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Alia first test flight

The BETA Technologies Alia aircraft lifts off from the runway Nov. 7 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The aircraft performed its first official test flight traveling to Tyndall AFB and back recharging and then flying again. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Alia first test flight

The BETA Technologies Alia aircraft lifts off from the runway Nov. 7 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The aircraft performed its first official test flight traveling to Tyndall AFB and back recharging and then flying again. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Alia first test flight

Ross Elkort, BETA Technologies engineer, secures his helmet Nov. 7 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The aircraft performed its first official test flight traveling to Tyndall AFB and back recharging and then flying again. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Alia first test flight

Ross Elkort, BETA Technologies engineer, straps into his Alia electric aircraft Nov. 7 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The aircraft performed its first official test flight traveling to Tyndall AFB and back recharging and then flying again. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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AFRL works to advance C2 capabilities for NYANG

Maj. Christopher Peck, DAF CloudWorks Azure program manager, and Dr. Alex Aved, core technical competency lead for AFRL Intelligence Systems and Col. Bai Zhu, chief of the Intelligence Systems Division at the AFRL Information Directorate visit with the New York Air National Guard 174th Attack Wing to expand collaboration opportunities.

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Ohio State University students learn about AFWERX and Advanced Air Mobility, fly simulators

Hank Griffiths, AFWERX chief of test and airworthiness, talks to aerospace engineering students from Ohio State University at the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, Ohio, Nov. 7, 2023. Griffiths invited the students to inform them about AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force, and Advanced Air Mobility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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Ohio State University students learn about AFWERX and Advanced Air Mobility, fly simulators

Henry Kitchen, Ohio State University aerospace engineering sophomore, flies in the BETA Technologies flight simulator at the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, Ohio, Nov. 7, 2023. Kitchen was invited to the airport to learn about AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force, and Advanced Air Mobility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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Ohio State University students learn about AFWERX and Advanced Air Mobility, fly simulators

Maya Sivakumaran, Ohio State University aerospace engineering sophomore, flies in the Joby Aviation flight simulator at the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, Ohio, Nov. 7, 2023. Sivakumaran was invited to the airport to learn about AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Departmnet of the Air Force, and Advanced Air Mobility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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Ohio State University students learn about AFWERX and Advanced Air Mobility, fly simulators

Henry Kitchen, Ohio State University aerospace engineering sophomore, listens to Hank Griffiths, AFWERX chief of test and airworthiness, talk about Advanced Air Mobility at the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, Ohio, Nov. 7, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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Ohio State University students learn about AFWERX and Advanced Air Mobility, fly simulators

Hank Griffiths, AFWERX chief of test and airworthiness, talks to aerospace engineering students from Ohio State University at the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, Ohio, Nov. 7, 2023. Griffiths invited the students to inform them about AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force, and Advanced Air Mobility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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Experts from across AFRL collaborate in first Discover conference

Dr. Timothy Bunning, Air Force Research Laboratory chief technology officer, gives the closing remarks at the AFRL Discover conference Oct. 25, 2023, in Fairborn, Ohio. Discover provided an opportunity for scientists and engineers across the AFRL enterprise to share their technical research with other subject matter experts and network for future science and technology projects. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jeremy Dunn)

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Experts from across AFRL collaborate in first Discover conference

Dr. Tamera Chelette, Air Force Research Laboratory Fellow, delivers her keynote address at the AFRL Discover conference Oct. 24, 2023, in Fairborn, Ohio. Discover provided an opportunity for scientists and engineers across the AFRL enterprise to share their technical research with other subject matter experts and network for future science and technology projects. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jeremy Dunn)

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Experts from across AFRL collaborate in first Discover conference

Brig. Gen. Scott Cain, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, offers opening remarks at the AFRL Discover conference Oct. 24, 2023, in Fairborn, Ohio. Discover provided an opportunity for scientists and engineers across the AFRL enterprise to share their technical research with other subject matter experts and network for future science and technology projects. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jeremy Dunn)

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Experts from across AFRL collaborate in first Discover conference

Wright State University’s Nutter Center hosts the first Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Discover conference Oct. 24-25, 2023, in Fairborn, Ohio. Discover provided an opportunity for scientists and engineers across the AFRL enterprise to share their technical research with other subject matter experts and network for future science and technology projects. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jeremy Dunn)

