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For the week of May 19, 2023, here’s what we’re reading:
- General Atomics to build drones for Taiwan in $217.6M DoD deal
- National University awards 35 scholarships, totaling $175K
- Boundless Bio snags $100M in third VC round
- Access Trax wins MetroConnect $25K export grant
- Sanford Burnham Prebys collaborates to predict kidney disease
- San Diego becomes Major League Soccer’s next franchise
- Illumina progresses in genomic surveillance to quicken pandemic response
- Viasat to complete $6B acquisition of rival Inmarsat
- Ventoux Biosciences to develop Dupuytren’s disease treatment
…and here are some events and opportunities:
- June 1 – EDC
EDC’s Annual Dinner - Opportunity – EDC, Advancing San Diego
Apply: Host summer engineering and computing interns - July 11 – WTCSD
US to Anywhere: eCommerce Growth Webinar - July 14 – WTCSD
Apply: MetroConnect export accelerator program
Talent Flow Analysis released at the SHIP Regional Visioning event
In early April, EDC and its partners hosted the Shipbuilding Regional Industrialization Pilot (SHIP) Regional Visioning event at UC San Diego Park & Market to present defense talent flow findings and gather diverse industry, education, policy, and civic perspectives on critical priorities for the shipbuilding industrial base.