Expertise from UArizona and industry across the state offers expertise beyond defense and winning the war.

USS Arizona Legacy Foundations will honor the memory of the fallen battleship and its crew with a new naval submarine. The ship will be known as the USS Arizona SSN-803 and is designed to be the successor to the original. The foundation will also focus on community outreach and education on the history of Pearl Harbor as well as providing "a framework of support" for the new submarine's naval crew, serving as a link between them and the citizens of Arizona.

UArizona Department Head of Mining and Geological Engineering Kray Luxbacher highlights the United States' dependence on adversarial nations for critical minerals essential to the green energy transition. To ensure a secure and sufficient supply chain, she says, the U.S. must invest in bolstering its domestic mining industry

Three University of Arizona faculty will acquire equipment for cutting-edge research crucial to national defense through the FY’24 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP). The program is administered through a merit competition by the basic research agencies of the U.S. Army (ARO), Navy (ONR), and Air Force (AFOSR).

Expertise from UArizona and industry across the state offers expertise beyond defense and winning the war.