Morley Stone, PhD, the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s chief technology officer, says the US Defense Department’s “share” of the “research and development ecosystem” is shrinking and that it must “leverage” industry innovation to combat this effect during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Pentagon’s DoD Lab Day 2017.
Linda Thomas, PhD, a research engineer with the US Naval Research Laboratory, discusses the Defense Optical Channel Program’s research into “optical time transfer and quantum communications,” and how laser communications can aid US troops during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Pentagon’s DoD Lab Day 2017. The Defense Optical Channel Program, jointly run by the US Naval Research Laboratory, the US Air Force Research Laboratory, the US Army Research Laboratory and the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, won a $45 million US Defense Department grant earlier this year to support the research.
Hollie Pietsch, WIAMan ATD Team Lead at the US Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, discusses how the WIAMan, or the Warrior Injury Assessment Manikin, is helping TARDEC improve transportation-technology design to keep soldiers safe during a May 18, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian during the US Defense Department’s DoD Lab Day at the Pentagon.
Tom Boucher, electromagnetic railgun program manager at the Office of Naval Research, discusses higher firing rates and extending bore life during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at DoD Lab Day at the Pentagon on May 18, 2017.
Jack Logan, PhD, electrical engineer at the US Naval Research Laboratory, discusses low-cost, ultra-wideband phased array antennas and their potential applications for the US Navy with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian during DoD Lab Day 2017 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on May 18, 2017.
Eric Gillman, research physicist at the US Naval Research Laboratory, discusses dusty plasma, its potential applications for defense innovation, “Big Bang Theory” and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian during DoD Lab Day 2017 at the Pentagon on May 18, 2017.
Maj. Joe Minor, US Army, program manager for RDECOM Rotorcraft Degraded Visual Enviroment Mitigation (as well as an experimental test pilot), discusses the DVEM program with Defense & Aerospace Report Vago Muradian during DoD Lab Day 2017 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on May 18, 2017.
