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[Acquisition Research Program @ARP_NPS]

Call for proposals now open for @NPS_Monterey 22nd Annual Acquisition Research Symposium & Innovation Summit, May 7-8, 2025 in @CityofMonterey w/ @NPSfoundation

This year's theme: Transitioning Technology.

Proposals due November 18, 2024.

Join us!
https://t.co/NPwraBij5Y

[Acquisition Research Program @ARP_NPS]

Do you know program management? Want to share your expertise in the classroom? Come work with us! DDM is hiring one full-time faculty member specializing in program management in Monterey CA. @NPS_Monterey https://t.co/weoH5UKdNp

[Acquisition Research Program @ARP_NPS]

In this week's newsletter: Army will require SBOMs in early 2025. Congress expects a CR until 2025. Sentinel program looking at requirements for ground infrastructure. Protest over the "rule of two." and more! https://t.co/Ut1r8fydxD #govcon #Innovation

[Acquisition Research Program @ARP_NPS]

Happy Friday! In this week's newsletter: #CMMC rule posted, inching toward finalization. @anduriltech wins big on 2nd tranche of #Replicator. RDER experiments go live later this month at TREX. Space Force is mapping the space supply chain. & more! https://t.co/Ut1r8fydxD
#govcon

[Acquisition Research Program @ARP_NPS]

NPS warrior-scholar connects DoD's use of AI-powered simulations to the film Avengers: Infinity War. Smart on so many levels! Also a great showcase of thinking from @NPS_Monterey's Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation Program.

[U.S. Naval Institute @NavalInstitute]

Naval Postgraduate School Essay Contest—First Prize. AI-generated battlefield simulations would allow the Navy to fight an adversary over and over—until it finds the key to victory. https://t.co/NQJ16l6HDs

[NPS Foundation & Alumni Association @NPSfoundation]

Register now to attend the @NPS_Monterey #Innovation in Action Showcases on July 9 & 11!

https://t.co/Qd01Qf9Rqp

Both events are open to students, faculty, staff, alumni, community supporters and visitors to NPS who have access to campus.

@NPSMarines @ARP_NPS @npsCHDS

[Acquisition Research Program @ARP_NPS]

Friday was graduation day at Naval Postgraduate School, and we're celebrating our award winning warrior-scholar graduates. BZ and enjoy the accomplishment!

[Acquisition Research Program @ARP_NPS]

This week's newsletter: lessons about drones in the Red Sea and Black Sea (Ukraine sinks ships; Houthis don't). GAO's annual weapons assessment finds delays. SASCC NDAA pushes topline over FRA limits. And more. Read it here: https://t.co/Ut1r8fxFI5 #govcon

[Acquisition Research Program @ARP_NPS]

@anduriltech is getting the demand signal and responding! In 2025 will open a 150,000 square foot production facility to increase production capacity for its Dive-LD family of AUVs to more than 200 hulls per year. https://t.co/YuTowy9s30

[Acquisition Research Program @ARP_NPS]

Congrats to Kelley Poree for being voted most excellent faculty member by students in the Department of Defense Management at @NPS_Monterey! https://t.co/UMuoBprqZd

[Acquisition Research Program @ARP_NPS]

Happy Flag Day! We've had the Stars and Stripes since 1777. Also: Navy portfolio management for IT systems;
SOFWERX innovation foundry event; GSA's Procurement Co-Pilot, Air Force's NIPRGPT, & more news on tech tools, #govcon, and #research.
Newsletter: https://t.co/Ut1r8fxFI5

[Acquisition Research Program @ARP_NPS]

Do you know program management? Want to share your expertise in the classroom? Come work with us! DDM is hiring one full-time faculty member specializing in program management in Monterey CA. @NPS_Monterey https://t.co/weoH5UKdNp

[Acquisition Research Program @ARP_NPS]

This week's newsletter: 80 years since D-Day with Rosie the Riveter! Plus news of more innovation partnerships headed by DIU, House defense spending bill, latest award on CDAO's Tradewinds marketplace, research on the micro-purchase threshold, and more. https://t.co/Ut1r8fydxD

[Acquisition Research Program @ARP_NPS]

Save the date: NPS 22nd Annual Acquisition Research Symposium and Innovation Summit will be May 7-8, 2025, in Monterey, CA! More details: https://t.co/4UMJquTt4k

[Acquisition Research Program @ARP_NPS]

In this week's newsletter: munitions industrial base is growing; private industry is building tech for DOD without requirements; Sen. Wicker wants more defense spending; Navy focuses on data management; & more! https://t.co/Ut1r8fydxD

[Acquisition Research Program @ARP_NPS]

Thanks to all who made the symposium such a great event! #acqnsymposium #govcon #research

[Naval Postgraduate School @NPS_Monterey]

Hear from Assistant SECNAV for Research, Development & Acquisition Nickolas Guertin, Chief of Naval Research RADM Kurt Rothenhaus and other attendees of the 21st annual Acquisition Research Symposium, hosted by NPS on May 8-9.

Check out the full story: https://t.co/8YbRb9qIcY

[Naval Postgraduate School @NPS_Monterey]

Thursday's final day of the NPS Acquisition Research Symposium featured Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Cara Abercrombie & @USNavyResearch chief Rear Adm. Kurt Rothenhaus, as well as a clear call to action: innovate to accelerate. Read more: https://t.co/y3sWjb7Ca6

[Naval Postgraduate School @NPS_Monterey]

At the NPS Acquisition Research Symposium, speakers like Assistant SECNAV for Research, Development & Acquisition Nickolas Guertin hit a common theme: the critical importance of learning to lead effective change and increase impact. Read more: https://t.co/kyV2KirbEL

[NPS Foundation & Alumni Association @NPSfoundation]

Join @ARP_NPS' #Acquisition Research Symposium May 9 at 1245 PDT (Live/Zoom) for Panel 18 "Planning, Programming, Budget and Execution (#PPBE) Reform Commissioners' Report" chaired by the Hon. Dov S. Zakheim, former Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
https://t.co/L4AUDFHf6H

[Acquisition Research Program @ARP_NPS]

Today Hon. Nickolas Guertin: plans to roll out the use of human-centered design in weapon development and to his team at ASN (RDA). “When it comes to delivering capability with excellence, it needs to be fully supported. That’s not causing delay, that’s just doing our job.”