Lightning Talk: Tech Bridge Overview
Get insight into an innovation ecosystem: NavalX Tech Bridges connects Naval Labs with industry, academia and other military branches to solve critical naval challenges.
What you’ll find out
- How the Tech Bridge network works (3:28)
- Who’s in the network (4:26)
- Where the opportunities are to partner with the Navy (5:21)
- How to contact your local Tech Bridge (9:22)
- Other ways to connect and find support (13:32)
Key quotes
- “With all of those relationships coming together, we create a pipeline that will really allow us to accelerate capabilities.” (4:04)
- “What I love about our network is we’re not alone.” (4:26)
- “Some of the opportunities to partner with the Navy … there’s prize challenges, small business innovation research grants that Bob Smith was just talking about, the Hack the Machine and other hackathons are great ways to partner. If you go to Office of Naval Research website, there are STEM opportunities. You can apply for grants in a lot of different areas.” (5:21)
- “We’re looking for problems, opportunities, technology solutions, and we will find the right people to put your technology in front of.” (13:59)
Who you’ll hear from
Whitney Tallarico, NavalX Tech Bridge Director
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