A group of 2024 Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Commander’s Challenge competitors from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, gather for a team photo at a kickoff event held at the Wright Brothers Institute in Dayton, Ohio, May 17, 2024. The team, consisting of seven competitors and two mentors, represents AFRL’s Aerospace Systems, Headquarters, Materials and Manufacturing, Plans and Programs and Sensors directorates, AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, and answered AFRL Commander Maj. Gen. Scott A. Cain’s March 2024 call for contenders in this year’s Commander’s Challenge competition. With just six months and a $75,000 budget, the Wright-Patterson team will develop and deliver low-cost solutions to counter slow-moving, high-altitude aerial targets. They will face off with a team of friendly rivals from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., in a final competition in December, where both teams will demonstrate and test their proposed solutions before a panel of judges. (U.S. Air Force photo / Gail L. Forbes)
CAMERA
iPhone 14
LENS
iPhone 14 back dual wide camera 5.7mm f/1.5
APERTURE
3/2
SHUTTERSPEED
1/60
ISO
250
No camera details available.
This photograph is considered public domain and has been cleared for release. If you would like to republish please give the photographer appropriate credit. Further, any commercial or non-commercial use of this photograph or any other DoD image must be made in compliance with guidance found at https://www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations, which pertains to intellectual property restrictions (e.g., copyright and trademark, including the use of official emblems, insignia, names and slogans), warnings regarding use of images of identifiable personnel, appearance of endorsement, and related matters.