The Defense Department announced March 9, 2017, awards to 160 university researchers at 84 institutions totaling $47 million through the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program. Pictured here, Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Perara guides a robot during the Department of Defense Lab Day at the Pentagon, May 14, 2015. Perara is assigned to the Marine Warfighting Laboratory. DoD photo by EJ Hersom