About this episode

Andi discusses the Marine Institute's NATO DIANA Test Centre with guest Maria Halfyard.

In this episode Andi explores the Marine Institute's test centre for NATO's Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) network. Andi's guest, Maria Halfyard is the Manager of Business and Development at The Launch, MI's modern state-of-the art research and development facility in Holyrood, Newfoundland and Labrador.

People in this episode

Host: Andi

Guest: Maria Halfyard

Topics covered

• NATO
• Defense Innovation
• Marine research
• Test centre
• Business development

Keywords

• NATO
• Marine Institute
• DIANA
• research facility
• Holyrood
• business development
• innovation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Marine Institute, NATO, Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic

Places: Holyrood, Newfoundland and Labrador

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