The continued threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic has prompted the U.S. Army to offer to pay manufacturers who can produce low-cost ventilators to care for people who have the contracted the COVID-19 disease. Through a Teach Search competition, businesses are submitting ideas for solutions in hope of obtaining Defense Department research contracts to develop new ventilator prototypes. Fulton Schools Professor Brad Allenby, founding chair of the Consortium for Emerging Technologies, Military Operations and National Security, comments that such technology development programs are becoming critical in light of the possibilities for widespread health crises.