EurekAlert June 8, 2021
Under a new Congressional initiative called the Catalyst-Pathfinder program the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command partners with the XVIII Airborne Corps to create close working relationships between Soldiers and universities to solve military challenges. The goal is to harness the creativity and technical skills of academic institutions and help the Army to quickly create better solutions to real problems. Catalyst frames Soldier problems in a manner suitable for academia to identify research and emerging technologies to solve them. Pathfinder executes pilot programs, rapidly accelerating the delivery of technologies to address complex Army problems. Universities in North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia are part of the program. Catalyst-Pathfinder will engage Soldiers earlier in the research and development process to make them aware of emerging research and technologies that academia can provide to help meet their needs…read more.