{"id":164649,"date":"2022-09-06T13:19:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T23:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=164649"},"modified":"2022-09-06T13:19:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T23:19:52","slug":"army-air-force-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/06\/army-air-force-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Students tackle real world challenges for Army, Air Force"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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How do you safely land a helicopter in an urban area, or improve medevacs? Those are the kind of real-world situations University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa College of Engineering<\/a> students tackled when they worked with the U.S. Army\u2019s 25th Infantry Division and the U.S. Air Force\u2019s 15th Wing at Hickam Air Force Base, gaining practical experience, while setting themselves up for potential internships and careers.<\/p>\n

The fall 2022 engineering course is part of the Hacking for Defense program, under a new initiative called the National Security Innovation Network<\/a>, housed in UH<\/abbr>\u2019s Office of Innovation and Commercialization<\/a>. Twenty students are working on the following issues, which are related to helicopter safety and consolidated training for airmen:<\/p>\n