On September 27, the Innovation & Modernization (I&M) office within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD (R&E)) is inviting industry investors and business advisors to Thunderstorm 24-4 “Expeditionary Operations.” Requests to attend are due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern on October 11.
The Thunderstorm series facilitates the exploration of emerging solutions in a field environment while fostering engagement between the Department of Defense (DoD) and the defense innovation ecosystem. Including investors and advisors promotes collaboration that can accelerate the transition of promising prototype technologies into fieldable solutions. Thunderstorm 24-4 is being executed in partnership with the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory.
WHERE: Thunderstorm 24-4 will take place near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Details will be provided upon receiving an invitation to attend.
WHEN: November 7-8, 2024 (8:30 AM – 4:00 PM EST).
WHAT: Thunderstorm is a DoD sponsored series of technology discovery events. Each Thunderstorm provides opportunities for developers to showcase their solutions in a field environment for Government attendees to discover new technologies and capabilities.
Thunderstorm 24-4 will focus on developers showcasing emerging solutions that enable rapid deployment, enhanced operational awareness, and self-sustainment of military forces in contested or remote environments. Technologies will include robust and extended range communication systems, artificial intelligence mission planning and orchestration, manned and unmanned aerial systems, last-mile logistics capabilities, expeditionary medical care solutions, and advanced manufacturing and energy generation systems.
The overall classification of the event is UNCLASSIFIED.
WHO: Thunderstorm 24-4 is an invitation only event. Through this RFI, Innovation & Modernization will invite a limited number of industry observers to attend. Venture capitalists and small business advisors are examples of the industry observers being sought. Third‑party technology developers are not the targets of this invitation.
Thunderstorm is otherwise limited to U.S. Government personnel and their representatives, along with select technology developers showcasing their current prototype solutions (selected through a previous RFI: IM-20240627-W-Thunderstorm_24-4).
Thunderstorm 24-4 is sponsored by I&M and conducted in close coordination with the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, as well as additional DoD stakeholders. The Applied Research Laboratory at Pennsylvania State University supports the execution of Thunderstorm 24-4 as directed by I&M leadership.
Review the Thunderstorm 24-4 invitation.
Source: SAM
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