facility houses a series of open-air water treatment tanks that were recently renovated and now serve as SLAMR’s aquatic environment laboratory. SLAMR uses the existing infrastructure, such as multiple 450,000 gallon water tanks that have been recently cleaned and renovated, as an affordable and sustainable location for research projects focusing on national defense applications in robotics, autonomous systems, cybersecurity and maritime related 5G telecommunications. The SLAMR lab site will see moderate day-to-day activity with a handful of researchers on site, and with its water-based capabilities, it will also be a key venue for NPS’ quarterly Joint Interagency Field Experimentation (JIFX) event that hosts research collaborators from around the country. The location also provides a great site for youth STEM activities and the SLAMR lab has already hosted a regional high school underwater robotics competition. Academics NPS offers graduate programs through four graduate schools and twelve departments. The different schools and departments offer various PhD and M.S.-level degrees: Graduate School of Defense Management includes the academic groups: Acquisition Management Enterprise Management Financial Management Management Manpower and Economics Operations and Logistics Management Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, includes the units: Applied Mathematics Department Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering Department Meteorology Department Oceanography Department Physics Department Systems Engineering Department Space Systems Academic Group Navigation Systems Engineering Institute Under Sea Warfare Systems Academic Committee Remote Sensing Center Spacecraft Robotics Laboratory Graduate School of Operational & Information Sciences includes the departments, located in Glasgow Hall, which has 50 stairs: Computer Sciences Defense Analysis Information Sciences Operations Research Graduate School of International & Defense Studies with multiple centers: National Security Affairs Academic Program Defense Resource Management Institute Center on Contemporary Conflict Center for Civil Military Relations Center for Stabilization Reconstruction and Studies Leadership Development and Education for Sustained Peace International Defense and Acquisition Resource Management Center for Homeland Defense and Security International Graduate Program Office Program for Culture & Conflict Studies NPS also operates an active, and for US warfighters and civilian government employees. Center for Homeland Defense and Security Emergency responders including local, tribal, state, and federal can enroll in a variety of programs including online distributed learning program, executive education programs, and most prominently a Master of Arts program. Masters of Arts Program The M.A. program is offered at no cost to eligible local, tribal, state, and federal officials. To accommodate participants' time constraints, NPS requires students to