Carole Winterhalter, a textile technologist at Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, speaks with Secretary of Defense Ash Carter April 1 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., as Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy, left, and Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey listen. Carter was on hand to announce a new, $317 million public-private partnership named the Advanced Functional Fibers of America Institute, which should bolster innovation in fibers and textiles. NSRDEC will be part of the consortium.
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