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Autonomy testing

Jon Little, Near Earth Autonomy, performs preflight procedures on an 8-foot Griff 135 unmanned aerial system on the Eglin Air Force Base, Florida range Oct. 26. The aircraft was part of autonomy testing facilitated by the Autonomy, Data and AI Experimentation proving ground, a new organization at Eglin. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Autonomy testing

An 8-foot Griff 135 unmanned aerial system waits for another test flight above the Eglin Air Force Base, Florida range Oct. 26. The aircraft was part of autonomy testing facilitated by the Autonomy, Data and AI Experimentation proving ground, a new organization at Eglin. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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4 AFRL scientists, engineers selected as 2024 AIAA Fellows

Dr. Kerianne Hobbs, ACT3 safe autonomy and space lead, Sensors Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, was recognized as a 2024 Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, or AIAA, in a news release Oct. 3, 2023. Hobbs is a nationally recognized expert in autonomy technologies for an area called run time assurance, and currently leads the Safe Autonomy Team at AFRL. This includes a Safe Trusted Autonomy for Responsible Spacecraft project team of 50 researchers coordinated across 10 geographically separated sites investigating development of safe reinforcement learning controllers, run time assurance algorithms and human-autonomy teaming for air and space applications. "When AFRL has multiple people selected as fellows or associate fellows at AIAA or another professional society in any given year, it reflects on AFRL's relevance and leadership in aerospace research,” said Hobbs, ACT3 safe autonomy and space lead, Sensors Directorate. “Associate fellowship means that the contributions of scientists and engineers go beyond their impact to AFRL by pushing the larger aerospace community into the future." (U.S. Air Force photo)

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4 AFRL scientists, engineers selected as 2024 AIAA Fellows

Dr. Joshua Deaton, tech area lead, Multidisciplinary Science and Technology Center, Aerospace Systems Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, was recognized as a 2024 Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, or AIAA, in a news release Oct. 3, 2023. Deaton is responsible for technical and strategic direction of 26 team members executing cutting-edge research in diverse areas critical to advancing multidisciplinary design optimization, or MDO, for aerospace system design. “I am honored to be selected as an AIAA Associate Fellow for contributions in multidisciplinary design optimization methods of aerospace vehicles and topology optimization,” Deaton said. “While a humbling personal achievement, it is as much a recognition of the visionary work throughout the AFRL Multidisciplinary Science and Technology Center that is advancing the state-of-the-art in aerospace system design.” (U.S. Air Force photo)

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4 AFRL scientists, engineers selected as 2024 AIAA Fellows

Dr. Nicholas Morley, senior scientist for high power photonics, Directed Energy Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, was recognized as a 2024 Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, or AIAA, in a news release Oct. 3, 2023. Morley provides authoritative scientific technical counsel to the U.S. Air Force senior leadership on aspects of the science and application of high-power photonics. “It's such a great honor and to be recognized with such a distinguished crowd of previous AIAA Fellows,” Morley said. “The recognition helps amplify the important research going on at AFRL. It's not just about me, but about emphasizing that the work we do is important.” (U.S. Air Force photo)

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4 AFRL scientists, engineers selected as 2024 AIAA Fellows

Dr. Jerrod Hofferth, senior aerospace research engineer, Aerospace Systems Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, who served as the technical lead on the Tunnel D reactivation project, pointing out the Tunnel D flexible plate nozzle in June 2018. Hofferth was recognized as a 2024 Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, or AIAA, in a news release Oct. 3, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration / Bradley Hicks)

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AFRL’s Directed Energy Directorate receives two SMART SEED Grants for optics research

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Dr. Joseph Cox, Directed Energy Directorate, receives research funding through the Department of Defense’s Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholar SEED Grant this year and will receive $300,000 over the course of three years in support of his research. Cox’s research relates to optics, or more specifically, event-based sensors and artificial intelligence, which is used in combination with the sensors to successfully detect motion and moving targets in a highly efficient manner. (Courtesy Photo)

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AFRL’s Directed Energy Directorate receives two SMART SEED Grants for optics research

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Dr. Joel Solomon, based in AFRL’s Directed Energy Directorate, is a 2022 recipient of research funding through the Department of Defense’s Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholar SEED Grant and will receive $300,000 in grant funding over the course of three years in support of his research. Solomon’s research relates to optics and the development of high-power lasers with increased eye safety for operators in the field. His research will help the warfighter safely conduct missions in the future. (Courtesy Photo)

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AFWERX

An 8-foot Griff 135 unmanned aerial system hovers in the sky above the Eglin Air Force Base, Florida range Oct. 26. The aircraft was part of autonomy testing facilitated by the Autonomy, Data and AI Experimentation proving ground, a new organization at Eglin. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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AFWERX

