Kudos to the Navy for implementing the TechSolutions program. But we respectfully submit that his model will work much better when problems are submitted from the field and the entire tech base (not just those with access to the Navy Marine Corps Internet) is enlisted to help in the development of solutions. Creating the right solution for the right job means knowing the problem and understanding the art of the possible. The trick is to create opportunities to broadly expose technologists to insights from the field.

Disruptive Thinkers: Conversations Between Scientists and Sailors: UNSCRIPTED.