Integrating Knowledge: An MIT Story

Abstract

This is the first in a series of articles addressing how SDM alumnus Luke Cropsey is integrating knowledge from various MIT resources and transferring it to his employer, the US Air Force (USAF). Cropsey represented the USAF as MIT's Lean Advancement Initiative (LAI) Fellow for the '07-'08 academic year, while completing his SDM degree. In this article, Cropsey outlines how he synthesized resources from four communities—LAI, the Systems Engineering Advancement Research Initiative, SDM, and the USAF—to come up with an overarching methodology for examining and addressing the complexities of integrating unmanned aircraft systems into the National Airspace System