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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Logan Pheng, 709th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, ties down cargo inside a C-5M Super Galaxy at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, July 1, 2024. AFWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Department of the Air Force and powered by the Air Force Research Laboratory, is advancing cross-training for technical experts through its Traditional Fellowship program and is accepting applications for the next cohort through Aug. 16, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo/Amanda Jett)

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SpaceWERX launches second Innovate to Accelerate cohort focused on aerospace technology

Arthur Grijalva, SpaceWERX Director welcomes the Defense Spaceport of the Future cohort during the Challenge Showcase event at the SpaceWERX hub in El Segunda, CA, June 10, 2024. SpaceWERX recently announced the launch of its latest I2A cohort, focused on two specific topics: advancing Alternative Positioning, Navigation and Timing, or AltPNT solutions and pioneering the Digital Spaceport of the Future. These initiatives underscore SpaceWERX's commitment to accelerating technological innovations in aerospace operations. (Courtesy Photo)

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SpaceWERX launches second Innovate to Accelerate cohort focused on aerospace technology

Challenge Showcase attendees discuss project capabilities during the I2A kick off event June 9 and 10, in El Segundo, CA. SpaceWERX recently announced the launch of its latest I2A cohort, focused on two specific topics: advancing Alternative Positioning, Navigation and Timing, or AltPNT solutions and pioneering the Digital Spaceport of the Future. These initiatives underscore SpaceWERX's commitment to accelerating technological innovations in aerospace operations. (Courtesy Photo)

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SpaceWERX launches second Innovate to Accelerate cohort focused on aerospace technology

Drew Busbee, DTI COO, kicks off the AltPNT I2A cohort during the Challenge Showcase held at the SpaceWERX hub in El Segundo, CA, June 9th 2024. SpaceWERX recently announced the launch of its latest I2A cohort, focused on two specific topics: advancing Alternative Positioning, Navigation and Timing, or AltPNT solutions and pioneering the Digital Spaceport of the Future. These initiatives underscore SpaceWERX's commitment to accelerating technological innovations in aerospace operations. (Courtesy Photo)

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STRONG Lab testing

STRONG Lab testing

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AFRL Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems Laboratory officially opens

From left: Andrew Bowman, on-site researcher with the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Digital Manufacturing Research Team, or DMRT, and Yash Kakade, a DMRT summer intern, demonstrate the motion capture system in the newly opened Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base following a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 23, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo / Sarah Perez)

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AFRL Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems Laboratory officially opens

From left: Darrell Phillipson, director, Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate; Dr. Sean Donegan, Digital Manufacturing Research Team lead; Timothy Sakulich, AFRL executive director; and Dr. Charles Ormsby, Manufacturing, Industrial Technologies and Energy division chief observe as Boston Dynamics robot Astro cuts a ceremonial ribbon, officially opening the new Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, July 23, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo / Sarah Perez)

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AFRL Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems Laboratory officially opens

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Digital Manufacturing Research Team celebrates the official opening of the new Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base after a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 23, 2024. This is the team’s first internal laboratory. (U.S. Air Force photo / Sarah Perez)

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U.S. Air Force demonstrates low-cost capability to defeat surface vessels from the air

The M/V Monarch Countess slips below the surface after an operational demonstration in July in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico near Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. (Courtesy photo)

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AFWERX, MTSI evaluate electric vertical takeoff, landing aircraft for military applications

Experts from AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm within the Air Force Research Laboratory, and Beavercreek, Ohio-based defense contractor Modern Technology Solutions Inc. observe a Pivotal BlackFly electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft test flight at Springfield-Beckley Airport, Ohio, July 12, 2024. The effort is part of the AFWERX Agility Prime program, which focuses on assessing the aircraft and its supporting ecosystem through an operational leasing initiative to accelerate innovative and emerging technologies that can be transitioned to the warfighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse).

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AFWERX, MTSI evaluate electric vertical takeoff, landing aircraft for military applications

Cameron Smock, Sinclair College unmanned aircraft systems program technician, plugs-in the Pivotal BlackFly electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft at Springfield-Beckley Airport, Ohio, July 12, 2024. Experts from AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm within the Air Force Research Laboratory, and Beavercreek, Ohio-based defense contractor Modern Technology Solutions Inc. are evaluating the BlackFly and its supporting ecosystem through an operational leasing initiative to accelerate innovative and emerging technologies that can be transitioned to the warfighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse).

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AFWERX, MTSI evaluate electric vertical takeoff, landing aircraft for military applications

Joshua Bohun, Sinclair College associate director for advanced air mobility training and the remote pilot in command, flies the Pivotal BlackFly electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft at Springfield-Beckley Airport, Ohio, July 12, 2024. Experts from AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm within the Air Force Research Laboratory, and Beavercreek, Ohio-based defense contractor Modern Technology Solutions Inc. are evaluating the BlackFly and its supporting ecosystem through an operational leasing initiative to accelerate innovative and emerging technologies that can be transitioned to the warfighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse).

