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Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment Ellen Lord holds an on-camera, on the record press briefing August 20, 2020, in the Pentagon Briefing Room. (DoD photo by Marvin Lynchard)

DOD nudges innovative startups toward ‘trusted capital’ with new digital marketplace

In what was likely her last press conferences at DOD, Ellen Lord announced the creation of the Trusted Capitol Digital Marketplace.

Jan 13, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

entrepreneur, development, agile, software, startup — (Getty Images)

With demand surging for government tech, Dcode shifts its accelerator model for startups

In going from a cohort-model to a rolling-admissions one, the federal technology accelerator hopes to meet surging government demand for tech.

Dec 7, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

National security-focused Anduril raises $200M in venture funding

Silicon Valley tech company Anduril scored big in its latest round of investment.

Jul 2, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Will Roper discusses “The Future Air Force, Faster, Smarter: The Next Gear” during the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Sept. 16, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Trujillo)

Air Force’s emerging tech supply chain remains strong despite COVID-19

For now, the Air Force's emerging technology supply chain remains relatively undisturbed by the COVID-19 epidemic, its head of acquisition said.

Mar 25, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Air Force Pitch Day brings in ‘phenomenal’ energy

It also resulted in 51 discovery phase SBIR contracts.

Mar 14, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Innovation leaders weigh in on what government has borrowed from Silicon Valley

18F, HHS and DHS S&T on what practices and approaches their offices have adopted.

Feb 21, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Alex Kendall of Wayve on Centre Stage during the PITCH Final during day three of Web Summit 2018 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by Diarmuid Greene/Web Summit via Sportsfile)

Air Force wants startups to answer the call for $40M

The pitch competition will offer startups the chance to win small awards on the same day.

Jan 11, 2019 By Neil Fotre

robotics, prosthetics, artificial intelligence, machine learning — DARPA’s prosthetic LUKE arm gets a fist bump at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in December 2016. (DARPA.mil)

How to work with DARPA, according to DARPA

"Do your homework beforehand."

Nov 29, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Air Force expands technology accelerator partnership with Techstars

In this second iteration, sponsored by BAE Systems, the tech bootcamp program will be accepting companies with "commercially viable" anti-drone technologies like sensors and computer vision to…

Oct 12, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

A panel on startups working with the government at AWS Public Sector Summit. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier)

The outlook is bright for startups that want to work with government, startups say

Plus: some advice on navigating the less-than-ideal elements.

Jun 21, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier