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<rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>USF News Feed</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/news/</link><description>Recent posts from USF News</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:30:42 -04:00</lastBuildDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>OmniUpdate (OU Publish)</generator><item><title>USF to rapidly develop technologies for the military with new cutting-edge lab</title><link>https://www.usf.edu/news/2023/usf-to-rapidly-develop-technologies-for-the-military-with-new-cutting-edge-lab.aspx</link><description>The Rapid Experimentation Lab, managed by the USF Institute of Applied Engineering, puts engineers with different areas of expertise in the same room, dramatically reducing the amount of time it typically takes to build a prototype. It’s part of a five-year, $85 million contract with U.S. Special Operations Command, headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base.</description><author></author><pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2023 00:00:00 </pubDate><media:content url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2023/usf-to-rapidly-develop-technologies-for-the-military-with-new-cutting-edge-lab/new-listing.jpg" type="image/jpg"><media:title>USF to rapidly develop technologies for the military with new cutting-edge lab</media:title><media:description>The Rapid Experimentation Lab, managed by the USF Institute of Applied Engineering, puts engineers with different areas of expertise in the same room, dramatically reducing the amount of time it typically takes to build a prototype. It’s part of a five-year, $85 million contract with U.S. Special Operations Command, headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base.</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.usf.edu/images/news/2023/usf-to-rapidly-develop-technologies-for-the-military-with-new-cutting-edge-lab/new-listing.jpg" /><media:keywords>Taylor Johnston and Darren Schumacher stand inside a lab in the Institute of Applied Engineering</media:keywords></media:content><guid>https://www.usf.edu/news/2023/usf-to-rapidly-develop-technologies-for-the-military-with-new-cutting-edge-lab.aspx</guid><categories>Community Partnerships,Research and Innovation</categories><tags>College of Engineering,Institute of Applied Engineering,MyUSF,SOCOM,Tina Meketa</tags></item></channel></rss>