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AFWERX, MTSI evaluate electric vertical takeoff, landing aircraft for military applications

Joshua Bohun, left, Sinclair College associate director for advanced air mobility training and the remote pilot in command, and Cameron Smock, Sinclair College unmanned aircraft systems program technician and ground control station operator, conduct a Pivotal BlackFly electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft test flight at Springfield-Beckley Airport, Ohio, July 12, 2024. Experts from AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm within the Air Force Research Laboratory, and Beavercreek, Ohio-based defense contractor Modern Technology Solutions Inc. are evaluating the BlackFly and its supporting ecosystem through an operational leasing initiative to accelerate innovative and emerging technologies that can be transitioned to the warfighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse).

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AFWERX, MTSI evaluate electric vertical takeoff, landing aircraft for military applications

Joshua Bohun, Sinclair College associate director for advanced air mobility training, operates the remote control for the DANNAR Mobile Power Station and follows a pickup truck towing a Pivotal BlackFly electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft out to the flightline at Springfield-Beckley Airport, Ohio, July 12, 2024. Experts from AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm within the Air Force Research Laboratory, and Beavercreek, Ohio-based defense contractor Modern Technology Solutions Inc. are evaluating the BlackFly and its supporting ecosystem through an operational leasing initiative to accelerate innovative and emerging technologies that can be transitioned to the warfighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse).

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AFWERX, MTSI evaluate electric vertical takeoff, landing aircraft for military applications

AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm within the Air Force Research Laboratory, and Beavercreek, Ohio-based defense contractor Modern Technology Solutions Inc. evaluate Pivotal’s BlackFly electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft at Springfield-Beckley Airport, Ohio, July 12, 2024. The effort is part of the AFWERX Agility Prime program, which focuses on assessing the aircraft and its supporting ecosystem through an operational leasing initiative to accelerate innovative and emerging technologies that can be transitioned to the warfighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse).

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AFWERX, MTSI evaluate electric vertical takeoff, landing aircraft for military applications

AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm within the Air Force Research Laboratory, and Beavercreek, Ohio-based defense contractor Modern Technology Solutions Inc. evaluate Pivotal’s BlackFly electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft at Springfield-Beckley Airport, Ohio, July 12, 2024. The effort is part of the AFWERX Agility Prime program, which focuses on assessing the aircraft and its supporting ecosystem through an operational leasing initiative to accelerate innovative and emerging technologies that can be transitioned to the warfighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse).

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AFWERX, MTSI evaluate electric vertical takeoff, landing aircraft for military applications

Experts from AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm within the Air Force Research Laboratory, and Beavercreek, Ohio-based defense contractor Modern Technology Solutions Inc. observe a Pivotal BlackFly electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft test flight at Springfield-Beckley Airport, Ohio, July 12, 2024. The effort is part of the AFWERX Agility Prime program, which focuses on assessing the aircraft and its supporting ecosystem through an operational leasing initiative to accelerate innovative and emerging technologies that can be transitioned to the warfighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse).

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AFRL aims to accelerate development of software-enabled weapons

Dr. David Lambert, Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate chief scientist, briefs the audience at the AFWERX Collider event aimed at exploring commercial solutions for software-enabled weapons at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, July 17-18, 2024. Colliders give Air Force leaders the opportunity to share the same room with industry to spark interaction and unleash American ingenuity to solve warfighter problems. More than 60 industry professionals attended to address the problem proposed by the Munitions Directorate located at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., which involves the years-long process of improving weapon performance and the difficulty of analyzing and exploiting vast operational data. (U.S. Air Force photo by Dennis Stewart)

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AFRL aims to accelerate development of software-enabled weapons

Dr. Will Curtis, Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate science and technology advisor, briefs the audience at the AFWERX Collider event aimed at exploring commercial solutions for software-enabled weapons at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, July 17-18, 2024. Colliders give Air Force leaders the opportunity to share the same room with industry to spark interaction and unleash American ingenuity to solve warfighter problems. More than 60 industry professionals attended to address the problem proposed by the Munitions Directorate located at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., which involves the years-long process of improving weapon performance and the difficulty of analyzing and exploiting vast operational data. (U.S. Air Force photo by Dennis Stewart)

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AFRL aims to accelerate development of software-enabled weapons

Industry professionals present their ideas and solutions aimed at exploring commercial solutions for software-enabled weapons at the AFWERX Collider event at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, July 17-18, 2024. Colliders give Air Force leaders the opportunity to share the same room with industry to spark interaction and unleash American ingenuity to solve warfighter problems. More than 60 industry professionals attended to address the problem proposed by the Munitions Directorate located at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., which involves the years-long process of improving weapon performance and the difficulty of analyzing and exploiting vast operational data. (U.S. Air Force photo by Dennis Stewart)

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