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Fostering Innovation in Space

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With the award of a new U.S. Space Force contract to accelerate the adoption of innovative solutions, BMNT – the government innovation and transformation company – continues to grow its space practice to address the challenges of today while stimulating investment in the solutions of tomorrow.

Key Points: 
  • Building on work with NASA and Aerospace Corporation, BMNT will advance innovation in the space sector through SpaceWERX's Orbital Prime initiative.
  • BMNT's space practice – led by its H4XLabs team – aims to accelerate and leverage commercial innovation for governments, particularly from previously overlooked startup ecosystems.
  • BMNT will drive this community toward opportunities like SBIR Ignite, NASA's annual solicitation for Small Business Innovation Research.
  • BMNT also helps Aerospace Corporation, the only federally funded research and development center for the space enterprise, work with the startup ecosystem to solve a wide range of government problems through the accelerated adoption of space innovations.

Fostering Innovation in Space

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With the award of a 3.5-year contract to grow NASA's Early Stage Innovation Program (ESIP), BMNT – the company transforming public sector innovation – has built a growing space entrepreneurship practice to address the challenges of today and tomorrow.

Key Points: 
  • PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With the award of a 3.5-year contract to grow NASA's Early Stage Innovation Program (ESIP), BMNT – the company transforming public sector innovation – has built a growing space entrepreneurship practice to address the challenges of today and tomorrow.
  • BMNT's space practice – led by its H4XLabs business unit – is intended to leverage commercial innovation for government needs, particularly in the fast-moving startup ecosystems previously overlooked.
  • BMNT's entrepreneurial engagement service already helps SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force, connect to entrepreneurs focused on addressing space debris, a growing threat for military and civilian space missions.
  • About BMNT, Inc.: BMNT is an internationally recognized innovation consultancy and early-stage enterprise accelerator that is changing the future of public service innovation.

New Class Teaches Soldiers Innovation Skills

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Thursday, August 4, 2022

PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BMNT Inc. and North Carolina State University will offer a series of training courses that teach members of the military community to apply lean innovation and entrepreneurship techniques to address national security and defense problems.

Key Points: 
  • Participants in the Innovation Project Leaders class will learn skills such as value proposition mapping and minimum viable product experiments.
  • The class is one in BMNT's series of Hacking for X (H4X) courses and is based on the curriculum for the national Hacking for Defense program, which teaches students at 50+ universities to solve critical national security challenges.
  • "The Innovation Project Leaders class is a giant leap toward that goal."
  • In the class, experts from the Army Research Laboratory, tech companies, universities and the capabilities development community will work with soldiers to develop solutions to challenges ranging from modernizing infantry mortar systems to improving Special Operations recruiting.

Developing the Innovators of Tomorrow

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Wednesday, July 6, 2022

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovators working in government agencies and other large organizations have a new tool for accelerating change: Creating Innovation Navigators: Achieving Mission Through Innovation, a new book from innovation consultancy BMNT Inc., publishes today.

Key Points: 
  • Intended to deliver mission impact for innovators of all stripes, the book provides innovation change-makers with the tools and resources needed to create an innovation operating system that develops and deploys mission-critical solutions at scale.
  • The book is an additionalresource to BMNT's educational course of the same name, or can be used on its own.
  • The book'sfocal point is the Innovation Pipeline, an end-to-end framework that guides and lends discipline to innovation, regardless of methodologies being used.
  • It contains eight modules, numerous case studies from top federal innovation efforts, and hands-on exercises to help readers realize true mission impact.