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Col. Elliott Leigh, AFWERX director and chief commercialization officer for the Department of the Air Force, delivers the keynote address at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, March 8, 2024. Leigh's briefing, “Chasing Innovation: Lessons Learned,” shared the breadth of AFWERX's portfolio and how the organization unleashes American Ingenuity to rapidly provide novel technology to the warfighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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AFWERX funds successful kitted maintenance enclosure product for improved DAF fleet sustainment

An aircraft maintainer demonstrates a representative aircraft structural repair using Cornerstone Research Group, or CRG’s, DIRT Bag DB-2424, a small 24” x 24” x 20” portable maintainer fabricated enclosure kit, or MFEK, at a CRG facility in 2010. The versatile product can accommodate a wide range of aircraft maintenance procedures such as grinding, sanding, temperature control, humidity control and foreign object debris containment. The DB-2424, which pairs with the much larger DB-6090 MFEK, was previously developed under an AFWERX Small Business Innovation Research contract. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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AFWERX funds successful kitted maintenance enclosure product for improved DAF fleet sustainment

Cornerstone Research Group’s DIRT Bag DB-2424, a small 24” x 24” x 20” portable maintainer fabricated enclosure kit, or MFEK, that includes two hand ports, one hose port and one filter for routine maintenance, is set up for flightline testing on an aircraft wing at a Marine Corps Air Station facility in Dec. 2023. The DB-2424 enables debris- and dust-free structural repairs on localized areas of an aircraft and provides a controlled work environment that works the same way for every aircraft maintainer, every time. The DB-2424 is a sister product of and can be paired with the DIRT Bag DB-6090, a larger walk-in enclosure kit that is also portable, scalable and reconfigurable from 54” up to 90”. Both prototypes were developed under an Air Force Research Laboratory Small Business Innovation Research program. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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AFWERX funds successful kitted maintenance enclosure product for improved DAF fleet sustainment

A DIRT Bag 6090 maintainer fabricated enclosure kit, or MFEK, is set up for an on-aircraft demonstration of a structural repair in a hangar at a Marine Corps Air Station facility in July 2022. A MFEK is a pre-fabricated walk-in enclosure that rapidly enables maintainers to perform sustainment on the Air Force’s current fleet of combat aircraft in a controlled, dust- and debris-free environment that works the same way for every maintainer, every time. The enclosure is comprised of durable, transparent panels and a lightweight, reconfigurable frame made of telescoping poles, and is scalable and reconfigurable from 54” up to 90”. AFWERX, the DAF’s innovation arm and a functional directorate within the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, funded the design, development and successful flightline testing of Cornerstone Research Group’s DIRT Bag DB-6090, which will be sold alongside the smaller DIRT Bag DB-2424 model previously developed under an AFRL Small Business Innovation Research program. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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AFWERX and SpaceWERX announce Strategic Funding Increase selections at South by Southwest

Col. Elliott Leigh, AFWERX director and chief commercialization officer for the Department of the Air Force, delivers the keynote address at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, March 8, 2024. Leigh's briefing, “Chasing Innovation: Lessons Learned,” shared the breadth of AFWERX's portfolio and how the organization unleashes American Ingenuity to rapidly provide novel technology to the warfighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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AFWERX and SpaceWERX announce Strategic Funding Increase selections at South by Southwest

Col. Elliott Leigh, AFWERX director and chief commercialization officer for the Department of the Air Force, delivers the keynote address at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, March 8, 2024. Leigh's briefing, “Chasing Innovation: Lessons Learned,” shared the breadth of AFWERX's portfolio and how the organization unleashes American Ingenuity to rapidly provide novel technology to the warfighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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AFRL Biotech Days Summit unites scientific community

Dr. Seth A. Faith, senior scientist for biotechnology and biomedical sciences, Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, 711th Human Performance Wing, delivers opening remarks at the AFRL Biotech Days Summit Feb. 27, 2024, at Wright-State University in Dayton, Ohio. AFRL scientists and engineers met with strategic partners from the Department of Defense, other U.S. government agencies, academia, industry and state organizations to share progress and collaborate during this two-day event attended by more than 275 people. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge).

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AFRL Biotech Days Summit unites scientific community

Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Human Effectiveness Directorate contractor Dr. Elisabeth Steel, left, and Dr. Adam Braunschweig, right, professor of nanoscience and chemistry, City University of New York, discuss research during the poster session at the AFRL Biotech Days Summit Feb. 27, 2024, at Wright-State University in Dayton, Ohio. More than 275 people attended the two-day event, which included presentations highlighting the lab's early to mid-stage technologies, and featured demonstrations and various speakers. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge).

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AFRL Biotech Days Summit unites scientific community

Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate contractor Joshua Mancini, left, and Peter Mirau, right, AFRL senior materials engineer, discuss research on rare earth magnets during the poster session at the AFRL Biotech Days Summit Feb. 27, 2024, at Wright-State University in Dayton, Ohio. More than 275 people attended the two-day event, which included presentations highlighting the lab's early to mid-stage technologies, and featured demonstrations and various speakers. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge).

