Military-industrial sector has a wide range of development targets. Hence, the investment and focus on innovation is carefully managed from the CEO all the way down in the company to maintain alignment with business goals and objectives.” Industry leaders have a responsibility to their customers and shareholders, and take this responsibility very seriously. “It's important to note, though, it's not innovation for innovation's sake. I'll consider it a success if A, I don't put you to sleep, and, B, you take at least one piece of information away which helps in your day-to-day work.” He describes one of the key aims of his presentation at the Digital DCS Forum: “My overall objective is to help you, academia and the research and development community, in your engagements with research sponsors, internship providers, and ultimately, for some, career destinations. With the signing of a two-year budget agreement in summer 2019, the DOD R&D budget grew 29% to a total of $92.3 billion.” Optical Earth imaging satellites from companies like Planet are most often cited, but others like ICEYE and Hawkeye 360 are fielding commercial radar and signals collection from space, respectively.”Ĭonsidering the commercial impact of innovations in the A&D sectors, Noble quotes from the Aerospace Industry Association 2019 Facts and Figures report: “In 2018 alone, the industry contributed over $374 billion to the GDP of the US, representing 1.8% of the entire GDP. But there are others being driven commercially, including, of particular relevance to this conference, sensing systems, which historically were the exclusive purview of national security. Machine learning and artificial intelligence are the typical examples. Noble continues, “Now we're witnessing a greater and growing fraction of technologies finding their roots on the commercial side, but with important applications for national security. “At the time, ARPA, now DARPA's forerunner to the internet.” “The classic example being ARPANET,” he says. My talk’s aim is to enable better and more mutually beneficial relations between the R&D and A&D communities,” says Noble, adding that, historically, the US Department of Defense has been an “engine of innovation for the nation”, with benefits reaching beyond the military. “A&D interacts with the academic, research and development, and small business communities to advance their innovation programs. Further to this, contracted research and development, CRAD, is also a significant contributor. The process of Internal research and development, IRAD, is the principal tool and IRAD funding is the primary fuel for innovation. Noble opens his presentation with, “Aerospace and defense sectors employ a number of tools in the pursuit of innovation. The company’s offer is “to bring speed, innovation and flawless execution together with a commitment to make the world more secure.” It provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across air, land, sea, space and cyber domains. 元Harris is an aerospace and defense technology innovator. He provides overall strategic leadership within the space domain and across air, space and cyber sectors, and identifies and pursues advanced technology space-related and multi-domain business opportunities for the entire 元 Harris technology company. 元Harris invests in many photonics-related technologies.Innovation is described as “the lifeblood of national defense and the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry in the US” by SPIE DCS Digital Forum plenary speaker Dr Mike Noble, Executive Director – Space in the 元 Harris Patriot Works office.
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