WEBVTT 00:00.009 --> 00:02.339 Uh I wanna start by just talking about 00:02.349 --> 00:05.010 what are we doing here ? And let's 00:05.019 --> 00:07.480 start with big and work our way to 00:07.489 --> 00:11.250 small . So we live in a dangerous world . 00:11.720 --> 00:14.420 There are adversaries out there today 00:14.430 --> 00:17.120 with nefarious intent . They're 00:17.129 --> 00:19.129 bullying their neighbors . You know 00:19.129 --> 00:21.340 this , you see it in the news , it's 00:21.350 --> 00:24.020 real , it's not just click bait 00:24.250 --> 00:26.361 designed to keep you attached to your 00:26.361 --> 00:29.120 screen . And so what do we do about it ? 00:29.399 --> 00:31.455 There are a number of things that we 00:31.455 --> 00:34.979 can do . I'll reach back to and quote 00:34.990 --> 00:37.157 one of my heroes , Winston Churchill . 00:37.157 --> 00:39.157 You know , we all are still able to 00:39.157 --> 00:41.450 sleep peacefully in our beds because 00:41.459 --> 00:43.819 rough men and women stand ready to 00:43.830 --> 00:46.540 visit violence on our adversaries on 00:46.549 --> 00:48.939 any given day . And that was true back 00:48.950 --> 00:51.283 in the forties back during World War II . 00:51.283 --> 00:53.283 That's still true today . And so if 00:53.283 --> 00:55.506 you're here today , I want to say thank 00:55.506 --> 00:57.939 you for your interest in the dual use 00:57.950 --> 01:00.790 part of a start up community . Thanks 01:00.799 --> 01:02.910 for thinking about our servicemen and 01:02.910 --> 01:05.110 women who are over in harm's way today 01:05.260 --> 01:07.427 and that's why we're here . We're here 01:07.427 --> 01:09.260 to look for technology and we're 01:09.260 --> 01:11.482 looking for ways to push the envelope . 01:11.482 --> 01:13.704 So I'm going to talk a little bit about 01:13.704 --> 01:15.970 what we do at a works . It's something 01:15.980 --> 01:18.370 that needs to be demystified . It's 01:18.379 --> 01:20.546 been a bit of a brand over the years , 01:20.546 --> 01:22.546 but it's a real program with a real 01:22.546 --> 01:24.949 team , real people , real dollars and 01:24.959 --> 01:27.569 it's gaining a lot of traction . It was 01:27.580 --> 01:30.650 an experiment a while ago . But we have 01:30.660 --> 01:32.827 believers and we have believers within 01:32.827 --> 01:35.049 our community , of course , but also at 01:35.049 --> 01:37.216 the Pentagon and at the highest levels 01:37.216 --> 01:39.327 of our defense leadership . So you're 01:39.327 --> 01:41.500 going to continue to see change as we 01:41.510 --> 01:44.400 learn and grow this community at a 01:44.569 --> 01:47.379 works . We believe that you find 01:47.389 --> 01:50.870 innovation in two places . One is 01:50.879 --> 01:53.580 within our own ranks . Our servicemen 01:53.589 --> 01:57.099 and women are innovators . They ask why 01:57.160 --> 01:59.382 every day they go to work , why doesn't 01:59.382 --> 02:02.169 this move as fast as I need it to ? Why 02:02.180 --> 02:05.779 can't I just do something better faster , 02:05.790 --> 02:08.012 easier ? Like when I go home and I pull 02:08.012 --> 02:10.130 my smartphone out and everything just 02:10.139 --> 02:12.899 seems to work . We have innovation 02:12.910 --> 02:15.132 within our own ranks . The second place 02:15.132 --> 02:17.077 that we look is within the private 02:17.077 --> 02:20.080 sector in the private sector . There 02:20.089 --> 02:22.529 are a lot of innovators who are already 02:22.539 --> 02:24.317 thinking about ways to push the 02:24.317 --> 02:26.261 envelope on technology and they're 02:26.261 --> 02:28.119 doing it faster , better , more 02:28.130 --> 02:30.740 efficiently in many times in many ways 02:30.750 --> 02:33.119 than the government can . And so we're 02:33.130 --> 02:35.119 looking there as well because we 02:35.130 --> 02:37.470 believe that a works . It is American 02:37.479 --> 02:40.320 ingenuity that wins wars . That has 02:40.330 --> 02:42.940 always been true . We're going to talk 02:42.949 --> 02:45.171 about that just a little bit here as we 02:45.171 --> 02:47.282 kick it off today . So , if you're in 02:47.282 --> 02:50.770 the Air Force , our legacy 19 03 , 02:51.910 --> 02:54.839 December 8th , 19 03 , Charles Manly 02:54.850 --> 02:57.128 gets into the cockpit of the Aerodrome . 02:57.128 --> 02:59.410 He's on a boat . Ostensibly , he's 02:59.419 --> 03:01.419 going to be the first person in the 03:01.419 --> 03:03.308 world to achieve heavier than air 03:03.308 --> 03:06.309 powered flight and he takes off and he 03:06.320 --> 03:08.542 goes about 5 ft and he plunges directly 03:08.542 --> 03:11.350 into the river . Luckily , even though 03:11.360 --> 03:13.304 it was over 100 years ago , he was 03:13.304 --> 03:15.630 wearing a life vest . You can take from 03:15.639 --> 03:17.899 that what you will either a heightened 03:17.910 --> 03:20.550 sense of safety or a lack of optimism . 