AEROSPACE, DEFENSE, AND GLOBAL SECURITY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT A strategic investment in aerospace, defense, and global security will unite the resources of the University of Oklahoma as a major research university, with the unique network of industry and government partners to advance security, liberty, and prosperity for our state, nation, and world. We are poised to grow to national prominence in four crucial areas: Radar Innovations, Sustainment and Modernization, Advanced Technologies, and International Security policy. OU’s Advanced Radar Research Center is the largest university-based radar center in the nation. Next-generation radio frequency sensing and communication systems address a range of national security issues like spectrum superiority
to extreme weather associated with climate change. Oklahoma is home to several military installations, including the headquarters for the Air Force Sustainment Center. Through new partnerships, we would provide sustainment and modernization support through expertise in embedded software systems and advanced manufacturing technologies. Building on expertise in OU’s Center for Autonomous Sensing and Sampling, and the Center for Quantum Research and Technology, we address two areas of critical importance to the U.S. Department of Defense, unmanned systems and applications stemming from quantum science. Global security challenges require actionable policy recommendations. By leveraging existing OU strengths in cybersecurity policy, climate science, and contextual analysis of emerging technologies, we will address global security challenges including climate change and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum. Ensuring National and Global Security through Radar Innovations Ensuring national and global security into the future requires continuous innovation for an advanced arsenal of defense infrastructure. Sensing systems are a vital component of all Department of Defense platforms including
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