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Field notes

Empowering Students Through Hands-On Robotics and Drone Technology

At the 2025 X-STEM Oʻahu Workshops at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center, PTCG hosted "Beyond the Horizon: Robotics and Drones Shaping Tomorrow" in partnership with the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology and the Puʻeʻa Learning Center — bringing hands-on robotics and drones to the next generation of Pacific innovators.

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Field notes

Inspiring Hawaiʻi's Future Innovators: A Day at Lightning Labs

PTCG partnered with the 25th Infantry Division Lightning Labs to host a site visit for the drone teams of Ewa Makai Middle School and James Campbell High School — strengthening the bridge between industry, academia, and the military.

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Perspective

Battlefield Success Demands Technological Superiority, Not Just LSCO Focus

A perspective arguing that technological overmatch matters across the full range of modern conflict — from counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency to policing operations — not a single doctrine alone.

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Perspective

National Security Imperative: Secure the DIB

Why securing the Defense Industrial Base — the companies and supply chains behind national defense — is a national-security imperative for the United States and the Pacific.

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A New Era of Army Acquisition

A look at how the Army is reshaping acquisition to field new technology faster — and what that shift means for innovators and partners across the Pacific.

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