Letterkenny Army Depot Talks About Emerging Technologies, Industry Relations, and Workforce Efforts

NDIA’s Emerging Technologies Institute visited the Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. ETI's Executive Director, Dr. Arun Seraphin, is joined by Letterkenny Army Depot's director of strategic management, Kate Williams, and Chris Ghigliotti, an electronics engineer. Kate spoke about the weapons maintenance, safety, and modernization process and the return of supplies to soldiers. Chris also spoke about the work that the depot does in collaboration with Penn State to test new technologies. He also talked about how Letterkenny outreach activities, including their STEM-pilot program to generate student interest in directed energy. Lastly, Kate added the importance of inter-service cooperation for warfighters and the different emerging technology projects the Depot has done with other services. https://www.letterkenny.army.mil/ This episode is sponsored by Raytheon. https://www.rtx.com/raytheon