National Security Innovation Network

In support of this mission, NSIN provides tools, training, and access to DoD assets that enable entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs to develop and commercialize high potential products in the national interest.

[6] NSIN consists of a portfolio of programs designed to build a defense innovation workforce that creates ventures relevant to both national security and high-potential civilian applications.

Hacking for Defense,[7][8][9] a university-sponsored class that teaches students to work with the DoD to better address national security challenges, was first taught at Stanford University by Steve Blank in the spring of 2016.

One team from the pilot class, Capella Space, secured a combination of DoD and venture capital funding and was scheduled to send the first U.S. commercial synthetic radar satellite into orbit in 2017.

NSIN's inaugural hackathon took place in October 2016 in Brooklyn, New York, where over 100 hackers worked to solve humanitarian assistance and disaster relief challenges faced by military personnel and first responders.