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AFRL Inspire 2023

Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Commander Brig. Gen. Scott Cain, far right, and AFRL Public Affairs Specialist and event host Kenneth McNulty, far left, stand onstage with the 2023 AFRL Inspire speaker lineup at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall Oct. 26, 2023. This year’s program featured 10 distinguished speakers from across the AFRL enterprise who delivered a series of nine live TEDx-style talks designed to inspire listeners and highlight the passion, innovation and pioneering spirit of AFRL’s science and technology workforce. The 2023 roster of AFRL Inspire speakers were unified in driving home the message “One AFRL Team, One Fight.” The program was the first AFRL Inspire event to occur under AFRL Commander Brig. Gen. Scott Cain’s leadership, as well as the first to take place in front of a live and in-person audience since the coronavirus pandemic. (U.S. Air Force photo / Cherie Cullen)

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AFRL Inspire 2023

James “Sass” Bieryla, director of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Strategic Partnering Directorate, left, and Kevin Price, a computer analyst in AFRL’s Aerospace Systems Directorate, right, share their perspectives as former active-duty pilots in their speech “Amplifying Warfighter Culture” at the seventh annual AFRL Inspire event at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall, Oct. 26, 2023. Bieryla and Price both lost friends in aircraft accidents, the pair acknowledged as they took the stage together to deliver the last talk of the afternoon. One way to bring military pilots home safely is to amplify warfighter culture, which means actively considering the perspective and experiences of Airmen and Guardians when making the decisions or developing the technologies that will directly affect them, Price said. (U.S. Air Force photo /Cherie Cullen)

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AFRL Inspire 2023

Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Commander Brig. Gen Scott Cain delivers closing remarks to the audience at AFRL’s Inspire event at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall, Oct. 26, 2023. “I want to give a very special thanks to our speakers today,” Cain said. “I give them those thanks because they had the courage to take on tough problems and the courage to get on this stage. Your guts are inspiring.” The day’s program provided a glimpse into the people of AFRL, Cain said, and “the fire in all of them.” (U.S. Air Force photo / Cherie Cullen)

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AFRL Inspire 2023

Anissa Lumpkin, an operations research analyst and acting mission area lead for the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Customer Engagement Directorate, delivers her speech titled “The Power of Influence” at the seventh annual AFRL Inspire event at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall, Oct. 26, 2023. Lumpkin shared her experience using the power of influence to impact positive change. While managing AFRL’s Small Business Innovation Research, or SBIR, and Small Business Technology Transfer, or STTR, programs, Lumpkin noticed there were no Historically Black Colleges or Universities, or HBCUs, partnered with those programs and resolved to find out why. Lumpkin went on to establish the Department of the Air Force’s HBCU outreach initiative. “It's so important to take a hard look at your tables and figure out who is missing,” Lumpkin said. “Then use the power of influence to fill those chairs.” (U.S. Air Force photo / Cherie Cullen)

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AFRL Inspire 2023

Dr. Andrew Gillman, a research materials engineer based in the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, delivers a speech titled “Striking Where the Innovation’s Hot” at the seventh annual AFRL Inspire event at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall, Oct. 26, 2023. Gillman described his experience working as part of an extended team of collaborators from industry, academia and government to find a solution to lack of agility in the manufacturing supply chain. Recently, the DAF has confronted challenges in maintaining fleet readiness, Gillman said, as there is an immediate need to obtain small lots of customizable aircraft replacement parts that many manufacturers do not make anymore. To help solve this problem, Gillman and his team developed a robotic blacksmithing system that uses incremental forming to craft small lots of customized manufactured parts. The robotic system models the consistency, reliability and agility of a human blacksmith, Gillman said, and can make significant forming decisions on its own without the need for a human operator. (U.S. Air Force photo / Cherie Cullen)

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AFRL Inspire 2023

Dr. Richard Beblo, a mechanical engineer in the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Aerospace Systems Directorate, delivers his talk “Groundbreaking Innovation at the Speed of Failure” at the seventh annual AFRL Inspire event at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall, Oct. 26, 2023. Beblo opened his talk by recounting a time when he and his research team conducted a sled test — a type of nondestructive experiment that reproduces the dynamic conditions of a full-scale crash scenario — that “failed” spectacularly. While others present at the testing site deemed the test a total flop, Beblo said, he and his team were ecstatic about their supposed failure. “We were excited because we knew the test just gained value,” Beblo said. “We knew we were about to learn things that we hadn’t even anticipated as things we needed to learn.” The quickest path to success is to fail fast and fail often, Beblo said, and this perspective applies to the development of new technologies. (U.S. Air Force photo / Cherie Cullen)

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