03:22.139 --> 03:24.750 But we invested $50,000 the US 03:24.759 --> 03:27.039 government into the Smithsonian 03:27.050 --> 03:29.100 Institute for Samuel Langley's 03:29.110 --> 03:32.100 experiment and it failed . And then 03:32.110 --> 03:36.100 nine days later , a small business , a 03:36.210 --> 03:39.729 bicycle company was the first 03:39.960 --> 03:42.399 to achieve heavier than air powered 03:42.410 --> 03:44.632 flight . Everyone knows the story . But 03:44.632 --> 03:46.632 have you ever thought about it like 03:46.632 --> 03:49.399 that ? A small business innovators . 03:49.410 --> 03:51.521 They were doing printing press , they 03:51.521 --> 03:53.850 were doing bicycles , they were pushing 03:53.860 --> 03:56.009 the envelope of technology and they 03:56.020 --> 03:59.050 were the first and that happened in 19 03:59.059 --> 04:02.360 03 . Can you imagine what that would 04:02.369 --> 04:05.940 have looked like if we had a program 04:05.949 --> 04:09.789 back then ? And we invested and we 04:09.800 --> 04:13.740 placed bets and we looked for who 04:13.750 --> 04:16.089 could be part of this ecosystem . Would 04:16.100 --> 04:19.338 we have gotten there faster . Would we 04:19.348 --> 04:21.459 have adopted it more quickly ? It was 04:21.459 --> 04:23.938 actually another six years before the 04:23.949 --> 04:25.838 US government purchased the first 04:25.838 --> 04:27.616 flying machine after the Wright 04:27.616 --> 04:29.898 Brothers . And the reason we did it was 04:29.908 --> 04:32.640 because they went to France and they 04:32.649 --> 04:35.019 offered their technology to France and 04:35.029 --> 04:37.085 we said , oh , wait a minute , maybe 04:37.085 --> 04:39.839 there's something there . Do you think 04:39.850 --> 04:42.380 it would have been faster if we had had 04:42.410 --> 04:44.890 a program back then ? I think it would 04:44.899 --> 04:46.955 have been . Luckily we still adopted 04:46.955 --> 04:49.269 the technology in time for the first 04:49.279 --> 04:51.339 World War . We were able to use that 04:51.350 --> 04:54.380 technology and push the envelope 20 04:54.390 --> 04:55.239 years later . 04:58.690 --> 05:01.980 Maybe I need a , there we go . 20 years 05:01.989 --> 05:05.779 later , an audacious army air corps 05:05.790 --> 05:08.399 major named Henry Hap Arnold . Many of 05:08.410 --> 05:10.700 you have heard of him . Five star 05:10.709 --> 05:12.876 general general of the army general of 05:12.876 --> 05:15.098 the Air forces leader of the air forces 05:15.098 --> 05:18.549 in World War II . But in 1923 he had an 05:18.559 --> 05:22.510 idea , there was a world record for 05:22.519 --> 05:24.470 sustained flight . It was about 35 05:24.480 --> 05:26.760 hours . Now , I cannot imagine sitting 05:26.769 --> 05:30.029 in something like that for 35 hours . 05:30.070 --> 05:32.292 But back then the airplane was 20 years 05:32.292 --> 05:34.403 old . We were pushing the envelope on 05:34.403 --> 05:36.514 the technology , seeing what we could 05:36.514 --> 05:38.570 do . And he said , well , if I get a 05:38.570 --> 05:42.429 hose and you go fly just in 05:42.440 --> 05:45.359 front of me and above me and you pour 05:45.369 --> 05:48.540 gasoline down that hose , I can stay up 05:48.549 --> 05:52.359 longer than 35 hours . This is pretty 05:52.369 --> 05:54.369 audacious , right . These were very 05:54.369 --> 05:56.591 dangerous machines . They had only been 05:56.591 --> 05:58.536 around for 20 years . You've got a 05:58.536 --> 06:00.579 spinning sharp object there really 06:00.589 --> 06:03.420 close to that hose and they did it . 06:04.429 --> 06:07.640 That photo is from June 27th , 1923 . 06:07.649 --> 06:11.510 It's just about 100 years ago and they 06:11.519 --> 06:14.329 broke the record . What do you think 06:14.339 --> 06:16.500 we'll be doing 100 years from now ? 06:16.510 --> 06:19.399 What photo , what technology startup 06:19.410 --> 06:21.769 will we be looking back on in 100 years 06:22.100 --> 06:24.660 that started a revolution because this 06:24.670 --> 06:27.619 was just about breaking records . But 06:27.630 --> 06:29.859 as the technology developed , this 06:29.869 --> 06:31.920 evolved into one of the core 06:31.929 --> 06:35.160 competencies of the air force . We 06:35.170 --> 06:37.760 don't go anywhere , nobody goes 06:37.769 --> 06:39.769 anywhere without hitting the tanker 06:39.769 --> 06:41.991 before they go into the combat zone and 06:41.991 --> 06:44.047 hitting the tanker on the way back . 06:44.047 --> 06:46.213 And if you go into an aerial refueling 06:46.213 --> 06:48.158 squadron you will see on the patch 06:48.158 --> 06:52.119 nkawtg , nobody kicks without tanker 06:52.130 --> 06:55.880 gas . It all started with an 06:55.890 --> 06:58.001 audacious major who wanted to break a 06:58.001 --> 07:00.519 world record and he pushed the envelope 07:00.529 --> 07:02.970 of the technology . We need more of 07:02.980 --> 07:06.089 that today . Oops , I'm going too fast . 