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Introducing the latest addition to Ratio's innovative Ecosystem: FLEETWERX! ⚓️🚢 FLEETWERX serves as an innovation platform partnership with the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit by bringing the best of Government, Industry, and Academia together to grow a national security technology ecosystem to be leveraged by the Fleet and Force. FLEETWERX's mission is to streamline the discovery, engagement, and acceleration of inventive solutions that fortify naval operations. Serving as a nexus, FLEETWERX bridges the gap between NPS, industry experts, academia, and the naval community to address pressing challenges faced by naval end-users. 🔗 https://conta.cc/4a8aLI2 📩 Stay up to date with all opportunities & announcements: https://lnkd.in/gPmXJ7PE Capabilities: #5G, #additivemanufacturing, #artificialintelligence, #autonomoussystems, #computernetworking, #Cyber, #dataanalysis , #digitalengineering, High-Performance #Computing, #Hypersonics, #Lasers and Directed #Energy, #ai #MachineLearning, #modeling and #simulation Space, #Power and Energy #Technologies, and #Quantum Technologies.  #navalinnovation #naval #fleetwerx #newecosystem #innovation #industry #academia #government #nationsecurity #technology #fleet #force #ratio Jim Benson Jerry McQuoid Jeff Rose Michael A Farber DEFENSEWERX

ASR Corporation specializes in compact high voltage switches and antennas. For this project, they developed a drift step recovery diode (DSRD) opening switch and a compact patch antenna. The DSRD is a diode that is pulse charged to flood the pn junction with carriers. The current is then allowed to reverse, which depletes the carriers in the pn junction. When the carriers are fully depleted, the current flow through the diode abruptly goes to zero and a voltage spike is generated across the self-inductance of the diode circuit and the load, or antenna. Working with DSRD fabricator Semiconductor Power Technologies (SPT) and University of Missouri – Kansas City (UMKC), the team has developed state of the art DSRDs and compact, wideband patch antennas. These will interest anyone developing compact high-power microwave (HPM) sources and antennas. 🎦 Watch the #NavySTP Tech Talk: https://lnkd.in/eZgJKnmQ 📊 Read the Quad Chart: https://lnkd.in/eFSiftyY Office of Naval Research #sbir #defenseinnovation #usnavy

Marines, Sailors, and other Warfighters obtain foundational knowledge by using rote learning techniques to master subject matter. Learning is most effective when the presentation of content, as well as the testing of acquired knowledge, is adapted to an individual student’s needs and current level of understanding. The Navy and Marines have encountered significant barriers to the adoption of adaptive training systems, including difficulties with implementation by non-specialists and proprietary products that do not interface with the eLearning software tools in use. MASTERY, from Charles River Analytics, addresses these gaps to enable Marine Corps instructors to bring adaptive training and principles of learning science to their courses, accelerating acquisition and retention of foundational knowledge by their students. 🎦 Watch the #NavySTP tech talk: https://lnkd.in/e8ua27KX 📊 Read the quad chart: https://lnkd.in/ebeeX_Ev Office of Naval Research #sbir #defenseinnovation #usnavy

It has been a long time coming, but the concept of "The Liberator's Dilemma" has finally arrived. Check out page 83 for an explanation of population-centric warfare that offers insight into how the US Military can approach current and future conflicts. The entire edition can be downloaded here: https://lnkd.in/dVSV8jix https://lnkd.in/ettCqUbu

#NavySTP Week In Review #ICYMI 💡 June's Navy STP Spotlight story on Tercero Technologies https://lnkd.in/efyUSuam Follow us on LinkedIn and X as we begin to highlight small businesses in the current Navy STP Cohort!

In February, CISA Professor Dr. David H. Ucko's book The Insurgent's Dilemma: A Struggle to Prevail (Oxford University Press, 2022) was reviewed in the Spring 2024 issue of InterPopulum, the Journal of Irregular Warfare and Special Operations. The reviewer, Dr. David Oakley, described the book as "captivating" and as "a must-read for national security professionals, professional military education (PME) professors, and those interested in the future of insurgency." Read the review here: https://lnkd.in/gy4MHdfK -- #bookreview #irregularwarfare #strategiccompetition

As a Marine, here's what the Navy's Information Superiority Vision 2.0 means to me: it's all about readiness and resilience in the fight. Smarter, more agile IT systems could reduce ship maintenance cycles and increase availability at sea. The "build or buy once, use often" strategy might finally address the need for immediate modernization post-delivery. BISOG systems? Increased autonomy and integration are key. I’m hoping for better synergy between Navy (Blue) and Marine Corps (Green) systems, especially in denied or degraded environments. More importantly, the focus now seems to be on making systems easier to diagnose and repair while deployed, cutting down reliance on shore-based support. AI should go beyond data crunching—it should enhance predictive maintenance, improve real-time decision-making, and automate responses to threats, keeping us focused on the mission. https://lnkd.in/gc7z_sdP #DONCIO #InformationSuperiority #MarineCorps #Navy #NavalIntegration #NavalInnovation #FutureWar

The need to quickly detect and identify chemical threats it is crucial! This is why the #DTRAJSTO has invested in an effort with American Institute for Manufacturing Photonics at the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, the U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory Combat Capabilities Development Command–Chemical and Biological Center, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, and the University of Rochester to develop this next generation of highly sensitive and selective chemical agent sensors based on photonics. Read more in this month’s #JSTOintheNews on 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵: https://bit.ly/4f7T26r #ChembioDefense #ScienceandTechnology #ResearchandDevelopment #ProtectingOurJointForce

5G/FutureG research is gaining momentum at NPS. It’s exciting to be a plank holder for the movement.

Recommend reading the GAO report. The following comments are based on a broader perspective than this one case. Wonder how many frivolous protests occur after acquisition award that cause not just delays like this but departing contractors being awarded “gap” contracts because of the critical nature of the service they provide. Protests cost nothing except time and very little admin overhead to the contractor. They cost the government a lot more. #Congress, you have the ability to change regulations and laws to minimize this impact. Acknowledgement: Yes, there are a few cases where unethical or illegal actions occur during the acquisition process that protests rightfully address. The closing question I would have is what’s the cost to the contractor when they abuse the system and delay awards?