Military to Leverage New Biotech Fields to Gain an Edge
7/24/2020
By Mandy Mayfield
Agencies throughout the Defense Department are investing in biotechnologies and working initiatives to harness nature’s processes to better support warfighters.
Biotech is an engineering discipline that uses living systems to create a wide range of products, said Michelle Rozo, assistant director for biotechnology at the office of the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering. “We can use that technology to produce an enormous range of things from food and medicines to textiles and fuels,†she said.
It will have a large impact on the defense sector, Rozo said during the Biotechnology for Materiel and Defense Symposium. “The same core competencies that can unlock products and capabilities [have] the potential to transform military systems and mission spaces.â€
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2020/7/24/military-to-leverage-new-biotech-fields-to-gain-an-edge
