“The Veterans Affairs Department’s research and development operations need a substantial reboot to provide vets with emerging technologies that could improve their lives when they return home, experts told Congress.”
“Witnesses encouraged lawmakers to pursue legislation that lowers costs and increases vets’ access to health care tech, and also explored the possibility of creating a moonshot research office at VA modeled after the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.”
“Today, VA officials prioritize individual topics for more research, like suicide prevention or advanced prosthetics, but those efforts often get glommed onto existing efforts and may not get the extra resources they need. Witnesses said a structure that sets aside funds for researchers to target specific priority areas—the way DARPA does—could help get those projects over the finish line.”
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Source: We Need a DARPA-Like Program for Veterans’ Problems, Experts Say – By Jack Corrigan, May 22, 2018. Nextgov.
