Apr. 5, 2024 The future of the CMI2 Adaptive Experimentation Facility in Clay County is taking shape. Over the past four weeks, our Adaptive Experimentation Facility (AEF) team has worked hard to clean up the new-to-us existing structure for our location in Lizemores. The property was purchased on March 4, and as soon as the paperwork was […]
The Army Chief of Staff included a published article by a CMI2 manager in Army University Press’s “Chief of Staff of the Army Recommended Articles” for March 2024. CMI2 Pathfinder Warfighter Innovation Chief (PWIC) Robert Leach published his original article “The Four Pillars of Tactical Innovation: A Path For Impactful Disruption” in February via the […]
Mar. 26, 2024 In mid-February, we announced our plans for the 2024 CMI2 Adaptive Experimentation Facility (AEF) High School Summer Internship opportunities. These full-time opportunities begin in late May and go through early August in Clay County. The application deadline is five days away on March 31, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. The available positions for […]
On March 11, Randy Emert, Marne Innovation Center Manager (a Civil-Military Innovation Institute (CMI2) DIRT lab), co-presented the paper “Accelerating Army Tactical Innovation: A Five-way University-Military-Government-Nonprofit Collaboration to Speed Soldier-Ideated Technology Development” at the 2024 American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern Section Conference at Kennesaw State University. Randy presented with one of his co-authors, Dr. Matthew Traum, from the University of […]
The Mobile Immediate-Need Engineering Resource, or MINER, was featured as a TECHTALK Pop-Up during South by Southwest 2024 activities at the DoDxTech events at the 800 Congress venue in Austin, TX. The MINER, a testament to the collaboration between the U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory and the Civil-Military Innovation Institute (CMI2), is a mobile […]
Mar. 11, 2024 Last week, CMI2 finalized the acquisition of more than 200 acres in the Lizemores, WV, area for the permanent location of our Adaptive Experimentation Facility (AEF). The property, including a former apple orchard and processing plant facility, was purchased from Betty and Frank Murphy, of Clay, WV. As soon […]
Feb. 26, 2024 The successes of CMI2’s Adaptive Experimentation Facility in 2023 are undeniable, and we believe our people make us different. Among those who made a difference at the Clay County facility are those who participated in the Career Connections program. In 2023, the CMI2 Adaptive Experimentation Facility hired our inaugural class of interns […]