Griffiss Institute News
The 17th Annual AFRL Challenge Competition invites regional high school teams to train artificial intelligence “agents” in a mission-driven STEM simulation. Hosted by Griffiss Institute and AFRL in...
Defense modernization is not constrained by technology — it is constrained by process. In his 2025 Arsenal of Freedom address, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth warned that bureaucracy, not adversaries...
Download PDF Rome, NY – February 12, 2026 – Five startups from New York, Colorado, and Texas have been selected by Griffiss Institute (GI) to join Cohort 5 of its...
By Sean Mills | Staff Writer | Rome Sentinel | SMills@RNYmedia.com Read the Full Coverage By The Rome Sentinel ROME — Roughly two dozen grade school students from around the...
The T3 Innovation Open House at Edwards Air Force Base brought together startup companies, Air Force scientists, and engineers to accelerate small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) innovation and...
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik secured $329 million for the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, NY as part of more than $541 million in Upstate New York defense funding, supporting quantum research...
Griffiss Institute has been awarded a position on the Missile Defense Agency’s SHIELD IDIQ contract, a $151B vehicle supporting the rapid transition of innovative technologies and capabilities to...
A Syracuse startup is bringing the power of quantum computing to today’s machines. BQP’s advanced software uses quantum math to dramatically accelerate simulations, drawing interest from the U.S...
Drone City LLC — a Griffiss Institute’s HUSTLE Defense Accelerator alumni company from 2023 and 2024 — has been selected for the NATO DIANA Challenge Programme, one of the most...
Blueprint 2030
Blueprint 2030 is Griffiss Institute’s strategic roadmap for strengthening America’s innovation advantage between 2026 and 2030. It integrates four essential pillars: GI Academy, GI Tech, GI Ventures, and GI Foundation, into one nationally significant enterprise.
Guided by our vision: American Innovation to Secure the Nation; our mission, and our why: One Nation, Secure in Science, Blueprint 2030 positions Griffiss Institute (GI) to:
- Expand the nation’s scientific talent base
- Accelerate mission-driven technologies
- Launch and scale dual-use startups
- Secure long-term institutional resilience through philanthropy and community investment