07:06.100 --> 07:09.170 All right . 20 years later , 1943 07:09.899 --> 07:13.019 World War two , a woman named Vesta 07:13.920 --> 07:16.329 is working in a munitions factory in 07:16.440 --> 07:19.690 Illinois . Her two sons are in the navy 07:19.929 --> 07:22.250 and as they are working on these ammo 07:22.260 --> 07:25.579 cans , sealing them with wax with a 07:25.589 --> 07:28.440 paper tab that can open them . She says , 07:28.450 --> 07:31.279 you know , I bet this rips off a lot . 07:31.579 --> 07:34.290 It's not safe . Can you imagine being 07:34.299 --> 07:36.640 under fire , you need to reload your 07:36.649 --> 07:40.339 weapon and you go rip the tab and it 07:40.350 --> 07:42.570 doesn't open because it's paper on a 07:42.579 --> 07:44.746 can that's sealed and waxed . And this 07:44.746 --> 07:46.690 was happening a lot . She actually 07:46.690 --> 07:49.380 wrote a letter to President Roosevelt 07:49.640 --> 07:52.660 and said , I have an idea . Why don't 07:52.670 --> 07:56.179 we just have waterproof cloth backed 07:56.190 --> 07:58.630 tape and we'll put it on all the ammo 07:58.640 --> 08:00.862 cans and it will be safe and it will be 08:00.862 --> 08:04.130 useful . And he listened and he sent 08:04.140 --> 08:06.196 that to the war department . The war 08:06.196 --> 08:08.084 department sent that to a company 08:08.084 --> 08:10.029 that's part of Johnson and Johnson 08:10.029 --> 08:12.251 today . This became what you all have . 08:12.251 --> 08:14.380 I'm sure somewhere in your house it 08:14.390 --> 08:16.579 became duct tape . This is how duct 08:16.589 --> 08:19.149 tape was invented . It was part of an 08:19.160 --> 08:21.429 innovation to save lives on the 08:21.440 --> 08:24.010 battlefield in the army . They called 08:24.019 --> 08:26.075 it 100 mile an hour tape . It turned 08:26.075 --> 08:28.186 out it was useful for a lot more than 08:28.186 --> 08:30.130 just sealing ammunition cans . You 08:30.130 --> 08:32.297 could use it for just about anything . 08:32.297 --> 08:34.408 Many aviators do not even go into the 08:34.408 --> 08:36.630 cockpit without a piece of duct tape on 08:36.630 --> 08:38.797 their clipboard because you never know 08:38.797 --> 08:41.019 when you might need something like that 08:41.130 --> 08:43.900 in combat . Ok . So that's 1943 . 08:43.909 --> 08:46.590 Imagine if we'd had a Siber program in 08:46.599 --> 08:49.729 1943 I think she wouldn't have had to 08:49.739 --> 08:51.628 write the President of the United 08:51.628 --> 08:54.159 States appealing on behalf of the 08:54.169 --> 08:57.099 safety of her sons to get something 08:57.109 --> 08:59.479 done . Luckily , we do have a Siber 08:59.510 --> 09:01.669 program today . We're taking these 09:01.679 --> 09:04.049 lessons learned from history and we're 09:04.059 --> 09:06.130 bringing them in and we're making 09:06.140 --> 09:08.750 believers in the Pentagon . And we now 09:08.760 --> 09:10.593 have a massive program to enable 09:10.593 --> 09:13.679 innovation like this . 20 years later , 09:13.690 --> 09:17.119 1964 operation chrome dome . We're now 09:17.130 --> 09:19.940 in the height of the Cold War . You 09:19.950 --> 09:22.619 note the very distinct juxtaposition of 09:22.630 --> 09:24.900 those two photos . So that is a B 52 09:25.320 --> 09:27.209 believe it or not , they're still 09:27.209 --> 09:29.820 flying those today . 09:32.159 --> 09:34.215 And that is what happened . 40 years 09:34.215 --> 09:36.359 after that audacious Young major 09:36.369 --> 09:40.229 invented aerial refueling . We had 09:40.239 --> 09:42.700 within the ranks , innovation to 09:42.710 --> 09:46.559 maintain a continuous global alert of 09:46.570 --> 09:49.280 B 52 S with thermonuclear weapons on 09:49.289 --> 09:51.200 board . Always in flight , always 09:51.210 --> 09:54.510 flying around the polar region , ready 09:54.520 --> 09:58.200 to strike . Pretty sobering thought , 09:58.210 --> 10:00.432 humbling , but that would not have been 10:00.440 --> 10:02.799 possible . Had we not pushed the 10:02.809 --> 10:04.920 envelope on the technology and turned 10:04.920 --> 10:07.340 it into something useful . So think 10:07.349 --> 10:09.460 about what you're working on and what 10:09.460 --> 10:12.099 we might need it for 40 years from now . 10:13.840 --> 10:16.007 All right , I wanted to point out that 10:16.007 --> 10:19.010 we are the Department of the Air Force 10:19.020 --> 10:21.187 and the Space Force is part of the Air 10:21.187 --> 10:24.260 Force . So 20 years later , this is the 10:24.270 --> 10:27.090 Mars Observer camera , by the way , 20 10:27.099 --> 10:30.080 years later , we have assets in space . 