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Talent, innovation and passion of AFRL workforce will be on display at 2023 AFRL Inspire event

AFRL Inspire, an annual special event presented by the Air Force Research Laboratory featuring TEDx-style talks, will be livestreamed Oct. 26, 2023, at noon EDT from the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Inspire showcases the innovation and passion of AFRL’s science and technology workforce. At this year’s event, 10 distinguished speakers from across the AFRL enterprise will offer a series of nine brief, TEDx-style talks that distill complex science into relatable language and hook listeners with humor, expertise, emotion and colorful storytelling. AFRL Public Affairs Specialist Kenneth McNulty will serve as host and emcee at this year’s event, highlighting the importance of AFRL’s internal and external partnerships and amplifying AFRL Commander Brig. Gen Cain’s intention to unify AFRL as “One Team, One Fight.” (U.S. Air Force photo illustration / Gregory Gerkin)

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USAF partners with GM Defense to successfully power aircraft with Electric Ground Power Unit

The Air Force Research Laboratory, collaborated with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command, and General Motors Defense to power a KC-135 tanker aircraft with GM Defense’s Electric Ground Power Unit at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Aug. 14-17, 2023. To increase future energy agility, AFRL has teamed with its collaborators to build and test electric and hybrid flightline equipment and vehicles demonstrating many benefits relative to internal combustion engine-based platforms.

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USAF partners with GM Defense to successfully power aircraft with Electric Ground Power Unit

The Air Force Research Laboratory collaborated with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command, and General Motors Defense to power a KC-135 tanker aircraft with GM Defense’s Electric Ground Power Unit at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug. 14-17, 2023. To increase future energy agility, AFRL has teamed with its collaborators to build and test electric and hybrid flightline equipment and vehicles demonstrating many benefits relative to internal combustion engine-based platforms. (Courtesy photo / Carla Escamilla, 412th Public Affairs)

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USAF partners with GM Defense to successfully power aircraft with Electric Ground Power Unit

Chief Master Sgt. Darl Parvin Jr. takes the Electric Ground Power Unit and Cart for a test drive at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Aug. 14-17, 2023. Flightline aviation ground support equipment and vehicles are critical to the Department of the Air Force military aircraft operations, both stateside and in deployment settings. (U.S. Air Force photo / Carla Escamilla, 412th Test Wing Public Affairs)

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USAF partners with GM Defense to successfully power aircraft with Electric Ground Power Unit

The Air Force Research Laboratory evaluation team successfully demonstrated a flightline test to power a KC-135 tanker using an Electric Ground Power Unit and Cart Test at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Aug. 14-17, 2023. To increase future energy agility, AFRL teamed with collaborators to build and test electric and hybrid flightline equipment and vehicles that demonstrate many benefits relative to internal combustion engine-based platforms. (U.S. Air Force photo / Carla Escamilla, 412th Test Wing Public Affairs)

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Former AFWERX fellow named one of the Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

Senior Airman Ryan Hospelhorn, 52nd Security Forces Squadron small unmanned aircraft systems program manager, pilots a simulated foreign drone during a Paladin drone overview assessment, July 21, 2022, on Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. The Paladin drone is being assessed to become another countermeasure for sUAS here at Spangdahlem. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jessica Sanchez-Chen)

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Former AFWERX fellow named one of the Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

Senior Airman Ryan Hospelhorn, 841st Missile Security Forces Squadron flight security controller, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, was recognized as one of the Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference, National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 11, 2023. (Contributed photo)

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Former AFWERX fellow named one of the Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

Senior Airman Ryan Hospelhorn fires a M4 carbine at an indoor shooting range. (Contributed photo)

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Former AFWERX fellow named one of the Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

The 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2023 pose in front of the Capital building before a tour, Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 2023. The Airmen were selected based on their leadership, job performance and personal achievement. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Olivia Stecker)

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Emerging Technologies Integrated Test Force Takes Delivery of First eVTOL Aircraft

A Joby Aviation, Inc. experimental electronic vertical take-off and landing aircraft is parked at taxi way following a ground test at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Sept. 20. (Air Force photo by Harlan Huntington)

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Emerging Technologies Integrated Test Force Takes Delivery of First eVTOL Aircraft

A Joby Aviation, Inc. experimental electronic vertical take-off and landing aircraft is parked at taxi way following a ground test at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Sept. 20. (Air Force photo by Harlan Huntington)

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Emerging Technologies Integrated Test Force Takes Delivery of First eVTOL Aircraft

Col. Elliott Leigh, AFWERX director, Paul Sciarra, Joby Aviation, Inc. executive chairman, Wayne Ringleberg, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center chief pilot, Col. Douglas Wickert, 412th Test Wing commander, and Maj. Phillip Woddhull, Emerging Technologies Integrated Test Force director, cut the ribbon officially opening a large area maintenance shelter for Joby Aviation’s electric vertical take-off and landing test aircraft during a ceremony on Edwards Air Force Base, Sept. 25. (Air Force photo by Richard Gonzales)

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Emerging Technologies Integrated Test Force Takes Delivery of First eVTOL Aircraft

Col. Elliot Leigh, AFWERX director, Paul Sciarra, Joby Aviation, Inc. executive chairman, Wayne Ringleberg, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center chief pilot, Col. Douglas Wickert, 412th Test Wing commander, and Maj. Phillip Woddhull, Emerging Technologies Integrated Test Force director, cut the ribbon officially opening a large area maintenance shelter for Joby Aviation’s electric vertical take-off and landing test aircraft during a ceremony on Edwards Air Force Base, Sept. 25. (Air Force photo by Richard Gonzales)

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Emerging Technologies Integrated Test Force Takes Delivery of First eVTOL Aircraft

A Joby Aviation, Inc. experimental electronic vertical take-off and landing aircraft is parked at taxi way following a ground test at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Sept. 20. (Air Force photo by Harlan Huntington)

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A Man Transportable Robotics system is used to assess an improvised rocket during Exercise GOLDEN CRAB on Beale Air Force Base, California, Sept. 20, 2023. An explosive ordnance disposal team was sent out to respond to a long range threat and used the robotics system to assess the situation from a safe distance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexis Pentzer)

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Official Portrait

This is the official portrait of Brig. Gen. Robert Bogart.

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Official Portrait

This is the official portrait of Brig. Gen. Robert Bogart.

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SECAF visits AFRL at AFA ASC

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall shakes hands with Brian Holmes, AFRL program manager for Robust Information Provisioning Layer, or RIPL, a cybersecurity tool, at the Air and Space Forces Air, Space and Cyber conference at National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 13, 2023. Secretary Kendall visited the AFRL exhibit booth and had an opportunity to learn more about RIPL. The RIPL tool manages information across a network and allows seamless and secure access to content for all network users, overcoming limited and intermittent connectivity in contested environments. (U.S. Air Force photo / Cheri Cullen)

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First aircraft charging station construction.

Construction begins on DOD’s first ever electric aircraft charging station Sept. 19 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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First aircraft charging station construction.

Construction workers create a path for electrical cables Sept. 19 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The electrical cables will connect to the DOD’s first ever electric aircraft charging station. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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