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Autonomous aircraft capabilities showcased by AFWERX, Joby at Department-Level Exercise

Dr. Bob Stephenson, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command director of requirements and resources (J8), gets briefed by Craig Milliard, Joby flight test lead, and 2nd Lt. Sarah Hubert, AFWERX program manager, on the autonomous capabilities of the Joby Aviation Cessna 208B Grand Caravan during the Department-Level Exercise at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 28, 2025. AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force and a directorate within the Air Force Research Laboratory, invited Joby to demonstrate how autonomous aviation can support Agile Combat Employment and enhance logistics in contested environments. The DLE series includes all branches of the Department of Defense, along with allies and partners, involving more than 400 joint and coalition aircraft and over 12,000 personnel at more than 50 locations spanning 3,000 miles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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Autonomous aircraft capabilities showcased by AFWERX, Joby at Department-Level Exercise

Joby Aviation's Cessna 208B Grand Caravan taxis autonomously at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, during the Department-Level Exercise, July 29, 2025. AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force and a directorate within the Air Force Research Laboratory, awarded Small Business Innovation Research Phase II and III contracts to support flight trials of Joby’s autonomous technology on a modified commercial Cessna 208B Grand Caravan. The aircraft can autonomously taxi, take off, fly to a destination and land—while also receiving updated flight plans mid-mission and landing at unfamiliar airfields using onboard sensors and imagery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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Autonomous aircraft capabilities showcased by AFWERX, Joby at Department-Level Exercise

Joby Aviation's Cessna 208B Grand Caravan lands autonomously at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, during the Department-Level Exercise, July 29, 2025. AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force and a directorate within the Air Force Research Laboratory, awarded Small Business Innovation Research Phase II and III contracts to support flight trials of Joby’s autonomous technology on a modified commercial Cessna 208B Grand Caravan. The aircraft can autonomously taxi, take off, fly to a destination and land—while also receiving updated flight plans mid-mission and landing at unfamiliar airfields using onboard sensors and imagery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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Autonomy Proving Ground

The Osprey MK-III waits to take off Aug. 15, 2025 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The unmanned aerial system made its first flight test with a third-party developer’s alternative navigation software connected. The testing examines the feasibility of providing an aircraft or weapon with its own internal GPS estimation tools instead of using external sources. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

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Autonomy Proving Ground

The Osprey MK-III waits to take off Aug. 15, 2025 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The unmanned aerial system made its first flight test with a third-party developer’s alternative navigation software connected. The testing examines the feasibility of providing an aircraft or weapon with its own internal GPS estimation tools instead of using external sources. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

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Autonomy Proving Ground

John Stott, 413th Flight Test Squadron, secures an Osprey MK-III’s wing Aug. 15, 2025, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The unmanned aerial system made its first flight test with a third-party developer’s alternative navigation software connected. The testing examines the feasibility of providing an aircraft or weapon with its own internal GPS estimation tools instead of using external sources. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

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Autonomy Proving Ground

Tarek Thomas, Unmanned Aerial Research and John Stott, 413th Flight Test Squadron, slide the wings onto an Osprey MK-III Aug. 15, 2025, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The unmanned aerial system made its first flight test with a third-party developer’s alternative navigation software connected. The testing examines the feasibility of providing an aircraft or weapon with its own internal GPS estimation tools instead of using external sources. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

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Future of readiness: AFMS, partners explore innovative technologies

Air Force senior medical leaders preview a demonstration of the Operational Medicine Care Delivery Platform during a site visit hosted by the Air Force Medical Command’s A5T, the operational test division under the Capability Development Directorate, at a testing location, Fort Detrick, Maryland, July 24, 2025. Attended by Air Force and Space Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. John J. DeGoes, AFMEDCOM Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Eveline Yao, and Director of Policy and Resources Brig. Gen. Jason Lennen, the site visit exhibited technological capabilities for battlefield care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Megan Hearst)

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Future of readiness: AFMS, partners explore innovative technologies

