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Industrial technology has always played a critical role in the defense sector. In recent years, additive manufacturing has begun to play an even more critical role in weapon design and prototype development. This is due to the many advantages that additive manufacturing offers over traditional manufacturing methods.

As the Department of Defense (DoD) continues to rely on contractors to support its mission, it's important to understand the difference between traditional and non-traditional contractors and how they both influence the way innovation makes its way towards production.

Biotech research is shaping the world. It is an important part of military operations, too. While biotechnology can be destructive, it has phenomenal healing abilities too. Here are a few examples of biotechnology in military operations and how it’s keeping citizens safe.

Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC), managed by National Security Technology Accelerator has awarded $18 million to General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) for the Enigma prototype project. The Enigma project will support Space Systems Command (SSC) in building the USSF’s digital backbone in support of the acquisition mission.

Russia is amping up is hypersonics weapons campaigns against Ukraine. North Korea recently claimed it has tested their own fleet of hypersonic missiles, a claim that has been deemed credible. Top U.S. generals openly state that China’s hypersonic developments are “very concerning”.

We are witnessing a democratization of space, which brings with it the challenge of finding paths to continue maintaining American dominance in space. As Chinese launch rates increase exponentially, securing space technology by slow, outdated acquisition processes will not be enough for the United States to remain dominant in the space territory.

Did you know that the Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC), Space System Command’s Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) vehicle, has awarded nearly $2 billion in government contracts since its inception? And did you also know that 60 percent of those contracts include new, non-traditional defense innovators?

The Additively Manufactured Prototypes (AMP) for Hardware Technology Protection (HTP) has been awarded utilizing the Strategic & Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems (S²MARTS) Other Transaction Authority (OTA) vehicle. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division has awarded $1.6 Million to Mercury Systems, Raytheon, Charles Stark Draper, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and Lockheed Martin.

The United States is in a hypersonic race against two of the world’s most advanced militaries, Russia and China. With the potential that Hypersonic technology holds, we must consider the impact of it in the hands of other nations.

For those watching, including the U.S. military, space is crowded with objects, and it will only get worse. With so much happening in the orbits around the Earth, more and more companies as well as the U.S. military are focusing on space situational awareness.

Imagine, if the massive amounts of data humans produce every day is shaping the way people live and conduct business, what is happening to the U.S. military? For a deeper dive into today’s challenges and solutions, keep reading to discover how the U.S. military is handling the big data movement.

Since its inception in 2019, S²MARTS has effectively been able to move forward multiple contracts to support the Department of the Navy and America’s Warfighters. Now, celebrating its four-year anniversary S²MARTS has awarded over $1 Billion in government contracts. The management of S²MARTS by NSTXL and its close relationship with NSWC Crane has led to S²MARTS undeniable success.