Col. Elliott Leigh, AFWERX director and Air Force chief commercialization officer, delivers the AFWERX State of the Union keynote address at the fall program management review Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 24, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jennifer Bryant)

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Scientists, artists, students showcase beauty of basic research through art

More than 200 basic research-inspired art submissions are on digital display for the second annual 2023 Basic Research Art of Science Showcase, which celebrates 71 years of technological innovation from The Air Force Research Laboratory’s, or AFRL, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, or AFOSR. Student Avi Jutla from Lincoln Middle School in Gainesville, Fla., submitted their entry titled "Kaleidoscope Art." (U.S. Air Force photo illustration / Avi Jutla)

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Scientists, artists, students showcase beauty of basic research through art

More than 200 basic research-inspired art submissions are on digital display for the second annual 2023 Basic Research Art of Science Showcase, which celebrates 71 years of technological innovation from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s, or AFRL, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, or AFOSR. Ivy Krystal Jones from Hampton University submitted her research-inspired art titled “Perovskite Universe.” The photo depicts a pressed pellet of CsPbBr3 which has fluorescence in various visible colors, specifically blue-green. This material is ball-milled and then pressed into a pellet so that room-temperature fluorescence characterization can be performed. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration / Ivy Krystal Jones)

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Scientists, artists, students showcase beauty of basic research through art

More than 200 basic research-inspired art submissions are on digital display for the second annual 2023 Basic Research Art of Science Showcase, which celebrates 71 years of technological innovation from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s, or AFRL, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, or AFOSR. AFRL’s John Wertz submitted artwork titled “Designing Joint Cognitive Systems (Cartoon Series).” These cartoons reflect many years of collaboration with AFRL and AFOSR to explore human performance in Air Force Domains of Operation. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration / John Wertz)

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BETA ALIA arrival

BETA Technologies’ ALIA, an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, sits on the flightline after arriving at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 26, 2023. The aircraft will begin a series of test flights over the next few months with the 413th Flight Test Squadron and AFWERX’s Agility Prime at Duke Field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

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BETA’s ALIA electric aircraft has a 50-foot wingspan, a range of 250 miles with a top speed of 138 mph and is 90% quieter than a helicopter. While ALIA has the capability to transport five passengers, the Air Force test objective is to demonstrate its potential to support agile combat employment logistics with its payload capacity of 1,000 pounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

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BETA’s ALIA electric aircraft has a 50-foot wingspan, a range of 250 miles with a top speed of 138 mph and is 90% quieter than a helicopter. While ALIA has the capability to transport five passengers, the Air Force test objective is to demonstrate its potential to support agile combat employment logistics with its payload capacity of 1,000 pounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

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BETA's ALIA electric aircraft lands at Duke Field on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, to begin testing with the the Air Force Oct. 26, 2023. AFWERX first partnered with BETA, an electric aerospace company, in December 2019 and has since awarded them several contracts. Located 10 miles north of Eglin Air Force Base, Duke Field was strategically selected as the test field for ALIA. The field is home to the Air Force’s rotary wing test squadron, the 413th Flight Test Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

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BETA’s ALIA electric aircraft arrives at Eglin Air Force Base for testing

AFWERX Airmen and several local media outlets gathered at Duke Field on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, to witness the delivery of BETA's ALIA electric aircraft to the Air Force for testing Oct. 26, 2023. AFWERX first partnered with BETA, an electric aerospace company, in December 2019 and has since awarded them several contracts. Located 10 miles north of Eglin Air Force Base, Duke Field was strategically selected as the test field for ALIA. The field is home to the Air Force’s rotary wing test squadron, the 413th Flight Test Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jennifer Bryant)

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Col. Elliott Leigh, AFWERX director and chief commercialization officer for the Department of the Air Force, shakes the hand of Kyle Clark, founder and CEO of BETA Technologies, to celebrate the delivery of BETA's ALIA electric aircraft for testing at Duke Field, Florida, Oct. 26, 2023. AFWERX first partnered with BETA, an electric aerospace company, in December 2019 and has since awarded them several contracts. Located 10 miles north of Eglin Air Force Base, Duke Field was strategically selected as the test field for ALIA. The field is home to the Air Force’s rotary wing test squadron, the 413th Flight Test Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jennifer Bryant)

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John Maffei, the Federal Aviation Administration’s acting director of Portfolio Management and Technology Development, gives remarks at the AFWERX and FAA Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony at Duke Field, Florida, Oct. 25, 2023. AFWERX and the FAA announced they have agreed to share flight-test data to accelerate the safe integration of Advanced Aircraft Mobility platforms into the National Airspace System. The MOU will also support AFWERX Prime’s efforts to advance the integration and maturation of AAM, including the electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and autonomous systems industries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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