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Podcast: ATARC Federal IT Newscast
Episode: Space and Defense Innovation Launchpad Podcast - Episode 3
Description: This episode features a conversation with Ben Garcia of Weber State University’s MARS (Miller Advanced Research and Solutions Center) about how academia can more effectively support the aerospace and defense industry, particularly in high‑temperature composites and hypersonic materials. The discussion explores technology and manufacturing readiness, industry–university collaboration models, and how intellectual property, factory-like training environments, and digital manufacturing can accelerate innovation from lab concepts to fielded capabilities.