both the vehicle and soldier
level and records data to better understand blast
injuries. Benefits include correlating soldiers’ blast
exposure with their medical records to develop and
deliver improved TBI treatment.
Blast Effects
Sensors to Better Understand Traumatic Brain Injuries
IBESS System Architecture
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Customer(s):
U.S. Air Force
Problem:
Missile warning systems installed on US military
aircraft utilize algorithms that are not optimized for
current operational theaters.
Solution:
Leveraged multiple objective evolutionary algorithms
from academia, which mimic the selection, mating, and
mutation behaviors of plant and animal evolution, to
increase the probability of detection and reduce the
false alarm rate of the system. These methods do not
functionally change the software but optimize existing
algorithm settings to find the best performance.
Resulted in 60% improvement in probability of
detection and 80% improvement in false alarm rate
at extremely low cost.
Missile Warning Algorithm Optimization
Sensor Software Optimization
Optimization of Missile Warning Algorithms
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National Security Technology Accelerator
Synchronizing Commercial Tech with Defense Needs
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IACs will issue Other Transaction Authority
(OTA) vehicles to build a central defense
innovation resource targeting “non-
traditional” industry and academia.
OTAs will address four core product areas
aligned with 17 DoD S&T priorities.
① Defense Systems
② Homeland Defense and Security
③ Energy
④ Cyber and Information Systems
The National Security Technology
Accelerator will link capabilities across the
four OTAs. The IACs and TechConnect will
engage industry in the coming weeks to
provide additional information on working
with the NSTA.
The National Security Technology
Accelerator is the “business end” of TDA. It
provides a range of services and funding
opportunities to speed the flow of external
innovations to defense.
① Secure facilities and clearance support
② Facilitated end-user engagement
③ Technology prospecting + marketing
④ Collaboration and co-development opps
⑤ Funding opportunities
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IACs Outreach
Aligning Sources and Uses of Innovation
Continuous monitoring of the DoD
landscape for sources and uses of
technology.
Embedded resources at the Combatant
Commands to rapidly identify
emerging defense needs.
Technology Domain Awareness:
facilitated online and offline
DoD-industry engagement to
support rapid technology development
(reuse) and insertion
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Contract Opportunities
The three Basic Centers of Operation (BCO) contracts (up to $1M per task)
are single award contracts corresponding to each IAC: CSIAC, DSIAC, HDIAC
The three Technical Area Tasks (TAT) contracts are multiple award contracts
(up to $3B total contract value) corresponding to the each of the following
mission areas:
Software Networks Information Modeling and Simulation (SNIM)
Defense Systems (DSTAT)
Homeland Defense and Security (HDTAT)
The National Security Technology Accelerator (NSTA) includes four
pending OTA vehicles that enable flexible contracting directly with commercial
industry, academia, and other non-traditional businesses.
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Working with the IACs
All BCO and TAT prime contractors as well as the NSTA seek opportunities
to partner with innovative public and private entities.
Funded opportunities cover a broad spectrum of topics and generally correspond
to the technical areas supported by the IACs (slide 16).
Funded opportunities support technical analyses or applied R&D with a
particular focus on technology reuse (i.e. modification or application of
prior art with respect to emerging defense needs).
The IACs and TechConnect will engage industry in the coming weeks to provide
additional information on working with the NSTA.
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Visit us at http://iac.dtic.mil
IAC Office: 703-767-9120
Mr. Christopher Zember
Director, DoD Information Analysis Centers
christopher.j.zember.civ@dtic.mil
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