10:30.880 --> 10:32.991 And before I get to this photo , I'll 10:32.991 --> 10:35.213 just tell you in the seventies , we had 10:35.213 --> 10:37.213 a program called Corona and we were 10:37.213 --> 10:40.369 taking photos from space using actual 10:40.380 --> 10:43.840 film , dropping canisters of film from 10:43.849 --> 10:47.630 space , catching them with aircraft 10:47.739 --> 10:49.969 armed with hooks as they floated down 10:49.979 --> 10:51.868 under a parachute . That's pretty 10:51.868 --> 10:53.979 innovative , right ? I mean , that is 10:53.979 --> 10:56.035 what we used to get our data on what 10:56.035 --> 10:59.099 our adversaries were doing in the 19 10:59.109 --> 11:01.331 eighties . We realized that we probably 11:01.331 --> 11:03.690 had better technology than to have 11:03.700 --> 11:05.690 cameras developing film and space 11:05.700 --> 11:08.033 dropping it down and having to catch it . 11:08.340 --> 11:11.549 1986 the first Mars observer fail that 11:11.559 --> 11:13.670 actually went to Mars . It took about 11:13.670 --> 11:15.559 three photos and then we lost the 11:15.559 --> 11:17.781 spacecraft , but we launched the second 11:17.781 --> 11:20.150 one . And between the years of 1996 and 11:20.159 --> 11:23.109 2006 , the spacecraft captured about 11:23.119 --> 11:26.609 250,000 images of Mars , which is very , 11:26.619 --> 11:29.070 very useful today . The reason why I'm 11:29.080 --> 11:31.710 telling you this is there is no way one 11:31.719 --> 11:35.390 you could get 250,000 images in space 11:35.400 --> 11:38.630 if you're using actual film . The 11:38.640 --> 11:40.869 second is if you were to go back and 11:40.880 --> 11:43.289 look at the description of this , it 11:43.299 --> 11:45.719 would tell you that as a first these 11:45.729 --> 11:48.590 images will be made available in a 11:48.599 --> 11:51.320 public access domain , an information 11:51.330 --> 11:54.450 highway called the internet . That was 11:54.460 --> 11:56.729 the description . This was the first 11:56.739 --> 11:59.250 time that we actually use the internet 11:59.690 --> 12:02.400 to take and process our data . This was 12:02.409 --> 12:04.631 done on the civil side . But as you can 12:04.631 --> 12:07.080 imagine the ability to bring something 12:07.090 --> 12:09.820 down data from space and process it 12:09.830 --> 12:12.820 very quickly and maybe use commercial 12:12.830 --> 12:15.108 data . That's where we're headed today . 12:15.479 --> 12:17.479 So that's the innovation around the 12:17.479 --> 12:19.368 turn of the century . And you can 12:19.368 --> 12:21.669 imagine where we might be in 2023 12:21.679 --> 12:24.549 looking forward . So as I said , it has 12:24.559 --> 12:27.159 always been the case that innovation 12:27.169 --> 12:30.390 wins wars . Innovation allows us to 12:30.400 --> 12:32.510 remain competitive . And with our 12:32.520 --> 12:34.687 adversaries , we don't want to go to a 12:34.687 --> 12:36.909 fight with them , but we always have to 12:36.909 --> 12:39.260 be ready and we will always be 12:39.270 --> 12:41.059 competing with them to have the 12:41.070 --> 12:44.950 technological advantage . All right , 12:44.960 --> 12:47.419 so fast forward , what is going on with 12:47.440 --> 12:50.320 a works in 2023 ? Well , you may have 12:50.330 --> 12:52.552 heard of the electric vertical take off 12:52.552 --> 12:55.119 and landing industry . I had never 12:55.130 --> 12:57.919 heard of these aircraft a year ago , 12:58.669 --> 13:00.225 even though they are highly 13:00.225 --> 13:02.710 proliferated throughout the world . And 13:02.719 --> 13:05.469 the air Force is looking at these with 13:05.479 --> 13:07.640 great interest because they're very 13:07.650 --> 13:10.570 quiet . They're very green , 13:11.659 --> 13:14.390 they are very efficient . They do not 13:14.400 --> 13:17.190 require a lot of logistics to make them 13:17.200 --> 13:20.809 go think about a charging station and 13:20.820 --> 13:22.931 that's about it . A lot of them don't 13:22.931 --> 13:25.042 have any fluids on board whatsoever . 13:25.510 --> 13:27.690 Some of these vehicles only have seven 13:27.700 --> 13:30.679 or 12 moving parts , the whole thing . 13:31.940 --> 13:34.780 So Joby is one of our performers . I 13:34.789 --> 13:37.169 would consider them to be a graduate of 13:37.179 --> 13:40.809 a works . They had their IP O a couple 13:40.820 --> 13:43.169 of years ago , but they started with a 13:43.299 --> 13:45.355 works . They started through a Siber 13:45.960 --> 13:48.127 and now we're working with them in our 13:48.127 --> 13:50.293 agility prime program . And the reason 13:50.293 --> 13:52.359 I want to highlight this story is 13:52.369 --> 13:54.425 because we're just a few months away 13:54.425 --> 13:56.202 from these aircraft . The first 13:56.369 --> 13:58.950 production representative tolls in the 13:58.960 --> 14:01.690 US being built , we're going to deliver 14:01.700 --> 14:03.644 them to Edwards and we're going to 14:03.644 --> 14:05.367 flight test them with the most 14:05.367 --> 14:08.169 professional test force in the world , 14:08.330 --> 14:10.552 which is