Trent grew up on a horse farm in East Tennessee in the Oak Ridge community and completed his undergraduate and MBA curriculum at the University of Tennessee. Trent has over 20 years in the defense industry working 13 years in night vision systems with focuses on domestic and international Special Operations Forces. He also has 8 years in Unmanned Ground Robotics (UGV’s) sales with a focus on Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and CBRN robotic applications for bomb squads and HAZMAT teams globally.
Hutchison has worked for L-3, ITT (now Elbit), NVD, and AeroVironment in a sales executive capacity. While working in night vision, Trent has worked to develop many US domestic programs including ENVG II, GPNVG-18, Spiral Enhanced NVG, Ballistic Sighting Module, and NVG integration with ROVER for JTAC mission sets. Trent has vast knowledge on the exportability and ITAR applicable protocols for the sale of night vision systems internationally and has originated many new and developing markets along with the establishment of formal Sales & Distribution teams on a global scale for multiple night vision product lines.
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