US Department of Defense

Command Sergeant Major Christopher S. Kepner, the 11th Command Sergeant Major of the Army National Guard, is requesting design ideas for his new challenge coin.

Solvers are challenged to come up with an algorithm that can identify 2 component mixtures by utilizing the spectra for the individual pure components in the library and preferably be able to calculate the ratio of the components.

The mission of the Air Force Prize is to drive the development of innovative technologies and support the needs of the world’s most advanced Air Force.

At Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) we are looking for innovative ways to improve the lives of our nation’s service members, veterans and their families by advancing excellence in psychological health and traumatic brain injury prevention and care.

The Seeker requires a scientifically-based taxonomy that can uniquely describe any space object with a minimal set of attributes (e.g. mathematical basis of parameters) that can be used to accurately predict space object behavior as verified and validated by actual sensor measurements. However, the aim is not to introduce a random grouping, but to derive a taxonomy of minimal salient parameters corresponding to actual physical and behavioral (for example, dynamic) attributes.

The challenge is soliciting innovative ideas and insights on future new payment systems and how to foster financial innovation while still allowing for oversight and detection of illegal activity to aid in anti-money laundering and anti-terror financing efforts.

The Seeker is looking for new technology that can detect voids (sinkholes) underground in all types of soil conditions. Preference will be given to those technologies not previously used for this application.

The Seeker desires a small, inexpensive, 3D printable robot which can assist bomb squads in looking inside potential car bombs, and manipulating small objects.

The Seeker desires a mobile app that allows operational users to quickly & easily collect, create, and organize content and access & share the information anytime/anywhere.

The Seeker desires a non-invasive approach that will accurately predict when an individual is primed to commit a hostile act.

The contest encourages developers to develop open-source applications, as well as to leverage existing apps. All submissions must demonstrate how the new or improved application will produce or improve ERW or land mine reporting, and how the solution will be sustained following the completion of the competition. Team entries are encouraged.

The purpose of this Challenge is to stimulate a reversal of this trend by soliciting proposals focused on the creation of a recurring annual competition in computational cognitive systems that will motivate these diverse groups to bring their respective strengths together to create compelling new capabilities that are achievable only through multi-disciplinary, integrative cognitive science and technology.

This Challenge is seeking innovative non-GPS solutions that can help navigate in any part of the world without having to set up prepositioned towers or other devices.

Challenge 1, seeks ambitious yet achievable ideas that harness innovation and manufacturing intelligence breakthroughs. A wide variety of entrants is encouraged, including developers, manufacturing professionals, students, scientists, educators, and more. Team submissions are also encouraged.

This, the second phase of the Challenge (Challenge 2), is seeking the development of software applications that harness innovation and manufacturing intelligence breakthroughs that could benefit the DoD and their industrial manufacturing supply chain.

Your Mission: With the newly released combat ration nutritional data sets, hackers will look for innovative ways that Soldiers can interact with this data in a mobile environment. This will allow Soldiers to better manage and understand their combat nutrition, ultimately allowing them to out-perform any adversary.

The Seeker is interested in Additive Direct Manufacturing (ADM) of high temperature polymer matrix composites (PMC). Currently there are no processes that can make high temperature complex parts that do not require either expensive tooling or an autoclave step at high temperature/pressure, or both. A simple oven cure is acceptable for finishing parts. This requires only a written proposal.

The challenge featured two distinct focus areas for entries. The first category focused on the exploration of how to train critical thinking and/or adaptability skills in an immersive environment, and how to measure a learners' progress.

Your video should clearly state FVAP.gov is an educational tool that makes the process easier, helping voters sort through next steps, including early registration and filling out their absentee ballots.

The Seeker wishes to receive proposals of technologies that could be implemented in the field as part of an overall fuel recovery solution.

MHS Innovation Challenges are a new part of the MHS Innovation Strategy, aimed at identifying innovations that should be piloted and tested in the MHS, for possible diffusion across the entire system.

This is a Reduction-to-Practice Challenge that requires written documentation and delivery of source code implementing an algorithm that solves the problem.

Design a system to detect the location of GPS jamming devices. Either hardware or software solutions (particularly those involving use of distributed smartphones) may be acceptable; scalability and robustness are key criteria.

The Seeker is interested in material processing technologies for the production of core-shell nanoclusters of energetic materials. Emphasis will be on a controllable process that produces air stable, consistent particles at increased rates.

This competition is calling on all coders and developers with the capabilities to create virtual technology for government use that improves learner experience and improves sense of immersion.

The Seeker would like to develop a simple system or approach that can be employed with or as a FAST rope to maintain a fast but safe descent rate without heating or burning the hands of the user, either in conjunction with existing gloves and ropes, or as a replacement to existing components such as gloves or ropes.

This Challenge is an opportunity to shape the founding of an AFRL institute for Nano-Bio Manufacturing (NBMI) adjacent to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, USA.

The goal of the open and global challenge is to discover innovative and interactive applications implemented in a virtual environment.

The Department of Defense challenged the public to design a kit for use in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) situations.

Reach a global development community and explore innovative, interactive training and analysis solutions in virtual worlds