AIM HI Innovators

***And we are LIVE with application for Project Mercury Cohort 14!*** Join us in Boston for the 21-25 Oct #PMJumpstart at UMass Lowell's Northstar Campus, followed by 3 months of part time collaborative growth and learning. Led by PhD faculty, facilitated by military coach-mentors, and connected to notable industry leaders, Cohort 14 will stretch the boundaries of your individual and team innovation skill sets. Wanna know more? Check us out at here: projectmercury.us

We've thankful for another great panel, who will soon see what our Teams from Cohort #Lucky13 have been working on! Thanks to Brook Leonard, Maj Gen (ret), USAF, Kris Saling, and John Hawley for the gift of your time, supporting our 32 innovators and 12 mentor coaches along their #ProjectMercury professional development journey! #firstpancakes #SODOTO Air University Innovatrium

We are excited to share that Project Mercury has reached a milestone of 2,000 followers! 🚀 Thank you for being part of the Project Mercury journey. Each of you plays a crucial role in driving our mission forward, and we are deeply grateful for your continued trust and enthusiasm. As we continue to grow, we remain committed to providing valuable insights, innovative solutions, and a platform for meaningful discussions. Your feedback and interaction inspire us to keep pushing the boundaries and striving for excellence. Here's to more milestones, shared successes, and a future full of possibilities! ⭐️ #ProjectMercury #Milestone #ThankYou #Community #Innovation #Innovatrium 

🚨 Now accepting applications to Thunderstorm 24-4 for “Expeditionary Operations”! 🚨 👉 Thunderstorm brings together tech developers and DoD reps with a focus on specific mission areas or technologies. Companies get visibility by motivated DoD reps and feedback, as well as in-sector B2B connections. DoD reps get insight into new-to-us tech that helps solve their specific challenges. 👉 What is Thunderstorm 24-4? In partnership with the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab and other DoD partners, Thunderstorm 24-4 will focus on exploring emerging solutions for navigating and detecting threats in unfamiliar and potentially contested environments, enabling continued communications with far forward deployed forces, and ensuring deployed forces can access key supplies. Whether it's making supply delivery more resilient or providing the ability to generate and maintain critical resources like food, power, and parts at the point of need, this showcase is where innovation meets critical operational needs. 👉 What is “Expeditionary Operations”? Here’s the highlights; see the RFI for full details. 👉 👉 👉 Expeditionary Command and Control (C2): Examples include robust/secure and extended range comms to support expeditionary operations in remote and contested environments, particularly satellite-denied areas. 👉👉 👉 Enhanced Mobility and Awareness: Includes UxS navigation while LPI/LPD; operations in GPS-denied environment; and situational awareness tools that convey the location of friendly forces and other relevant entities. 👉👉 👉 Resilient Logistics / Point of Need Generation / Casualty Care: Sustaining forces during expeditionary operations will strain logistical support capabilities. Innovation solutions can ensure critical deliveries reach their destination, enable deployed forces to produce resources in-situ, or prolong the functionality of deployed assets. 👉 When and where? Thunderstorm 24-4 is 04-08 November in Fredericksburg, VA. 👉 How to submit? Visit the RFI and complete a streamlined application describing your proposed solution. The deadline is 5PM on 09 August. We’ll review applications with MCWL and notify you in late August if you’re selected for Thunderstorm 24-4. 🚨 Click here for more details about the RFI and to apply: https://lnkd.in/ep5Q9_4m 🚨 ✉ Message me if you’d like to be added to our email distro list for other I&M events like this, including JIFX, Thunderstorm, JPEM, and our Solutions Meetings. #DefenseInnovation #DoD #DoDInnovationand #SBIR #STTR #GovernmentInnovation #DualUseTech #DualUse #AUKUS

And we’re off! NATOs Innovation Hub and the Innovatrium kicked off the workshop “Innovators on the Eastern Flank” in Warsaw today. During the three-day workshop, we will deep dive into innovation, focusing on the eastern flank of NATO, kickstarting innovative and creative thinking under the inspiring leadership of prof. Dr. Jeff DeGraff and his team from the Project Mercury Innovators Forum and our very own coaches Jeroen Franssen and Bart Hollants. With this workshop, the first of more to come, NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) fosters the innovation community in the Alliance. So we can win as a team! #WeAreNATO #WeAreInnovators

Welcome aboard, PM@NATO Cohort 1! Today was Team & Tech Day, beginning the journey by building more agile, collaborative team practices. Just 10 more days until #jumpstart! Let's get after it. #IntegratedbyDesign

***REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN*** "Innovators on the Eastern Flank" A Project Mercury @ NATO Workshop We are excited to partner with NATO Innovation Hub and our hosts from the Doctrine and Training Centre of Polish Armed Forces as we practice adaptive and creative thinking, as part of an allied team. Share, scan, and register now! #IntegratedbyDesign