our test center out at Edwards 14:10.552 --> 14:12.739 Air Force Base . And that partnership 14:13.250 --> 14:16.070 has enabled us to advance the state of 14:16.080 --> 14:18.909 this industry so that if we want to buy 14:18.919 --> 14:20.697 something or lease something or 14:20.697 --> 14:22.919 whatever that business model looks like 14:22.919 --> 14:25.141 it will be available to us and we'll be 14:25.141 --> 14:27.363 able to bring it on board probably 3 to 14:27.363 --> 14:29.750 5 years faster than if we had just 14:29.760 --> 14:32.080 watched and waited in the wings . So we 14:32.090 --> 14:34.109 decided to write a capital R 14:34.119 --> 14:36.039 requirement and have a program of 14:36.049 --> 14:38.849 record , go through the process and 14:38.859 --> 14:40.970 then go stand up a program office and 14:40.970 --> 14:43.137 make it happen . We're doing this very 14:43.137 --> 14:45.192 fast . This is not the only one , by 14:45.192 --> 14:47.526 the way , we have a number of contracts . 14:47.526 --> 14:49.415 A lot of very interesting looking 14:49.415 --> 14:51.526 different looking platforms like this 14:51.526 --> 14:53.581 as we advance the state of the art . 14:53.581 --> 14:55.526 And some of you are thinking about 14:55.526 --> 14:55.424 power technologies and how we can 14:55.434 --> 14:57.323 improve electricity to make these 14:57.323 --> 14:59.414 vehicles go farther faster . Some of 14:59.424 --> 15:00.980 you are working on additive 15:00.980 --> 15:02.813 manufacturing and how can I make 15:02.813 --> 15:04.980 something like this cheaper , better , 15:04.980 --> 15:06.702 faster safer . So all of these 15:06.702 --> 15:08.760 technologies are coming together and 15:08.770 --> 15:10.881 they're allowing us to do some pretty 15:10.881 --> 15:14.750 amazing things in the future . All 15:14.760 --> 15:16.704 right , another one I talked about 15:16.704 --> 15:18.927 innovation from within the ranks here . 15:18.927 --> 15:21.049 So I go into work every day and how 15:21.059 --> 15:23.115 many government are in here , by the 15:23.115 --> 15:25.115 way ? And you just love that Nipper 15:25.115 --> 15:27.337 computer , right ? And you get the work 15:27.337 --> 15:29.281 and you turn it on and it waits to 15:29.281 --> 15:31.448 decide whether you have a real ID card 15:31.448 --> 15:33.615 or not . And then , you know , you got 15:33.615 --> 15:35.726 to connect and depending on where you 15:35.726 --> 15:37.892 are , there's a wireless , maybe a VPN 15:37.892 --> 15:40.059 and 2030 minutes later , you're on the 15:40.059 --> 15:41.892 network and then you're clicking 15:41.892 --> 15:43.781 through your emails , right ? And 15:43.781 --> 15:45.892 you're wondering , why is this not as 15:45.892 --> 15:48.690 fast as my machine at home ? Or if 15:48.700 --> 15:50.533 you're like me , you just have a 15:50.533 --> 15:52.533 Surface Pro and we , because we are 15:52.533 --> 15:54.756 innovators at a works . We use a Google 15:54.756 --> 15:56.811 Suite and we're very , very fast and 15:56.811 --> 15:59.090 efficient . But that is the question . 15:59.099 --> 16:01.650 And I , every week I have another story 16:01.659 --> 16:03.826 from the Spark program about an airman 16:04.510 --> 16:07.309 who has an idea and it usually the 16:07.320 --> 16:10.719 story starts like this . Why not ? Or 16:10.729 --> 16:13.159 in this case , why can't , why can't I ? 16:14.179 --> 16:16.346 And that is what we're very good at in 16:16.346 --> 16:18.799 the service . We ask , why , why am I 16:18.809 --> 16:20.809 doing this ? Why can't I do it some 16:20.809 --> 16:23.031 other way ? And so I want to tell you a 16:23.031 --> 16:25.198 little bit about this thing called jet 16:25.198 --> 16:28.539 dash on the flight line . Working on 16:28.549 --> 16:30.660 the flight line . It's hot . You have 16:30.660 --> 16:32.771 land mobile radios , you're trying to 16:32.771 --> 16:34.827 communicate and coordinate equipment 16:34.827 --> 16:36.827 moving around , it's garbled , it's 16:36.827 --> 16:38.771 hard to read and you have maybe no 16:38.771 --> 16:40.993 visibility on whether you were heard or 16:40.993 --> 16:43.160 whether that piece of aerospace ground 16:43.160 --> 16:45.493 equipment is going to get there on time . 16:45.493 --> 16:47.716 And sometimes this is the wrong one and 16:47.716 --> 16:49.771 sometimes it goes to the wrong place 16:49.771 --> 16:51.716 and then maybe you go home and you 16:51.716 --> 16:54.380 decide what you want for dinner and you 16:54.390 --> 16:56.919 order it up on your phone and you can 16:56.929 --> 17:00.130 see where that is . You can confirm the 17:00.140 --> 17:02.029 is the order is what you wanted . 