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- Gentlemen, I'll get right to the point.

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We just received a tasking
order from European command.

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We need to deliver combat air power

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as quickly as possible to
help kick down the door.

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You have six hours to generate and employ

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four F16 Fighting Falcons to
suppress enemy air defenses

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so our F15 e-strike Eagle counterparts

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can take out critical
surface-to-air missile systems.

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This is a time-critical mission.

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Failure is not an option.

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You are dismissed.

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- Sergeant Rockford.
- Yes, sir.

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- We just got hit with
a real-world tasking.

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We need to get these jets loaded

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and we only have a few hours to do it.

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- Sir, we'll give it our best.

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- Let's go.

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- Stop the load, stop
the load, stop the load!

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Sergeant Rockford, why aren't you finished

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loading this aircraft?

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Time is up and policy's stepping.

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- I'm sorry it's taking so long.

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The checklist is too complicated.

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I'm spending too much time navigating it.

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I wish there was a better and faster way.

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- Hello, I'm Master Sargent Valenzuela

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from the 52nd maintenance group

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at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.

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Current weapons loading
checklists are already

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complex and time-consuming.

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Oftentimes, team chiefs
have to use four to five

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different PDF checklists and sort through

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upwards of 840 steps just
to find the 245 steps

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that apply to the task
that they are performing.

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The abundance of non-value-added motion

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adds critical time to a
speed-sensitive operation

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and forces the team chief

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to focus on navigating their checklist,

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rather than performing a
safe and reliable load.

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My proposal is to
engineer a smart checklist

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that will streamline the
weapons-loading technical data

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to only display the required steps

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for the action being performed.

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The concept revolves around software

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that is capable of filtering
multiple input conditions.

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For example, the team
chief would only enter

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the type aircraft, current configuration,

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and the action to be performed,

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and the software would generate

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a single, streamlined checklist

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with only the applicable steps
for that particular load.

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During our proof-of-concept weapons loads,

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the simplified checklist cut 28 minutes

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from the overall load
time of one aircraft,

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which equates to a 36% reduction.

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Deployed on the largest
scale, this initiative

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would significantly
increase unit readiness

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by decreasing generation timelines.

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Best of all, this innovation
doesn't just improve

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Spangdahlem's readiness.

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It is scalable across all
fourth-generation air frames.

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That equates to increased lethality,

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whether you're an A10 unit in South Korea,

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or an F15 unit deployed to Afghanistan.

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Spark Tank, I need your help
to deliver this capability

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across the combat Air Force.

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By providing funding for this initiative,

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we have an opportunity

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to modernize weapons-loading checklists

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and give our airmen the technological edge

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to generate aircraft
with weapons 36% faster.

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Thank you.