Sole-Source, Single-Qualified Lithium-Ion Battery Supply Chain in the DoD
What companies dealing in lithium-ion batteries in the DoD supply chain are sole source or single qualified, and what technologies are considered dual use?
Alternative Energy
Novel, nontraditional, and emerging sources and technologies for harvesting, generating, storing, transmitting/transporting, and reusing energy.
Recent Inquiries
Viability of New Jet Fuel Technologies
What is the viability of new jet fuel technologies?
Daily Fuel Demand for U.S. Marine Corps Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations
What is the daily fuel demand for a U.S. Marine Corps expeditionary advanced base operations Marine Littoral Regiment?
Articles
Wendelstein 7-X Sets New Performance Records in Fusion Research
A new fusion record was set thanks to researchers in Germany and the United States. The international effort moves the world one step closer to a commercial fusion power plant, which will need to run…
New NIST Method Precisely Measures Radioactivity in Tiny Samples
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new and faster method for detecting and measuring the radioactivity of minuscule amounts of radioactive material. The innovative technique, known as cryogenic…
NREL and Crysalis Biosciences Collaborate to Scale up Domestic Biomanufacturing Technologies
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is known for its groundbreaking research in impactful bioenergy technologies and invention of performance-advantaged chemicals and materials. But some of its most exciting success…
Webinars
Ignition and the Path Toward an Inertial Fusion Energy Future
In December 2022, a team at Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) conducted the first controlled fusion experiment in history to reach scientific energy breakeven, producing more energy from fusion than the laser…
Novel Hyper-Breeder Nuclear Reactor Concept
This webinar will describe a novel hyper-breeder reactor requiring only natural uranium fuel and a breeding ratio of 1.55, which allows the reactor to be started up with some of the depleted uranium fuel. This…
DoD Nuclear Energy Use Case – A Combatant Command Perspective
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) was an early adopter of nuclear power and pioneered research of mobile nuclear energy. In addition to the well-documented U.S. Navy nuclear propulsion program, the U.S. Army constructed eight…
Events
DoD Energy & Power Summit
DSI’s 7th Annual Department of Defense (DoD) Energy and Power Summit is a ‘Town-Hall’ style forum that will bring together leaders and experts from across U.S. military services, DoD, federal government, and industry. This event…
POWER Aerial Demonstration Industry Day
Energy is a fundamental currency in the battlespace. The Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program will leverage power beaming for near-instantaneous energy transport to enable a resilient, multi-path energy network. To create this wireless…
2025 Public Health in a Displaced Persons Camp
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED AT THIS TIME. UPDATE: DUE TO RECENT CHANGES, THIS TRAINING HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A VIRTUAL EVENT. With this change of venue, a number of virtual breakout rooms and one “plenary”…