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Contest will spark new types of self-analyzing, self-repairing software.

Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories have created “Tinker Toys for chemists” by devising a new way to realize electrical conductivity in metal-organic framework (MOF) materials. The technique increases the property in one MOF by more than six orders of magnitude. While Tinker Toys connect by using sticks to link wood pieces, the MOFs employ metal ions and organic molecules to create the same effect.

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) demonstrated the launch of an all-electric, fuel cell-powered unmanned aerial system (UAS) from a submerged submarine. Operating under support of the USS Providence and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center-Newport Division, the NRL developed the eXperimental Fuel Cell (XFC) UAS, which was fired from the submarine’s torpedo tube using a Sea Robin launch vehicle system.

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy recently joined with a coalition of private-sector partners from the telecommunications industry to expand the Warriors 4 Wireless pilot program, a new nonprofit effort aimed at connecting veterans and returning service members to jobs in the rapidly growing wireless telecommunications industry.

The force must contend with dwindling resources concurrent with a greater call for innovative capabilities amid a growing threat environment.

The realm that allows networked alliances itself could depend on the very coalitions it helps build.

Cuts will continue, so priorities must be assessed using risk math.

No single company is likely to possess all the necessary expertise for a large program.

The effects of sequestration are forcing difficult decisions and a new look at acquisition.

Other information technology aspects must come into play for the sea service to advance to the next stage of data storage.