US Army Taps Academic Research for Cutting-Edge Military Technology

In Texas, the Army is ditching regular acquisition cycles, working closely with universities in pioneering approach

Bell Helicopter’s V-280 Valor is shown in this artists image, part of the army's Vertical Lift program—one of six priority areas identified in the Army Modernization Strategy. Bell Helicopter

In the past, the U.S. military’s technology developers didn’t need much help navigating toward the future.

After all, they had invented GPS long before it was embedded into our smartphone maps—along with spawning the internet, duct tape, super glue, and the microwave, to name a few innovations.