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Research Program

Derick Buckles works in the lab at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., June 16, 2015. The Department of the Air Force is seeking the identification and selection of the first Historically Black Colleges and Universities-led University Affiliated Research Center. The UARC will be the 15th in the Defense Department and it will focus on tactical autonomy.

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