US Ignite is pleased to welcome to its Board of Directors two renowned leaders in their fields: Celia Merzbacher, Deputy Director of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C), and Dr. Renata Rawlings-Goss, biophysicist and Executive Director of The South Big Data Innovation Hub.

US Ignite, in partnership with Facebook Reality Labs, announces the awarding of $20,000 to three communities that will host Augmented Reality (AR) Developer Challenge Competitions from February to August 2021.

Today US Ignite, a nonprofit organization that helps communities accelerate smart city initiatives, and Spectrum announced that they have awarded a multi-year grant and resources to the State of Ohio for designing and implementing smart transportation initiatives.

With $250,000 from the National Science Foundation, US Ignite will help partners in Bend, Oregon and Salt Lake City extend virtual reality training and air quality visualization applications into new communities.

New 4G/5G network will support smart transportation testbed; offer opportunities for expansion into nearby smart community Colorado Springs

Greensboro will accelerate innovation district initiatives to drive economic development as part of the international smart city program Charlotte, NC – November 12, 2020 – Segra, a fiber infrastructure communications provider based in Charlotte, in conjunction with US Ignite, a non-profit organization seeking to accelerate the smart city movement, announce the selection of Greensboro, NC a…

US Ignite, in partnership with Facebook Reality Labs, today announces a new Augmented Reality Developer Challenge

US Ignite today announces the launch of Project OVERCOME, a National Science Foundation- (NSF-) funded effort to accelerate the delivery of broadband services to unserved and underserved communities.

New Mountain Express service is part of a yearlong pilot project to test automated vehicle technology at United States Army Installation Fort Carson, Colorado

US Ignite issues a new Request for Information (RFI) today for training services that can be offered to startup companies and entrepreneurs. These services may be provided to future US Ignite partners selected through reverse pitch, hackathon, and other prize competitions within the smart city high-tech sector. This RFI is a request for interested parties to describe their processes, technical c…

ATIS and US Ignite today announced publication of the Smart Cities Data Catalog Specification, a resource to help cities leverage data exchanges to achieve greater usability and application of their evolving smart cities infrastructure.

First Transit will deliver and operate two autonomous shuttles for rider transport on site WASHINGTON – August 4, 2020 – US Ignite today announces the selection of First Transit, in partnership with Perrone Robotics, as the autonomous vehicle (AV) shuttle provider for the Fort Carson, Colorado, Smart Transportation Testbed, a project funded and managed by the U.S. Army Engineer Research an…

Report highlights role of municipal enablement and growing popularity of hybrid deployment models WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 9, 2020 – US Ignite and Altman Solon are pleased to announce the results of a comprehensive study of municipally enabled broadband deployment in a new report: Broadband Models for Unserved and Underserved Communities. The report aims to help any of the estimated 6,5001 …

US Ignite issues a new Request for Proposals today for networking services at Fort Carson in Colorado. US Ignite is seeking a wireless network engineering business to build and manage a wireless communications network for the Fort Carson Transportation Testbed project. The network will be used to collect sensor and autonomous vehicle data created by the smart base technology pilot on site. Th…