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AFRL Commander’s Challenge kicks off; 2 teams entrusted to deliver low-cost solutions by year’s end

2024 Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Commander’s Challenge competitors gather for a group photo with their program manager, team mentors and other supporting staff at a kickoff event held at the Wright Brothers Institute in Dayton, Ohio, May 17, 2024. Nineteen individuals representing eight of AFRL’s technical and functional directorates, the 711th Human Performance Wing and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center have been selected to serve on one of two teams in response to AFRL Commander Maj. Gen. Scott A. Cain’s March 2024 call for contenders in this year’s competition to develop low-cost solutions to counter and defeat slow-moving, high-altitude balloons. (U.S. Air Force photo / Gail L. Forbes)

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AFRL Commander’s Challenge kicks off; 2 teams entrusted to deliver low-cost solutions by year’s end

A group of 2024 Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Commander’s Challenge competitors from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., gather for a team photo at a kickoff event held at the Wright Brothers Institute in Dayton, Ohio, May 17, 2024. The seven competitors and their three mentors, representing AFRL’s Directed Energy and Munitions directorates, answered AFRL Commander Maj. Gen. Scott A. Cain’s March 2024 call for contenders in this year’s competition. With just six months and a $75,000 budget, the Eglin-Kirtland team will develop and deliver low-cost solutions to counter slow-moving, high-altitude aerial targets. They will face off with a Wright-Patterson Air Force Base-based team in a final competition in December, where they will demonstrate and test their proposed solutions before a panel of judges. (U.S. Air Force photo / Gail L. Forbes)

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AFRL Commander’s Challenge kicks off; 2 teams entrusted to deliver low-cost solutions by year’s end

A group of 2024 Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Commander’s Challenge competitors from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, gather for a team photo at a kickoff event held at the Wright Brothers Institute in Dayton, Ohio, May 17, 2024. The team, consisting of seven competitors and two mentors, represents AFRL’s Aerospace Systems, Headquarters, Materials and Manufacturing, Plans and Programs and Sensors directorates, AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, and answered AFRL Commander Maj. Gen. Scott A. Cain’s March 2024 call for contenders in this year’s Commander’s Challenge competition. With just six months and a $75,000 budget, the Wright-Patterson team will develop and deliver low-cost solutions to counter slow-moving, high-altitude aerial targets. They will face off with a team of friendly rivals from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., in a final competition in December, where both teams will demonstrate and test their proposed solutions before a panel of judges. (U.S. Air Force photo / Gail L. Forbes)

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AFRL Commander’s Challenge kicks off; 2 teams entrusted to deliver low-cost solutions by year’s end

Four 2024 Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Commander’s Challenge team members from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, work together to complete an innovation design brainstorming exercise in a breakout room at a kickoff event held at the Wright Brothers Institute in Dayton, Ohio, May 17, 2024. The Wright-Patterson-based team, representing multiple AFRL directorates and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, answered AFRL Commander Maj. Gen. Scott A. Cain’s March 2024 call for contenders in this year’s competition to develop and deliver low-cost solutions to counter and defeat slow-moving, high-altitude aerial targets. (U.S. Air Force photo / Gail L. Forbes).

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AFRL Commander’s Challenge kicks off; 2 teams entrusted to deliver low-cost solutions by year’s end

2024 Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Commander’s Challenge competitors from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., complete an innovation design brainstorming exercise in a breakout room at a kickoff event held at the Wright Brothers Institute in Dayton, Ohio, May 17, 2024. The Eglin-Kirtland team, representing AFRL’s Directed Energy and Munitions directorates, answered AFRL Commander Maj. Gen. Scott A. Cain’s March 2024 call for contenders in this year’s competition to develop and deliver low-cost solutions to counter and defeat slow-moving, high-altitude aerial targets. (U.S. Air Force photo / Gail L. Forbes)

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AFRL Commander’s Challenge kicks off; 2 teams entrusted to deliver low-cost solutions by year’s end

Dr. Kris Wood, senior associate dean for Innovation and Engagement at the University of Colorado-Denver, co-teaches a design innovation workshop with his longtime colleague and friend Dr. Dan Jensen, a founding faculty member at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, Calif., at the 2024 AFRL Commander’s Challenge kickoff event at the Wright Brothers Institute in Dayton, Ohio, May 17, 2024. Wood and Jensen, who have co-led the workshop for Challenge participants since 2002, utilize a problem-solving methodology that examines the impact of products and technologies on end users. This year, they were able to return as instructors for the first time since 2019, following a forced five-year event hiatus due to COVID-19 challenges. “The answer to [innovation] is here, in these amazing, talented individuals who come together as a team and then take their passion and map it into something that’s going to be important and impactful for AFRL,” Wood said. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration / Gail L. Forbes)

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AFRL recognizes 2024 New Mexico Excellence in STEM at annual awards event

Col. Jeremy Raley, director of AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate speaks to Tech Engagement Office leadership and STEM Award winners at the 2024 New Mexico Excellence in STEM Awards ceremony held at Q Station, AFRL’s Tech Engagement Office’s collaborative facility, Albuquerque, N.M., June 21, 2024. The AFRL-sponsored event recognizes significant science, technology, engineering and math education endeavors throughout the state. (Courtesy photo)

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AFRL recognizes 2024 New Mexico Excellence in STEM at annual awards event

