CMI2 Featured in ‘Workforce Unhinged’ Podcast

CMI2 Featured in ‘Workforce Unhinged’ Podcast

On Feb. 23, 2024, the Workforce Development Board Mid-Ohio Valley featured CMI2 in episode 46 of its Workforce Unhinged podcast. The podcast focused on the partnership between CMI2 and Career Connections, including interviews with Adam Landers, AEF Operations Manager, and site specialists Joshua Walker and Elijah Morton.   Career Connections is an employment and training program […]

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Advanced Development of Additive Manufacturing Inc. Signs Innovative Collaboration Agreement with West Virginia Entities

Advanced Development of Additive Manufacturing Inc. Signs Innovative Collaboration Agreement with West Virginia Entities

This article was originally published by A.D.A.M. (Advanced Development of Additive Manufacturing Inc.) Agreement Establishes Materials Processing Center, a Point of Care Facility and Professional Training to Support Biomedical Manufacturing in the State CHARLESTON, W.Va., Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The Advanced Development of Additive Manufacturing Inc. (A.D.A.M.), a provider of 3D printing systems for […]

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Emergency medical technicians certified in rugged mountain conditions

Emergency medical technicians certified in rugged mountain conditions

  Students earn wilderness medicine accreditation at CMI2 facility   Military and civilian EMTs participate in hands-on learning exercises during the week-long recertification in the Wilderness Emergency Medical Technicians Basic Recertification course at CMI2's Adaptive Experimentation Facility (AEF) in Clay County, West Virginia. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Edwin L. Wriston)   Clay, WV [...]
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CMI2 Program Manager Article Featured by Modern War Institute Website

CMI2 Program Manager Article Featured by Modern War Institute Website

This article was originally published by the Modern War Institute on Feb. 7, 2024. The Four Pillars of Tactical Innovation: A Path for Impactful Disruption Robert Leach | 02.07.24 Innovation is the lifeblood of progress, and in the context of the military, it is a crucial component of keeping pace with today’s rapid technological evolution. […]

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CMI2 breaks ground on development of military training and technology testing site in West Virginia

CMI2 breaks ground on development of military training and technology testing site in West Virginia

FOLA, West Virginia — November 8, 2023 — The Civil-Military Innovation Institute (CMI2), based in Morgantown, West Virginia, has broken ground on the development of a reclaimed coal mining property into a facility where military personnel from across the nation can train and field test technology. CMI2’s Adaptive Experimentation Facility, located in Clay County, West […]

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CMI2 Program Managers Co-Author Cyber Article for JCERP Online Journal

CMI2 Program Managers Co-Author Cyber Article for JCERP Online Journal

Article analyzes 100 OT cybersecurity positions to provide insights on key prerequisite requirements    The article “Building the Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity Workforce: What are Employers Looking for?” was published on Oct. 16, 2023, in the Journal of Cybersecurity Education Research and Practice (JCERP), a peer-reviewed scholarly online journal dedicated to promoting scholarship among faculty […]

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CMI2 national team earns Army Research Laboratory award for creation of multiple Soldier-centered innovation facilities

CMI2 national team earns Army Research Laboratory award for creation of multiple Soldier-centered innovation facilities

MORGANTOWN WV – Oct. 13, 2023 – A nationwide Civil-Military Innovation Institute (CMI2) team responsible for creating Soldier-centered innovation and research facilities at four locations were recognized by the Army Research Laboratory’s (ARL) at the 28th Annual Honorary Awards Program on Sep. 13, 2023. Led by the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) ARL, […]

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How innovation cells in Army combat units are harnessing soldiers’ ideas

How innovation cells in Army combat units are harnessing soldiers’ ideas

This article was originally published in DEFENSE ONE. Learn more about CMI2 DIRT Labs. By Sam Skove | Staff Writer, DEFENSE ONE Four divisions are turning projects around in record time, from leashed drones to mold trackers. Heads turned at Fort Irwin’s training ranges earlier this year when the 3rd Infantry Division arrived with quadcopters […]

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University of Arkansas Joins U.S. Army Pathfinder Program

University of Arkansas Joins U.S. Army Pathfinder Program

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas has become the latest university to join the Army Pathfinder Program, an initiative overseen by the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Army Research Laboratory and executed by the Civil-Military Innovation Institute. Pathfinder puts national research universities together with operational forces to speed the transition of technologies […]

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