The Department of Defense is pushing biomanufacturing to replace foreign supply chains, from engineered microbes that generate fuel to advanced materials. A new DoD Biotechnology Management Office will coordinate research across military branches, opening funding opportunities for startups in synthetic biology and biomaterials.
If you can develop or grow what others might mine in manufacturing, the defense world wants to hear from you. Because the dual-use future isn't just digital, it's also biological. Congress is pushing the DOD to accelerate biomanufacturing efforts, with some examples of using microbes to produce fuel, new materials for advanced manufacturing, and development of specialty chemicals that replace foreign supply chains. In fact, a new DOD Biotechnology Management Office is expected to launch to coordinate R&D across military branches. And for these reasons, this opens up the brand new funding opportunities for startups in synthetic biology, biomaterials, health security, and biomanufacturing. So if you can develop or grow what others might mine in manufacturing, the defense world wants to hear from you because the dual-use future isn't just digital, it's also biological.
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