17:02.229 --> 17:04.229 Where's that driver ? And when's it 17:04.229 --> 17:07.329 gonna get there ? So we had an NCO say , 17:07.339 --> 17:09.819 why not ? Why can't I have something 17:09.829 --> 17:12.680 like that on the flight line ? And 17:12.689 --> 17:14.560 because technical Sergeant Jacob 17:14.569 --> 17:16.736 Sullivan asked why and worked with our 17:16.736 --> 17:19.469 spark program . We are well on our way 17:19.479 --> 17:21.839 to having this type of technology on 17:21.849 --> 17:23.839 the flight line , enabling faster 17:23.849 --> 17:25.920 operations . Think about turning an 17:25.930 --> 17:28.459 airplane faster , staying in the fight 17:29.239 --> 17:32.250 better in perhaps an environment where 17:32.260 --> 17:34.609 that's pretty critical . You might be 17:34.619 --> 17:36.841 in an expanse where it's mostly water . 17:37.119 --> 17:39.119 You have to use your aircraft , you 17:39.119 --> 17:41.008 have to turn them quickly because 17:41.008 --> 17:42.952 you're in a dangerous place . This 17:42.952 --> 17:44.730 technology was used in a recent 17:44.730 --> 17:46.619 exercise , Mobility Guardian . It 17:46.619 --> 17:50.020 received outstanding reviews and I'm 17:50.030 --> 17:52.239 really proud of it and I think we can 17:52.250 --> 17:54.969 get a one each technical sergeant Jacob 17:54.979 --> 17:58.869 Sullivan to come on up here on stage . 18:09.449 --> 18:12.170 Yeah , I just want to say 18:13.239 --> 18:16.959 thanks very much for asking why not and 18:16.969 --> 18:19.136 for being relentless and for making it 18:19.136 --> 18:21.739 happen , make all of us proud . Thank 18:21.750 --> 18:22.750 you . 18:30.520 --> 18:33.640 So how many other situations like that 18:33.650 --> 18:37.060 are there in the Air force ? We just 18:37.069 --> 18:40.270 need to motivate our teammates to do 18:40.280 --> 18:42.447 the same thing . And through the spark 18:42.447 --> 18:44.724 program , we're going to be successful , 18:44.724 --> 18:46.502 we're going to be faster , more 18:46.502 --> 18:48.613 efficient . It's not always about the 18:48.613 --> 18:50.780 game , changing technologies like aero 18:50.780 --> 18:52.947 refueling , sometimes it's about doing 18:52.947 --> 18:56.170 102 103 100 things better , faster , 18:56.180 --> 18:58.410 more efficient so that we can go into 18:58.420 --> 19:00.729 the fight using the best that 19:00.739 --> 19:04.630 technology has to offer . All right , 19:04.640 --> 19:07.449 one more . So many of you are here 19:07.459 --> 19:09.969 because of the Siber program , we are 19:09.979 --> 19:12.349 learning a lot about what we can do 19:12.359 --> 19:15.280 with the Siber program when in fact , 19:15.290 --> 19:17.800 it is consolidated into a single 19:17.810 --> 19:20.160 program called Adventures and I have 19:20.170 --> 19:23.790 $1.3 billion and portfolios that I can 19:23.800 --> 19:26.619 manage . And so in the space force , 19:26.890 --> 19:29.223 and I'm really proud of the space force . 19:29.223 --> 19:31.390 By the way , how many guardians in the 19:31.390 --> 19:33.334 room , any willing to admit ? Oh , 19:33.334 --> 19:35.446 there we go . Thank you . Yes . Space 19:35.446 --> 19:37.780 Force is really thinking about how to 19:37.790 --> 19:40.609 commercialize their operation . We 19:40.619 --> 19:42.589 talked about Mars Observer camera 19:42.599 --> 19:44.979 earlier , right ? Why would I build my 19:44.989 --> 19:48.719 own program , train new cadre of people 19:48.729 --> 19:50.949 to operate that system ? Build new 19:50.959 --> 19:53.520 buildings to operate it out of a whole 19:53.530 --> 19:56.089 launch program , put it up on orbit and 19:56.099 --> 20:00.010 then manage it 24 7 when maybe all I 20:00.020 --> 20:02.979 need is a service and I can possibly 20:02.989 --> 20:05.410 just buy that service and buy into that . 20:06.060 --> 20:08.520 That will be available a lot faster . A 20:08.680 --> 20:11.109 lot better at much higher quality 20:11.119 --> 20:13.569 perhaps than we can get if we run it 20:13.579 --> 20:15.690 through a big program of records . So 20:15.690 --> 20:17.857 this story is about orbital sidekick . 20:17.857 --> 20:20.079 Orbital sidekick has a business model . 20:20.079 --> 20:22.301 They support the oil and gas industry . 20:22.301 --> 20:24.412 We're very interested in that . We're 20:24.412 --> 20:26.635 interested in looking for leaks and gas 20:26.635 --> 20:28.635 lines and monitoring it worldwide . 20:28.635 --> 20:30.989 There are dozens of cases like this 20:31.000 --> 20:33.630 where it makes sense to have spacecraft 20:33.640 --> 20:37.130 in low earth orbit doing the work . So 20:37.140 --> 20:39.400 they want a Siber and then they won a 20:39.410 --> 20:43.060 stratify and , and the the best part of 20:43.069 --> 20:44.902 this story is you probably never 20:44.902 --> 20:46.625 imagined we would be launching 20:46.625 --> 20:49.869 satellites with the Siber program , but 20:49.880 --> 20:52.050 we are , they're halfway through 20:52.060 --> 20:53.893 launching a constellation of six 20:53.893 --> 20:56.579 satellites . Hyper spectral imagery has 20:56.589 --> 20:58.700 a lot of uses besides just looking at 20:58.700 --> 21:01.459 the oil and gas pipelines . And so 21:01.469 --> 21:03.525 we're going to partner with them and 21:03.525 --> 21:05.636 have access to that imagery . And the 21:05.636 --> 21:07.580 commercial space office within the 21:07.580 --> 21:09.636 space force is a partner of ours and 21:09.636 --> 21:11.969 they work with us on our server program . 