Accelerating transformative technologies in support of defense and national security. Submit your technology or solution for operational energy, resilient logistics, dual use infrastructure, and cybersecurity of industrial control and energy systems.
This Summit brings together defense leaders, technology innovators, investors, and industry partners to support the Department of War’s energy and security needs, as outlined by the National Defense Strategy and National Security Strategy.
Learn about new and existing innovation pathways for your small business, including SBIR/STTR Phase IIIs, OTs/OTAs, private capital investment, and industry partnerships. Network with a community which includes leadership from industry, academia, national labs, and investors.
Convening government, industry, and technical communities to advance the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) as a strategic enabler for defense acquisition and innovation.
Breakthrough biology exists. What’s missing is cost-competitive production and real-world deployment at scale. The Industrial Biotech Innovation Prize Challenge attracted technology solutions to overcome these barriers in bioindustrial manufacturing.
In its second year, the Challenge highlighted innovations spanning advanced manufacturing, robotics and automation, materials, digital engineering, and smart shipyard technologies. Finalists presented their solutions at the Defense TechConnect Innovation Summit in September 2026, connecting with government, industry, and investment leaders focused on the future of the nation’s maritime industrial base.
The Chem-Bio Threat Detection Innovation Challenge identified innovative technologies that strengthen detection, characterization, protection, and response across the full spectrum of chemical and biological threats. These scalable, dual-use solutions improve preparedness, accelerate operational decision-making, and enhance resilience across defense, homeland security, public health, and emergency response missions.
The Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology Challenge identified technologies that make nuclear energy smaller, smarter, faster to deploy, and easier to integrate into modern energy systems. These innovative new systems could power military installations, industrial facilities, data centers, manufacturing plants, remote communities, and electric grids that increasingly need around-the-clock energy.
Developing critical energy solutions to heighten energy security, and strengthen national security ecosystems. Our mission is connecting across the US Industrial and Academic base, to help the Department of Energy (DOE) address energy, environmental and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions.
Representing stakeholders from across the modular open systems landscape, including: sensor manufacturers, communications software developers, UAS experts, and microelectronic device creators. Tracking the priorities of the federal government, this community exists to anticipate and respond to the nation’s most critical innovation needs.
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