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Newly-acquired AFRL test aircraft to aid personnel recovery research

The AFRL LASH Lysander XCub is shown here during a Dec. 21, 2020 stop at the Lewis A. Jackson Regional Airport in Greene County, Ohio, on its journey to the AFRL 711th Human Performance Wing’s contracted research flight test organization facility in Maryland. The craft will be used to advance the initial “Lysander” personnel recovery flight experiments. (U.S. Air Force photo/Richard Eldridge)

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Newly-acquired AFRL test aircraft to aid personnel recovery research

On Dec. 21, 2020, The AFRL LASH Lysander XCub stopped at the Lewis A. Jackson Regional Airport in Greene County, Ohio, on its journey to the AFRL 711th Human Performance Wing’s contracted research flight test organization facility in Maryland. The craft will be used to advance the initial “Lysander” personnel recovery flight experiments. (U.S. Air Force photo/Richard Eldridge)

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Newly-acquired AFRL test aircraft to aid personnel recovery research

CubCrafters pilot Mark Keneston (left) and Air Force Research Laboratory pilot Dr. Eric Geiselman are pictured next to AFRL LASH Lysander XCub at the Lewis A. Jackson Regional Airport in Greene County, Ohio, on Dec. 21, 2020. The aircraft made a brief stop before traveling on to the AFRL 711th Human Performance Wing’s contracted research flight test organization facility in Maryland, where it will be used to advance the initial “Lysander” personnel recovery flight experiments. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dr. Darrel G. Hopper)

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Col. Timothy Lawrence, director of AFRL's Information Directorate at Rome, N.Y., speaks during the event. (Courtesy photo)

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Joby Aviation’s electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle. (Photo courtesy Joby Aviation/Trevor Jolin)

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Kadena’s CCATT – one of a kind

The 18th Medical Group Critical Care Air Transport Team provides medical care to a patient during a flight aimed at getting the patient to a higher echelon of care. The team sees many different medical scenarios and averages about 60 missions per year. (Courtesy photo)

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A sample is loaded into the Bruker Atomic Force Microscope system capable of performing nanoscale imaging experiments. (U.S. Air Force photo/Spencer Deer)

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Dr. Nicholas Glavin, (left) research scientist at the Air Force Research Laboratory and David Moore, research scientist at UES, Inc. loading the sample into the analysis chamber. (U.S. Air Force photo/Spencer Deer)

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Aerojet Rocketdyne completes a successful series of hot-fire tests of an advanced air-breathing hypersonic engine under the USAF’s MSCC program. Some of the camera titling has been removed for a clearer image. (Image courtesy of Aerojet Rocketdyne.)

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A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor and F-35A Lightning II fly in formation with the XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle over the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground testing range, Ariz., during a series of tests Dec. 9, 2020. This integrated test follows a series of gatewayONE ground tests that began during the inaugural Department of the Air Force on-ramp last year in December. (Courtesy photo)

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U.S. Air Force

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor and F-35A Lightning II fly in formation with the XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle over the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground testing range, Ariz., during a series of tests Dec. 9, 2020. This integrated test follows a series of gatewayONE ground tests that began during the inaugural Department of the Air Force on-ramp last year in December. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Cason)

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Staff Sgt. Joshua King

A remote control operator speaks into a radio at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz. during a XQ-58A Valkyrie test flight, Dec 9, 2020. The operator controlled the aircraft during a test flight where it flew alongside the Air Force F-22 Raptor and F-35A Lightning II for the first time. This integrated test follows a series of gatewayONE ground tests that began during the inaugural Department of the Air Force on-ramp last year in December. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua King)

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Valkyrie

An XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle launches at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., Dec. 9, 2020. The acquisition team – comprised of Air Force Research Laboratory and Air Force Life Cycle Management Center personnel working in conjunction with Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.’s 46th Test Squadron – came together to conduct the historic test. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua King)

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Valkyrie

An XQ-58A Valkyrie maintainer pours fuel into the aircraft on a launchpad at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., Dec. 9, 2020. More than 50 team members came together to make the historic flight a safe event. The joint effort included a Marine Corps F-35B variant, an Air Force F-22 Raptor, and an Air Force F-35A variant. The Air Force F-22 and F-35A aircraft flew with the attritableONE platform for the first time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua King)

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Valkyrie

A control-room operator observes a test prior to an XQ-58A Valkyrie launch at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., Dec. 7, 2020. More than 50 team members came together to make the historic flight a safe event. The joint effort included a Marine Corps F-35B variant, an Air Force F-22 Raptor, and an Air Force F-35A variant. The Air Force F-22 and F-35A aircraft flew with the attritableONE platform for the first time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua King)

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“Our Airmen are just really crazy-smart and are solving problems every day,” said Lauren Barrett Knausenberger, Deputy Chief Information Officer for the Department of the Air Force, during day three of Accelerate. (Courtesy photo)

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While commenting on current market trends, Katherine Boyle, a partner in the venture capital firm General Catalyst, noted that, “it has never been cooler to work on aerospace and defense.” (Courtesy photo)

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“I believe that AFWERX has made it frictionless for small businesses like us to be able to get in this process,” said Kyle Gillis, co-founder and CEO, Iconic Air. (Courtesy photo)

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An experimental high-speed conformal warhead awaits testing at the Holloman Air Force Base High Speed Test Track in new Mexico. (Courtesy photos)

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Researchers Dr. Drake Austin (UES, Inc.) and Dr. Nicholas Glavin (Air Force Research Laboratory) in the laser writing of electronics laboratory. (U.S. Air Force photo/Spencer Deer)

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