While working at General Dynamics Electric Boat, I helped design and develop new technology for submarines. I worked with Lockheed Martin, the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), vendors and people who report to congress for money. I was the person who brought everyone together. The way you get industry research done fast (not always the best product) is by having lots of different people with different expertise together working on a project. Lockheed Martin was more about developing the structure. NRL did the core technology. The vendor actually made everything and put it together. To actually develop research from an idea to something that is working on a submarine takes LOTS of skill and experience and to get it done fast, you need all those people working efficiently together.