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Army

Army’s Rapid Technologies Office Holding Second Pitch Event This Week

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, February 12th, 2020

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Army’s Rapid Technologies Office Holding Second Pitch Event This Week

The Army is holding its second “Innovation Day” in Austin, Texas this week as the service looks to bolster engagement with non-traditional partners and pair up novel technology concepts with major prototype development programs. Officials told reporters Wednesday the Army received over 700 responses seeking to participate in the event, which is being coordinated with Futures Command and Army Applications Lab, before inviting 38 companies to pitch their emerging capabilities to panels of Army leaders. “We host these innovation days…

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