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AFRL Inspire 2023

Dr. Dan Berrigan, worldwide digital collaboration lead with the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Digital Capabilities Directorate, kicked off the 2023 AFRL Inspire event at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall, Oct. 26, 2023, with his speech “Tackle the Toil.” Berrigan shared the story of how he teamed with mathematician and fellow AFRL colleague Dr. Lauren Ferguson to scale a preexisting Google Workspace environment — then utilized by only a select few — to pilot a program that would make the Google Cloud platform widely available to all AFRL users. The switch to Google from preexisting legacy tools enabled the AFRL workforce to conserve precious time, energy and toil throughout their workdays, increase productivity and remain apace with peer adversaries, Berrigan said. (U.S. Air Force photo / Cherie Cullen)

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AFRL Inspire 2023

Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Public Affairs Specialist Kenneth McNulty shows off a model F-16 fighter aircraft from onstage at the 2023 AFRL Inspire event at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall, Oct. 26, 2023. McNulty served as host and emcee of this year’s event, filling brief gaps of time between each of the program's nine featured speeches with humor, trivia and nuggets of inspiration. “If it counts, while I'm no pilot myself, my dad did buy me [this] pretty slick model F-16 — so I've always been more partial to it,” McNulty joked. “Sorry, Sass.” McNulty’s nod to the F-16 followed Kevin Price and James “Sass” Bieryla’s Inspire speech titled “Amplifying Warfighter Culture” in which the two former fighter pilots ribbed each other good-naturedly about the air superiority of the F-15 versus the F-16. “Your approach to connecting research leads and warfighter needs helps illustrate how our One Team, One Fight mission is being made possible,” McNulty 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 his opening remarks to an in-person audience at the 2023 AFRL Inspire event at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall Oct. 26, 2023. Inspire speakers at the day’s event were unified in driving home the commander’s message “One AFRL Team, One Fight.” The program was the first Inspire event to occur under Cain’s leadership, as well as the first to take place in front of a live and in-person audience since the coronavirus pandemic. Cain credited AFRL “thought leaders” like those listed on the day’s speaker lineup as individuals who will affect future positive change for the Air Force. “My hope is that these pioneers — who are often quiet pioneers, who are going to affect and change the future in the next 20 years — are inspiring to you,” Cain said. “Really, what I hope is that all the people of AFRL are as inspiring to you as they are to me.” (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, 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. (U.S. Air Force photo / Cherie Cullen)

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AFRL scientists, engineers recognized for outstanding career accomplishments

Seven Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Fellows stand with Brig. Gen. Scott A. Cain, fourth from left, AFRL commander, and Dr. Timothy J. Bunning, fifth from left, AFRL chief technology officer, Oct. 25, 2023. The honorees were recognized for their outstanding career accomplishments during the 2023 Fellows and ECA ceremony. Note: Dr. Stephen M. White is not pictured. (U.S. Air Force photo / Keith Lewis)

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AFRL scientists, engineers recognized for outstanding career accomplishments

Seven Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Science and Engineering Early Career Awards, or ECA, awardees stand with Brig. Gen. Scott A. Cain, third from left, AFRL commander, and Dr. Timothy J. Bunning, fourth from left, AFRL chief technology officer, Oct. 25, 2023. The awardees were recognized for their outstanding career accomplishments during the 2023 Fellows and ECA ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo / Keith Lewis)

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Matthew Suttinger, left, Air Force Laboratory directed energy acting principal investigator, briefs members and supporters of the Air Force Laboratory about the work in the Semiconductor Laser Indoor Propagation Range at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 17, 2023. AFRL conducted a ribbon cutting ceremony for their new laser range that will serve to aid in propagations studies to fill in critical technology gaps. (U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Ruben Garibay)

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Members and supporters of the Air Force Laboratory directed energy directorate pose for a group photo after the ribbon cutting of the new Semiconductor Laser Indoor Propagation Range on Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 17, 2023. The range will serve to further aid AFRL in the research and development of propagation studies to fill in critical technology gaps. (U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Ruben Garibay)

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231017-F-RQ117-1007

Dr. Shery Welsh, Air Force Laboratory directed energy directorate director, and Dr. Imelda Atencio, AFRL’s directed energy laser division chief, conduct a ribbon cutting ceremony in celebration of the new Semiconductor Laser Indoor Propagation Range on Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 17, 2023. The range will serve to further aid AFRL in the research and development of propagation studies to fill in critical technology gaps. (U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Ruben Garibay)

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231017-F-RQ117-1006

Dr. Shery Welsh, front right, Air Force Laboratory directed energy directorate director, and Dr. Imelda Atencio, front left, AFRL’s directed energy laser division chief, prepare to conduct a ribbon cutting ceremony in celebration of the new Semiconductor Laser Indoor Propagation Range on Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 17, 2023. The range will serve to further aid AFRL in the research and development of propagation studies to fill in critical technology gaps. (U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Ruben Garibay)

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Autonomy testing

An 8-foot Griff 135 unmanned aerial system lifts off from 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

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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