21:13.400 --> 21:16.479 All right . So hopefully that gets you 21:16.489 --> 21:18.489 motivated , right . This has always 21:18.489 --> 21:20.656 been the case . Innovation always wins 21:20.656 --> 21:22.719 wars . It's happened before it's 21:22.729 --> 21:24.951 happening . Now . We're using the tools 21:24.951 --> 21:27.160 in the tool kit . I talked about all 21:27.170 --> 21:29.170 three of those briefly there . So , 21:29.170 --> 21:31.281 Venture Spark and Prime those are our 21:31.281 --> 21:34.869 three programs and we're winning , we 21:34.880 --> 21:37.959 have achieved over 300 transitions , 21:37.969 --> 21:40.280 most of them in the last couple of 21:40.290 --> 21:42.609 years . Because of the way that we've 21:42.619 --> 21:45.130 taken this program , we've consolidated 21:45.140 --> 21:47.380 it and we continue to have new ideas 21:47.390 --> 21:49.168 about how to run it and make it 21:49.168 --> 21:51.930 successful . Our vision is that we do 21:51.939 --> 21:53.995 strengthen the industrial base , the 21:53.995 --> 21:56.589 innovation base using these programs 21:56.599 --> 21:59.060 and forming connections so that we can 21:59.069 --> 22:00.979 get there faster and leverage the 22:00.989 --> 22:04.650 technology that's available . OK ? 22:05.060 --> 22:07.660 I hope you can see this . I'm , I'm 22:07.670 --> 22:09.892 looking at my screen , it's small , but 22:10.099 --> 22:12.321 what's next ? How do you work with us ? 22:13.479 --> 22:16.890 OK . Here you go on the top . This 22:16.900 --> 22:19.939 specific topic . Solicitation actually 22:19.949 --> 22:22.989 opens today . I'm getting a thumbs up . 22:23.000 --> 22:25.056 It's probably open right now . Now , 22:25.056 --> 22:27.278 please don't stop what you're doing and 22:27.278 --> 22:29.500 go , you know , log in . But it's going 22:29.500 --> 22:31.444 to be open for a while . There are 22:31.444 --> 22:33.719 about 70 very distinct topics that have 22:33.729 --> 22:36.510 gone through our futures through all of 22:36.520 --> 22:38.689 our lab directorates , our programs of 22:38.699 --> 22:40.810 record . And they have said these are 22:40.810 --> 22:42.921 the things that I care about the most 22:42.921 --> 22:44.755 that I would like to see a Siber 22:44.755 --> 22:48.030 focused on . So please show up and 22:48.040 --> 22:49.873 propose , read those and propose 22:49.873 --> 22:52.207 against them . And if you're here today , 22:52.207 --> 22:54.151 you're probably here to learn more 22:54.151 --> 22:56.262 about our problem sets and understand 22:56.262 --> 22:58.429 these better . And my challenge to you 22:58.429 --> 23:00.540 would be go back and look at how your 23:00.540 --> 23:02.729 value proposition matches the 23:02.739 --> 23:04.989 operational imperatives or the needs of 23:05.000 --> 23:07.000 the air force that are described in 23:07.000 --> 23:10.180 those specific topic statements . That 23:10.189 --> 23:12.356 specific topic program has come a long 23:12.356 --> 23:15.229 way in the last year . It is aligned to 23:15.239 --> 23:17.239 air force requirements . It has the 23:17.239 --> 23:19.339 highest level of visibility and 23:19.349 --> 23:21.619 interest from the Air Force . And you 23:21.630 --> 23:23.709 are looking at about a 4 to $500 23:23.719 --> 23:26.030 million a year program on specific 23:26.040 --> 23:29.380 topics equally as important and below 23:29.390 --> 23:31.869 it are the open topics . This is where 23:31.880 --> 23:33.936 you come in and you propose whatever 23:33.936 --> 23:36.400 you have . We don't think we have all 23:36.410 --> 23:38.739 the answers . We need you to be 23:38.750 --> 23:40.917 thinking about what you have under the 23:40.917 --> 23:43.479 hood and how could that be applied to a 23:43.489 --> 23:46.020 defense application and propose that to 23:46.030 --> 23:49.180 us and that will open next week ? So 23:49.189 --> 23:51.356 this is the season . This is why we're 23:51.356 --> 23:53.411 doing this event today . This is why 23:53.411 --> 23:55.578 we're all here . We're excited to have 23:55.578 --> 23:58.089 you show up and bring your proposals 23:58.839 --> 24:02.109 and show us what you got below that . 