Chief Master Sgt. James Woods, Chief of the Medical Enlisted Force, speaks with Airmen during a site visit showcasing technological capabilities to enhance expeditionary medical care, hosted by the Air Force Medical Command’s A5T, the operational test division under its Capability Development Directorate, at a testing location, Fort Detrick, Maryland, July 24, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Megan Hearst)

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Future of readiness: AFMS, partners explore innovative technologies

Lt. Gen. John J. DeGoes, Air Force and Space Force Surgeon General, accesses the Battlefield Assisted Distributed Observation Kit on a designated mobile device to test the application’s user interface in entering patient data during a simulated trauma scenario. The Air Force Medical Command’s operational test division under its Capability Development Directorate, A5T, hosted an Air Force medical leadership site visit to demonstrate technological capabilities for battlefield care at a testing location, Fort Detrick, Maryland, July 24, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Megan Hearst)

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Future of readiness: AFMS, partners explore innovative technologies

Notional patients lay in gurneys during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2025 at Travis Air Force Base, California, July 28, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matt Brafman)

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Future of readiness: AFMS, partners explore innovative technologies

Air Force medical personnel attend to notional patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2025 at Travis Air Force Base, California, July 28, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matt Brafman)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Peter Rivea, 67th Fighter Generation Squadron weapons specialist, practices blueprint creation during a manufacturing and design course at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 18, 2025. The course builds practical skills that empower Airmen to solve real-world challenges, strengthening the 35th Fighter Wings and the Air Force’s maintenance and sustainment capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Hannah Bench)

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Andrew Schaeffer, Project Arc director of innovation, lectures a manufacturing and design course at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 18, 2025. The course equips Airmen with hands-on 3D printing skills to rapidly produce mission-essential parts, strengthening the 35th Fighter Wings and the Air Force’s readiness and innovation capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Hannah Bench)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Luke Effland, 67th Fighter Generation Squadron engines specialist, sets up 3D printing software during a manufacturing and design course at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 18, 2025. During the course, students gain practical 3D printing experience to quickly create critical parts, boosting the 35th Fighter Wings and the Air Force’s agility and problem-solving capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Hannah Bench)

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AFRL's NTS-3 Vanguard Set for Launch Aboard ULA Vulcan Rocket

The Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) spacecraft is shown in an anechoic test chamber prior to electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic compatibility testing in Palm Bay, Florida. This experimental satellite is being designed, built and tested by L3Harris Technologies, and will be used by the Air Force Research Laboratory and partner organizations as part of an integrated system to conduct a one-year demonstration of advanced technologies and concepts in satellite navigation. (Courtesy photo)

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AFRL welcomes new Space Vehicles director

Col. Richard R. Beckman speaks at the Air Force Research Laboratory Phillips Research Site change of command at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., July 15, 2025. Beckman succeeds Col. Jeremy A. Raley and will lead a team of over 1,000 military members, civilians and on-site contractors who make up the U.S.’s center of excellence for military space science and technology, research and development and advanced technology integration and demonstration. The directorate supports key U.S. Space Force missions, including communications; position, navigation and timing; missile warning; space domain awareness and space control. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Spencer Kanar)

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509th CONS Airman selected for competitive Project Arc assignmen

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Richardson, a contracting specialist, poses for a photo at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, April 30, 2025. Project Arc is a selective Air Force program focused on solving operational challenges. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bryce Moore)

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509th CONS Airman selected for competitive Project Arc assignmen

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Richardson, a contracting specialist, poses for a photo at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, April 30, 2025. Project Arc is a selective Air Force program focused on solving operational challenges. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bryce Moore)

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An expanding force: Aeromedical Nurse Practitioners elevate flight medicine readiness

U.S. Air Force Maj. Nathan Del Rio, an Aeromedical Nurse Practitioner with the 964th Airborne Air Control Squadron, attends the Global Medicine Symposium with ANPs at U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, 2024. (Courtesy photo from U.S. Air Force Maj. Nathan Del Rio)

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