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Arthur Grijalva, SpaceWERX Director, welcomes guests during opening remarks at the inaugural I2A Expo Day event in El Segundo, California, April 25, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Breana Isley)
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AFRL chief scientists welcome HBCU partners to advance tactical autonomy

Chief scientists from technical directorates across the Air Force Research Laboratory met with the Department of the Air Force’s first-ever Historically Black Colleges and Universities -led University Affiliated Research Center, or UARC, to initiate collaborative efforts relating to tactical autonomy at the Doolittle Institute in Niceville, Fla., April 2, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo / Chris Quinlin)
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AFWERX Spark Crossflow event spurs innovation and collaboration

Staff Sgt. Joshua Nash, left, and Master Sgt. Dakota Belcher, AFWERX Spark coordinators, use Design Thinking methods to create conditions for lively participation and peak creativity of thought at the Western Crossflow event in Spokane, Washington, from April 23-25, 2024. Crossflows annually bring together Spark Cells from around the world with innovation partners from the Department of Defense to upskill our innovation network, share lessons learned, and cultivate the powerful Spark culture. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kacey Napier)
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AFWERX Spark Crossflow event spurs innovation and collaboration

More than 100 Airmen, Guardians, and Defense attendees gathered at the AFWERX Spark Western Crossflow event in Spokane, Washington, from April 23-25, 2024. Crossflows annually bring together Spark Cells from around the world with innovation partners from the Department of Defense to upskill our innovation network, share lessons learned, and cultivate the powerful Spark culture. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kacey Napier)
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AFWERX Spark Crossflow event spurs innovation and collaboration

Senior Master Sgt. Brett Kiser, from the Air Force Chief of Staff Strategic Studies Group, discusses combat airpower for all at the Western Crossflow event in Spokane, Washington, from April 23-25, 2024. Crossflows annually bring together Spark Cells from around the world with innovation partners from the Department of Defense to upskill our innovation network, share lessons learned, and cultivate the powerful Spark culture. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kacey Napier)
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AFRL enhances workforce through STEM outreach programs

Wanjiku (Ciku) Makumi greets fellow Air Force Research Laboratory Scholars at the 2023 AFRL Scholar Orientation hosted by AFRL’s Munitions Directorate at the Doolittle Institute in Niceville, Florida, June 5, 2023. The AFRL Scholars Program is a paid internship program designed for students pursuing graduate level STEM degrees and offers immersive, hands-on experiences in the field under the mentorship of AFRL subject matter experts. (U.S. Air Force photo / Chris Quinlin)
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Electric flight at Eglin

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Geraghty, 96th Test Wing commander and instructor, Jim Mueller, Modern Technology Solutions Inc., prepare to taxi for an electric aircraft test flight April 22, 2024 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Geraghty and other Eglin test pilots flew the 80-horsepower, 1000-pound Pipistrel Velis Electro over a three-week period to provide qualitative evaluations to AFWERX toward electric aircraft usage for the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)
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Electric flight at Eglin

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Geraghty, 96th Test Wing commander and instructor, Jim Mueller, Modern Technology Solutions Inc., prepare to taxi for an electric aircraft test flight April 22, 2024 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Geraghty and other Eglin test pilots flew the 80-horsepower, 1000-pound Pipistrel Velis Electro over a three-week period to provide qualitative evaluations to AFWERX toward electric aircraft usage for the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)
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Electric flight at Eglin

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Geraghty, 96th Test Wing commander, pushes out the 1000-pound Pipistrel Velis Electro aircraft for a test flight April 22, 2024 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Geraghty and other Eglin test pilots flew the 80-horsepower electric aircraft over a three-week period to provide qualitative evaluations to AFWERX toward electric aircraft usage for the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)
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Electric flight at Eglin

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Geraghty, 96th Test Wing commander, pushes out the 1000-pound Pipistrel Velis Electro aircraft for a test flight April 22, 2024 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Geraghty and other Eglin test pilots flew the 80-horsepower electric aircraft over a three-week period to provide qualitative evaluations to AFWERX toward electric aircraft usage for the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)
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Electric flight at Eglin