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AFRL Biotech Days Summit unites scientific community

Dr. Tim Bunning, Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Chief Technology Officer, delivers remarks at the AFRL Biotech Days Summit Feb. 28, 2024, at Wright-State University in Dayton, Ohio. AFRL scientists and engineers met with strategic partners from the Department of Defense, other U.S. government agencies, academia, industry and state organizations to share progress and collaborate during this two-day event attended by more than 275 people. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge).

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AFRL Biotech Days Summit unites scientific community

Dr. Adam Braunschweig, left, professor of nanoscience and chemistry, City University of New York, and Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Human Effectiveness Directorate contractor Dr. Elisabeth Steel, right, discuss research during the poster session at the AFRL Biotech Days Summit Feb. 27, 2024, at Wright-State University in Dayton, Ohio. More than 275 people attended the two-day event, which included presentations highlighting the lab's early to mid-stage technologies, and featured demonstrations and various speakers. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge).

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AFRL Biotech Days Summit unites scientific community

Dr. Mike Goodson, left, research biologist, Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, 711th Human Performance Wing, and Anthony Malanoski, right, chemical engineer, Naval Research Lab, discuss research on submariners and gut biomes during the poster session at the AFRL Biotech Days Summit Feb. 27, 2024, at Wright-State University in Dayton, Ohio. More than 275 people attended the two-day event, which included presentations highlighting the lab's early to mid-stage technologies, and featured demonstrations and various speakers. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge).

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AFRL Biotech Days Summit unites scientific community

Dr. Seth A. Faith, senior scientist for biotechnology and biomedical sciences, Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, 711th Human Performance Wing, delivers opening remarks at the AFRL Biotech Days Summit Feb. 27, 2024, at Wright-State University in Dayton, Ohio. AFRL scientists and engineers met with strategic partners from the Department of Defense, other U.S. government agencies, academia, industry and state organizations to share progress and collaborate during this two-day event attended by more than 275 people. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge).

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AFRL Biotech Days Summit unites scientific community

Dr. Seth A. Faith, senior scientist for biotechnology and biomedical sciences, Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, 711th Human Performance Wing, delivers opening remarks at the AFRL Biotech Days Summit Feb. 27, 2024, at Wright-State University in Dayton, Ohio. AFRL scientists and engineers met with strategic partners from the Department of Defense, other U.S. government agencies, academia, industry and state organizations to share progress and collaborate during this two-day event attended by more than 275 people. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge).

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AFRL Biotech Days Summit unites scientific community

Scientists and engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Department of Defense, other U.S. government agencies, academia, industry and state organizations listen to a presentation during the AFRL Biotech Days Summit Feb. 28, 2024, at Wright-State University in Dayton, Ohio. The two-day event included presentations highlighting the lab's early to mid-stage technologies and featured various speakers. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge).

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2 AFRL scientists selected as AIAA Class of 2024 Fellows

Dr. Charles J. Cross, chief, Turbine Engine Division, at AFRL’s Aerospace Systems Directorate, is recognized as a 2024 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, or AIAA Fellow. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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2 AFRL scientists selected as AIAA Class of 2024 Fellows

Dr. Gregory W. Reich, Principal Research Aerospace Engineer at AFRL’s Aerospace Systems Directorate, is recognized as a 2024 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, or AIAA Fellow. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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AFRL Commander urges “AFMC Teammates” to participate in 2024 AFRL Commander’s Challenge

Airmen representing a team from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in the 2019 Air Force Research Laboratory Commander’s Challenge participate in a search-and-rescue immersion exercise with the 920th Rescue Wing, Air Force Reserve Command, at Patrick Space Force Base, Fla., in summer 2020. The exercise required participants to play the roles of “downed pilots” from a helicopter to better understand the challenges of maritime combat search-and-rescue procedures. (Courtesy photo / Bon Strout)

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AFRL Commander urges “AFMC Teammates” to participate in 2024 AFRL Commander’s Challenge

Anthony Ligouri, a general engineer and program manager based in the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Center for Rapid Innovation, and teammate Capt. (then-Lt.) Hayk Azatyan prepare for a search-and-rescue immersion exercise with the 920th Rescue Wing, Air Force Reserve Command at Patrick Space Force Base, Fla., in summer 2020. The exercise called for Ligouri and Azatyan, who represented Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in the 2019 AFRL Commander’s Challenge competition, to play the roles of “downed pilots” from a helicopter to better understand the challenges of maritime combat search-and-rescue procedures. Five years after first contributing to the AFRL Commander’s Challenge as a participant, Ligouri now serves as the program manager for this year’s event. (Courtesy photo / Bon Strout)

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DAF successfully tests new agile aircraft power lightcart

An aircraft maintainer at the 174th Attack Wing at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, Syracuse, New York, connects the power cable from the 400 Hz Aircraft Power Lightcart, or 400 APL prototype to an MQ-9, or Reaper, to test its ability to power the aircraft through a series of technical orders on the flightline.

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