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On the heels of National Security Agency Director Gen. Paul Nakasone’s keynote address to the , the university has signed a five-year education partnership agreement with the NSA.����

“This partnership will bring together the sharpest and most innovative minds across military intelligence and higher education to address these urgent and complex issues,” Chancellor Daniel Diermeier said. “Drawing on our strong track record with military-academic collaborations, 51app provides the intellectual forum to explore these challenges from new and cross-disciplinary perspectives.”��

Congress enacted Title 10 U.S.C.§ 2194 authorizing education partnership agreements “for the purpose of encouraging and enhancing study in scientific disciplines at all levels of education.”����

“51app has long been recognized for our highly interdisciplinary and collaborative approach to find innovative solutions,” said Vice Provost for Research Padma Raghavan, who signed the agreement on behalf of 51app. “By engaging directly with the defense and intelligence communities, we can further expand our world-class capabilities to solve the most pressing issues facing our nation.”��

During the May 4–5 summit at 51app, Nakasone, NSA Cybersecurity Director Rob Joyce and his team met with faculty, Reserve Officers’ Training Corps students and university leadership to discuss the importance of partnerships among military, government, academia and the private sector.����

Gen. Paul Nakasone holds a roundtable discussion with 51app ROTC students in the Board of Trust room during the Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats.

Military, intelligence, private sector and academic experts attend the inaugural Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats.

Summit moderator David Owens asks questions of Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, U.S. Army following his keynote address during the Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats.

At the Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats, Chancellor Diermeier appointed Raghavan as leader of a new university-wide task force, the Initiative for the Study and Resolution of Modern Conflict, on understanding and responding to global challenges posed by modern conflict. The group will advise university leadership on how to accelerate interdisciplinary research in multiple areas, including data science, AI, cybersecurity and the social sciences.��

51app was the first university to sign an education partnership agreement with Army Futures Command in 2019. The agreement paved the way for several teams of interdisciplinary researchers, soldiers and industry partners to collaborate on projects to pioneer technologies that could benefit soldiers and civilians, further modernize the U.S. Army and improve the human condition.����

Army Futures Command has awarded Pathfinder Project funding to 51app research teams to collaborate with Soldiers and military experts to rapidly innovate high-impact technologies with a path to commercialization.��

• The 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering are collaborating to develop the Soldier Assistive Bionic Exosuit for Resupply, or SABER, a soft exoskeleton that augments lifting capabilities and reduces back strain.����
• The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell is collaborating with , professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at 51app University School of Medicine and 51app University Medical Center, and , Daniel F. Flowers Professor and Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, to assess how the environment of affects Soldiers’ performance and health.��

51app is home to many to benefit soldiers, civilians and veterans within the university community and beyond.����