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Geraghty, 96th Test Wing commander, flies the 1000-pound Pipistrel Velis Electro aircraft for a test flight April 22, 2024 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Geraghty and other Eglin test pilots flew the 80-horsepower electric aircraft over a three-week period to provide qualitative evaluations to AFWERX toward electric aircraft usage for the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)
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Air Force Civilian Service

Virtual hiring events such as the one pictured here help fill vacancies across the Department of the Air Force Civilian Service. The Air Force Materiel Command has also implemented a referral bonus program to help bolster accessions for hard-to-fill vacancies across the command. The goal of the program is to incentivize current employees who recruit individuals that are subsequently appointed to eligible positions.
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U.S. Air Force Capt. Isaiah Nicolai, Project Arc software developer, and Senior Airman Brandon Freeman, Project Arc computer scientist, work on coding to aid in Global Command and Control System processing improvements at Kapaun Air Station, Germany, April 9, 2024. The newly-implemented system developed by the Project Arc team will combine the GCCS with additional software to provide a blueprint for ground forces in combative preparation, planning and positioning—enabling them to move faster and smarter against adversaries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jordan Lazaro)
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U.S. Air Force Capt. Nate Sproul, Project Arc algorithmist, analyzes data from a receiver to aid in Global Command and Control System processing improvements at Kapaun Air Station, Germany, April 9, 2024. The newly-implemented system developed by the Project Arc team will combine the GCCS with additional software to provide a blueprint for ground forces in combative preparation, planning and positioning—enabling them to move faster and smarter against adversaries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jordan Lazaro)
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Members from the Project Arc team and the 1st Communications Maintenance Squadron pose for a group picture in front of an electromagnetic spectrum sensor at Kapaun Air Station, Germany, April 9, 2024. The Project Arc team was formed in July 2020 as a grassroots effort under AFWERX to forge ahead in the U.S. Air Force 2030 Science and Technology Strategy. Its goal is to provide operational units with a dedicated team of scientists and engineers who provide tailored, innovative tools for future conflicts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jordan Lazaro)
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A Kill-Joint Combined Aircrew System Tester prototype computer is displayed during a digital demonstration at Kapaun Air Station, Germany, April 9, 2024. The intention of this device is to provide Airmen with a more compact and versatile tool combining the capabilities of the currently used Joint Combined Aircrew System Tester, and the Altitude Combined Aircrew System Tester – High Altitude. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jordan Lazaro)
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Freeman, Project Arc computer scientist, works on additional coding for a financial tool to be tested by Ramstein Air Base at Kapaun Air Station, Germany, April 9, 2024. This tool aims to enhance myFSS capabilities where users can upload and share documents in need of signatures, while tracking where it is in the routing process—aiding in overall improved quality of life for Airmen and their families. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jordan Lazaro)
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AFRL engineer to be recognized at ASME national meeting

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, or ASME, will recognize Dr. Ajit Roy, a senior materials engineer with the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, with the John J. Montgomery Award for Distinguished Innovation in Aerospace at their national meeting April 30, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo / Terrance Auster)
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AFRL researchers pave the way to lighter, faster additively manufactured rocket engines

Edgar Felix, Lead Investigator, front and Isaiah Jaramillo, Mechanical Specialist, work on the first-ever, single-block rocket-engine thrust chamber additively manufactured using a process called laser powder directed energy deposition, or DED. DED is an additive manufacturing process in which the device injects metal powder into focused beams of high-power laser in highly controlled atmospheric conditions (U.S. Air Force photo)
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AFRL researchers pave the way to lighter, faster additively manufactured rocket engines

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Rocket Propulsion Division, recently designed, printed, built and hot fired a first-ever, single-block rocket-engine thrust chamber additively manufactured using a process called laser powder directed energy deposition, or DED. DED is an additive manufacturing process in which the device injects metal powder into focused beams of high-power laser in highly controlled atmospheric conditions. The Hotfire of the thrust chamber is shown in the Experimental Cell 1 (EC-1) at the AFRL Rocket Lab. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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