• GAMMA additive manufacturing

    November 8, 2022

    The Department of Defense (DoD) is releasing its Growing Additive Manufacturing Maturity for Airbreathing Hypersonics (GAMMA-H) prototype opportunity in its efforts to expand current manufacturing processes to intricate hypersonic weapons parts.

  • Woman Looking at Contract Through Magnifying Glass

    November 7, 2022

    In order to fully understand OTA government acquisition, it's important to know about Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) contracts. These contracts are a procurement mechanism that aims to buy services and property for direct use by government bodies or authorities. When the DoD or military services need to access R&F projects and prototypes from commercial sources, OTAs grant them more flexibility than traditional FAR documents allow.

  • ME Commons OTA contracting

    November 2, 2022

    From cars to phones to computers, there aren’t many things these days that don’t use microelectronics, and the United States is in dire need them. Currently, over 85% of microelectronics used in the United States ►

  • Soldier shaking business man's hand

    October 26, 2022

    A Department of Defense contractor is an entity that enters into a direct contract with the DoD. If you are looking for an opportunity to become a contractor for the Department of Defense (DoD), knowing the difference between traditional and non-traditional contracting is key. 

  • Balance concept

    October 20, 2022

    SWaP-C is an equation that is essential to research and development. With applications across many of our opportunities, from STAMP to Microelectronics Commons, it’s important to understand what it means, why it matters, and why it is talked about so often.

  • October 17, 2022

    The U.S. Department of Defense, through the NSTXL consortium-based S2MARTS OTA, has awarded Intel an agreement to provide commercial foundry services in the first phase of its multi-phase Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes - Commercial (RAMP-C) program.

  • CEO Chats

    October 11, 2022

    In this episode of CEO Talks, NSTXL Founder and CEO Tim Greeff is joined by Rocket Lab Founder and CEO Peter Beck as they discuss navigating the challenges on the horizon for space tech development, private/public partnerships for space innovation, and the future of space advancement.

  • Rocket fly on mountains background

    October 4, 2022

    Why is there such tremendous growth and opportunities for hypersonics? It is a foundation for maintaining national security. There's a lot to say about hypersonic technology today and its potential for the future.

  • Tetra 5, OTA

    September 26, 2022

    The Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) recently awarded a $50 million contract to Orion Space Solutions for the Tetra-5 program. Tetra 5 is centered on resolving the obstacle of refueling in space and will play a critical role in extending the lifetime of spacecraft already in orbit.

  • Cyber security lock

    September 26, 2022

    As an offensive security professional, one can often face unique challenges compared to colleagues in the rest of the information technology space. After all, why wouldn’t you - hacking is scary stuff that you see the bad guys and anti-heroes do in movies, right?!

  • September 12, 2022

    Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is an assessment framework and certification program that determines what data an organization can work with. Specifically, it determines whether they comply with necessary security regulations to work with controlled and vulnerable information.

  • Satellites orbiting Earth

    September 6, 2022

    Vast opportunities exist in space. Low earth orbit holds the potential to revolutionize technology, with LEO satellites able to connect the world in ways that have never seen before.