* DARPA is hosting a webinar on September 9 to discuss “Atoms to Product” [PDF]: “Many common materials exhibit unique and very uncommon physical characteristics when fabricated into nanometer scale particles, i.e., dimensions near the size of atoms....
* The US Office of Management and Budget [OMB] published a list of innovative contracting case studies [PDF] that include rapid prototyping, milestone-based competitions, challenges, and other contracting schemes. Both contractors and government employees are invited...
* German weapons manufacturers are miffed that Sigmar Gabriel, the minister of economic affairs, has deliberately built up a backlog of unapproved export requests. Gabriel is sticking to his guns (bad pun intended) and urges “entrepreneurial consolidation in the...
* Islamic State insurgents chose to yield ground, [WaPo] rather than fight Iraqi and Kurdish forces whose effort to take back an important dam near Mosul is backed by US airstrikes. But ISIL reportedly booby-trapped buildings, and is still close by. * US Army Col....
* The “Espionage as a Service” [Jeffrey Carr] hacking case involving Su Bin and his Lode-Tech firm has expanded, with a US grand jury indictment [Contra Costa Times]. Programs affected include the C-17, F-22, and F-35. Su is currently being held in Canada,...
