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BlueTIDE 2026: What You Need to Know Before the May 28 Application Deadline

Polaris Tech Bridge was proud to sponsor and support the Blue Innovation Symposium, hosted by Blue Venture Forum, at the Wyndham Newport Hotel.

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Anduril Industries Named Flagship Sponsor of BlueTIDE 2026

Polaris Tech Bridge was proud to sponsor and support the Blue Innovation Symposium, hosted by Blue Venture Forum, at the Wyndham Newport Hotel.

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Polaris Tech Bridge Discusses Rhode Island’s Economic Future at PBN Summit

Polaris Tech Bridge was proud to sponsor this year’s Providence Business News’ Summit for Emerging Industries on Wednesday, March 11, 2026.

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Space: The Final Frontier for Standards

NIST is partnering with NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce and biotech company Rhodium Scientific to establish measurement standards that will underpin a resilient, scalable space economy.

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Listening Without Ears: How A Technology Startup Is Helping NOAA Unlock the Sounds of the Sea

The partnership between BLUEiQ and NOAA, which is under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, or CRADA, is already bearing fruit, as a recent deep-ocean deployment in Georges Bank off the U.S. East Coast allowed BLUEiQ to validate the technology in a deep-ocean environment.

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Polaris Tech Bridge Highlights Regional Collaboration at Blue Innovation Symposium

Polaris Tech Bridge was proud to sponsor and support the Blue Innovation Symposium, hosted by Blue Venture Forum, at the Wyndham Newport Hotel.

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Southern New England Defense and Dual Use Ecosystem

This report describes Rhode Island’s role, potential, opportunities, and vision for Maritime Innovation within the Southern New England Defense and Dual Use Ecosystem.

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Meet Polaris: Our New Chapter

Polaris is a nonprofit dedicated to driving business growth, innovation, and job creation in Rhode Island. It is a new organization created to unify its services under a single, accessible name that signifies its role as a trusted advisor and community partner.

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Rhode Island’s Economic Growth is Tied to the Ocean

Polaris is a nonprofit dedicated to driving business growth, innovation, and job creation in Rhode Island. It is a new organization created to unify its services under a single, accessible name that signifies its role as a trusted advisor and community partner.

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Annual Impact Report 2024

This annual report only highlights a fraction of our 2024 outcomes and focuses on Technology Briefings and Demonstrations, including the inaugural BlueTIDE event, and Technology Scouting. Download Now >

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R.I Stakeholders Must Row in the Same Direction on Blue Economy

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Rhode Island’s Blue Economy Gets Boost from 401 Tech Bridge

“We pride ourselves on giving companies that opportunity to put things in the water, to put things in the environment, where they need to execute,” said director Erik Brine By Omar Mohammed Globe Staff, Updated October 21, 2024, 6:00 a.m. PROVIDENCE — Colonel Erik Brine has flown planes for the US Air Force. He has worked […]

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BlueTIDE 2024 – Transforming the Future of Undersea Technology

BlueTIDE 2024, the Blue Technology In-water Demonstration Event hosted by 401 Tech Bridge in conjunction with Northeast Tech Bridge and NavalX, set new benchmarks for the undersea technology industry, bringing together Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (UUVs), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), and Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) alongside groundbreaking Sensors, Digital Twin Modeling & Sim, and Undersea Comms technologies. […]

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Maritime Technology Innovators from Around the World Gather for “BlueTIDE 2024” Demonstration Event

Maritime Technology Innovators from Around the World Gather for 401 Tech Bridge “BlueTIDE 2024” Demonstration Event

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BlueTIDE 2024: Critical Innovations at Work in Newport, RI

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Autonomous Excitement

Autonomous Systems and Uncrewed Vehicles Take Center Stage 401 Tech Bridge is excited to announce the success of our 4th Technical Focus Demonstration Event, held in June, which highlighted groundbreaking innovations in Autonomous Systems and Uncrewed Vehicles. The event was a tremendous success, highlighting an amazing group of innovators who are pushing the boundaries of […]

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Rhode Island Rising

RISE-UP has potential to boost state’s economy, create jobs and provide entrepreneurial opportunities for students A new multimillion-dollar Navy grant called the Resilient Innovative Sustainable Economies via University Partnerships (RISE-UP) is helping students create their own companies—and spur the state’s innovation economy. Name a state with a population of about a million people, that has […]

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Understand Your Mission

After 26 years of national security experience, I’m excited to find myself at the intersection of government, industry and academia as I take the helm of 401 Tech Bridge and lead our efforts to accelerate the development and transition of dual-use technologies. With each new command opportunity, I first assess my own leadership style and […]