The DRAGON MEDIC team sees winning the Maj. Gen. Greene Innovation Award as a recognition of the value of their novel approach to rapidly fielding a vitally needed capability, as well as of the team’s hard work getting the project to the point where it is ready to hand off to the 1st AML.
“I have been working on the underlying technology for this pilot for all 10 years that I have been here,” says Developmental Diagnostics Branch Chief Dr. Christopher Stefan. “In those 10 years, technology has progressed exponentially. What used to take two days now takes two hours. To be able to not only conceptualize something but then to turn it into a product and deliver it to the people who can use it for the intended purpose is very rewarding.”
“It’s nice to see the things we’ve made getting out to play more of a functional and operational role,” agrees Koehler. “It’s good the work that we’ve done on this project come to fruition. It’s going to make a real difference.”