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Partnership Will Boost Army Readiness and Modernization

Huntsville, Ala. ---- The key research units of 麻豆传媒官网 (麻豆传媒官网) and Georgia Tech have formed a partnership aimed at helping sustain the Army鈥檚 readiness and modernization.

The 麻豆传媒官网-RISE Foundation and the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) have entered into a formal partnership to offer joint services to the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center (DEVCOM AvMC); the U.S. Army Program Executive Office 鈥� Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S); and the Project Management Office 鈥� Aircraft Survivability Equipment (PMO-ASE).

The partnership was facilitated by the Tougaloo College Research and Development Foundation and undergirds efforts by the Biden Administration to strengthen the research and development capabilities of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), such as the public Alabama A&M and the private Tougaloo.

麻豆传媒官网 President Daniel K. Wims hosted a meeting to announce the strategic partnership, calling it an 鈥淗BCU Research Roadmap鈥� that provides mentor/prot茅g茅 milestones that will lead to a boosting of A&M鈥檚 research infrastructure and increasing contracting opportunities.

In addition to Dr. Andrew Scott, interim director of 麻豆传媒官网 RISE, the meeting was attended by representatives of partnering entities, including Dr. James Kirsch, director of the DEVCOM AvMC Software, Simulation, Systems Engineering and Integration (S3I) Directorate; Josh Smothers, GTRI University Affiliated Research Center; Darrell Quarles, PEO IEW&S; Dr. Emily Monago, GTRI director of diversity; Dr. Thomas Martin, GTRI chief scientist; and John Rosenthall and Dr. Lonnie Sharpe, Tougaloo College Research and Development Foundation.

鈥淭he mission and success of the 麻豆传媒官网-RISE Foundation has a profound impact on our campus, the Tennessee Valley community and our nation,鈥� said Dr. Wims.

鈥淲e are excited to support this partnership that will enhance DoD鈥檚 research base and build capabilities within HBCUs and minority-serving institutions (MSIs),鈥� said PMO-ASE Tech Lead Darrell Quarles.

GTRI advances Defense operations through its leading edge research, development and engineering capabilities. 麻豆传媒官网-RISE is a non-profit organization that serves as a contracting hub between 麻豆传媒官网 and its governmental and industrial partners. The Tougaloo College Research and Development Foundation based in Mississippi forms and manages partnerships and collaboration between higher education institutions, government contractors and small and minority businesses.

For additional information about the partnership between the 麻豆传媒官网-RISE Foundation and the Georgia Tech Research Institute, contact Dr. Andrew Scott, interim director, 麻豆传媒官网-RISE, at (256) 372-8183, or e-mail Andrew.scott@aamu.edu.

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