SUPPORTING THE FUTURE FORCE


DIFFERENT KIND of COMPETITION


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The Army’s xTechSearch competition creates an innovation pipeline to the small business ecosystem to enable next -generation technologies from nontraditional suppliers.


by Dr. Matt Willis


“The Army needs that private-sector innovation. We need to adapt and accept commercial technologies in a greater fashion.”


—Dr. Bruce D. Jette, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology


HIGH-LEVEL BRIEF


Dr. Steven Venticinque, center, co- founder and chief medical officer of Olifant Medical, explains his company’s airway management technology to Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins, left, commanding general of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC), and Dr. Philip Perconti, director of the CCDC – Army Research Laboratory (ARL), at the Innovator’s Corner during the AUSA 2019 Global Force Symposium and Exposition in March. (Photos by Patricia Riippa, Booz Allen Hamilton, supporting CCDC – ARL)


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n the little more than a year and a half since its inception, the Army Expedition- ary Technology Search (xTechSearch) competition has attracted a wide variety of technologies from nontraditional defense contractors that may never have come to the Army’s attention without it. One such technology was first-round winner


Adranos Inc.’s rocket fuel: It has the potential to increase a rocket’s range by 40 percent (See related article, “Winning Is Just the Start,” on Page 15), which fits perfectly with the Army’s No. 1 modernization priority of improving long-range precision fires.


Kicked off in June 2018, each iteration of the prize competition has four phases. Each phase results in successful competitors receiving increasing monetary awards for advanced technology achievements relevant to the Army. Te top prize was $200,000 for xTechSearch 1.0. Te Association of the United States Army’s (AUSA) 2019 Annual Meeting and Exposition will feature the grand prize winner of xTechSearch 2.0, who will


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