Gabe Mounce, director AFRL Tech Engagement Office, awards Dr. Spencer Olson, AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate Tech Engagement Office, the inaugural AFRL Mentor of the Year Award at the 2024 New Mexico Excellence in STEM Awards ceremony, Q Station, AFRL’s Tech Engagement Office’s collaborative facility, Albuquerque, N.M., June 21, 2024. The award was given to Olson as a cumulative recognition to the value of his work with the AFRL Scholars program since 2013. The AFRL-sponsored event recognizes significant science, technology, engineering and math education endeavors throughout the state. (Courtesy photo)

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AFRL recognizes 2024 New Mexico Excellence in STEM at annual awards event

Gabe Mounce, director of the AFRL Tech Engagement Office, speaks to Tech Engagement Office leadership and STEM Award winners at the 2024 New Mexico Excellence in STEM Awards ceremony held at Q Station, AFRL’s Tech Engagement Office’s collaborative facility, Albuquerque, N.M., June 21, 2024. The AFRL-sponsored event recognizes significant science, technology, engineering and math education endeavors throughout the state. (Courtesy photo)

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AFRL recognizes 2024 New Mexico Excellence in STEM at annual awards event

Col. Jeremy Raley, director of AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate speaks to Tech Engagement Office leadership and STEM Award winners at the 2024 New Mexico Excellence in STEM Awards ceremony held at Q Station, AFRL’s Tech Engagement Office’s collaborative facility, Albuquerque, N.M., June 21, 2024. The AFRL-sponsored event recognizes significant science, technology, engineering and math education endeavors throughout the state. (Courtesy photo)

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Goodbye Grey Wolf

Maj. Jonathan Palka, 413th Flight Test Squadron, sets up his helmet prior to a MH-139A Grey Wolf final flight from Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, June 27, 2024. The flight marked the last MH-139A to leave Eglin after approximately four years of developmental testing with the 413th Flight Test Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

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Force Support Contingency Training-Silver Flag beta test

Air Force services Airmen participate in a simulated mortuary affairs search and recovery exercise during the Force Support Contingency Training-Silver Flag beta test June 20, 2024, at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The five-day course is designed to prepare Airmen in the services career field for essential tasks needed in a deployed environment. The beta test, one of four being conducted, will help align services training curriculum and requirements to meet the needs of the Air Force Force Generation deployment model. (U.S. Air Force photo by Emily Mifsud)

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Premier College Intern Program Symposium

Department of the Air Force PALACE Acquire interns who were previously part of the Premier College Intern Program answer questions during a panel session at the PCIP Symposium in Dayton, Ohio, June 4, 2024. The symposium provided interns with insights into Air and Space Force culture, mission, and opportunities. The PCIP is a paid 10–12-week internship program for college students entering their senior year, designed to prepare participants for future science, technology, engineering, mathematics, cyber, acquisition, intelligence, and mission critical occupations in the Air Force Civilian Service.

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AFWERX officials to discuss advanced air mobility, small business support at EAA Airventure 2024

AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm and a directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory, will have a booth at EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2024 July 22-28 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jennifer Bryant)

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AFWERX officials to discuss advanced air mobility, small business support at EAA Airventure 2024

AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm and a directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory, will have a booth at EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2024 July 22-28 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jennifer Bryant)

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University of Dayton Research Institute Mechanical Engineer Jason Adams works on the Heavy Lift Kit, or HLK, which is a solution that the Air Force Research Laboratory Center for Rapid Innovation devised to allow the bags to be quickly deflated in contested environments at the Wright Brothers Institute Proving Ground Facility on May 21, 2024. Rescue workers can use the pairs of HLK inflatable bags to lift as much as 45,000 pounds. (Air Force photo / Patrick Foose)

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From left: Wright Brothers Institute Computer and Electronics Engineer Claud Nichol, University of Dayton Research Institute Mechanical Engineer Jason Adams and Air Force Research Laboratory Center for Rapid Innovation Mechanical Engineer John “J.D.” Bales, stand with a heavy lift kit, or HLK, which they modified to allow the bags to be deflated more quickly in dangerous environments at the Wright Brothers Institute Proving Ground Facility on May 21, 2024. The Heavy Lift Kit can be used by first responders to lift objects weighing as much as 45,000 pounds using two inflatable bags. (U.S. Air Force photo / Patrick Foose).

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From left: Wright Brothers Institute Computer and Electronics Engineer Claud Nichol, University of Dayton Research Institute Mechanical Engineer Jason Adams and Air Force Research Laboratory Center for Rapid Innovation Mechanical Engineer John “J.D.” Bales, stand with a heavy lift kit, or HLK, which they modified to allow the bags to be deflated more quickly in dangerous environments at the Wright Brothers Institute Proving Ground Facility on May 21, 2024. The Heavy Lift Kit can be used by first responders to lift objects weighing as much as 45,000 pounds using two inflatable bags. (U.S. Air Force photo / Patrick Foose).

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Project Vanguard reinforces defense capabilities with investor capital

At the SpaceWERX Innovate to Accelerate (I2A) Expo Day, companies from the spring 2024 Tactical Responsiveness Space award cohort showcased their capstone projects to the public in El Segundo, California, April 24, 2024. As a result of their connections made through Project Vanguard at I2A, 11 of these companies are now fundraising. (U.S. Air Force photo by Breana Isley)

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Project Vanguard reinforces defense capabilities with investor capital

At the SpaceWERX Innovate to Accelerate (I2A) Expo Day, companies from the spring 2024 Tactical Responsiveness Space award cohort showcased their capstone projects to the public in El Segundo, California, April 24, 2024. As a result of their connections made through Project Vanguard at I2A, 11 of these companies are now fundraising. (U.S. Air Force photo by Breana Isley)

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