DoD Competition to Launch New Manufacturing Institute: Would be more suspicious if this wasn't a DOD initiative but still when has the Guv ever increased efficiencies? Small is better.

who is not doing this now? Elbit? Rockwell? Intevac? DARPA? More bureaucracy, more often, that's our mantra.

-- Advances in integrated photonics will lead to significant improvements in the ability to see through dust clouds of landing helicopters, avoiding crash landings and saving warfighter lives.


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