24:02.119 --> 24:04.459 The stratify . I was wondering , you 24:04.469 --> 24:06.691 know , I always get the question . When 24:06.691 --> 24:08.802 is the next Strat fire ? Are we still 24:08.802 --> 24:10.802 doing it ? Yes , we are still doing 24:10.802 --> 24:13.260 stratify . This is an essential program 24:13.270 --> 24:16.060 to allow transitions to occur . We have 24:16.069 --> 24:18.829 about 38 active stratify right now in 24:18.839 --> 24:20.895 the portfolio . Some of them we just 24:20.895 --> 24:22.895 talked about , we are going to do a 24:22.895 --> 24:25.109 notice of opportunity next month for 24:25.119 --> 24:27.341 the next round of Strat five . We'll be 24:27.341 --> 24:29.286 awarding about 20 of those . We're 24:29.286 --> 24:31.452 doing it a little bit differently this 24:31.452 --> 24:33.508 year and I know there'll be a lot of 24:33.508 --> 24:35.563 questions and Pockets is going to be 24:35.563 --> 24:37.730 able to answer those . But let me tell 24:37.730 --> 24:39.508 you the vision , ok . These are 24:39.508 --> 24:41.739 programs that we need your government 24:41.750 --> 24:43.861 counterparts to have skin in the game 24:43.861 --> 24:46.219 to really be serious about . You're not 24:46.229 --> 24:48.173 eligible for one of these . If you 24:48.173 --> 24:50.229 haven't already won a siver . So you 24:50.229 --> 24:52.451 know who you are , you know , if you're 24:52.451 --> 24:54.673 in the pot and you should know who your 24:54.673 --> 24:56.840 government counterpart is and you need 24:56.840 --> 24:59.300 to be going and talking to them today 24:59.540 --> 25:02.079 because what we are doing in a works is 25:02.089 --> 25:03.756 we are running this notice of 25:03.756 --> 25:06.410 opportunity on the government side . So 25:06.420 --> 25:09.079 your government advocate needs to come 25:09.089 --> 25:11.260 forward and say this is really 25:11.270 --> 25:13.326 important and I think it should be a 25:13.326 --> 25:16.449 stratify . So if you need help because 25:16.459 --> 25:18.626 you're struggling with who your tea is 25:18.626 --> 25:21.060 or you don't know or it's been too long . 25:21.069 --> 25:23.291 This is a great opportunity to get that 25:23.291 --> 25:25.458 help . But next month and by the way , 25:25.458 --> 25:27.347 I'm already seeing some proposals 25:27.347 --> 25:29.125 coming in , this is going to be 25:29.125 --> 25:31.013 competitive . It's intended to be 25:31.013 --> 25:33.125 competitive . It's intended to be for 25:33.125 --> 25:35.489 those programs that need a 15 30 $60 25:35.500 --> 25:37.500 million contract to get to the next 25:37.500 --> 25:39.833 level , but we are going to do it again . 25:40.339 --> 25:42.450 These topics are going all the way up 25:42.450 --> 25:44.617 to our service acquisition . Executive 25:44.617 --> 25:46.728 Mr Hunter is going to see them . He's 25:46.728 --> 25:48.783 going to be able to endorse them and 25:48.783 --> 25:50.895 those pe Os that sign , those letters 25:50.895 --> 25:53.061 are going to know what they're getting 25:53.061 --> 25:55.006 in for . Ok . Pretty big important 25:55.006 --> 25:57.228 program . Now , you'll see the TBD S on 25:57.228 --> 25:59.117 there . We are still doing a Tafi 25:59.117 --> 26:01.172 program , but as you know , ta are a 26:01.172 --> 26:04.119 little bit smaller , so we don't want 26:04.130 --> 26:06.019 to run it just once a year . That 26:06.019 --> 26:08.186 doesn't make a lot of sense . That's a 26:08.186 --> 26:10.408 lot of work all at once for a program . 26:10.408 --> 26:12.630 That's about the same size as a siver . 26:12.920 --> 26:15.031 So it's still going to be here . It's 26:15.031 --> 26:17.198 probably going to come around after we 26:17.198 --> 26:19.420 close on the Strat and our vision is to 26:19.420 --> 26:21.531 turn that into a year round program . 26:22.380 --> 26:24.602 So more to come on that in the future . 26:26.180 --> 26:28.402 All right . QR code time , I don't know 26:28.402 --> 26:30.680 if you're going to be able to get this , 26:30.680 --> 26:32.791 uh , looks a little small , but we'll 26:32.791 --> 26:32.760 leave it up for a minute . Uh , you 26:32.770 --> 26:34.937 know , a couple of minutes , I want to 26:34.937 --> 26:37.670 talk about connection . So it's really 26:37.680 --> 26:40.010 great that you're all here . It's an 26:40.020 --> 26:42.131 opportunity to hear directly from the 26:42.131 --> 26:44.709 requirement owners what it is we need . 26:44.719 --> 26:46.719 If you're attending fed Supernova , 26:46.719 --> 26:48.941 you're going to learn about operational 26:48.941 --> 26:50.941 imperatives , you're going to learn 26:50.941 --> 26:50.640 about real air force problems and 26:50.650 --> 26:52.400 you're going to be able to ask 26:52.410 --> 26:54.790 questions and get detailed information . 26:55.530 --> 26:58.170 Having said that if we're going to be 26:58.180 --> 27:00.619 faster and accelerate change , we can't 27:00.630 --> 27:03.020 wait for events like this to happen and 27:03.030 --> 27:06.180 the questions to get asked and then the 27:06.189 --> 27:08.356 proposals to be written and then maybe 27:08.356 --> 27:10.356 more connections to happen and more 27:10.356 --> 27:12.578 questions to be asked , why would we do 27:12.578 --> 27:14.522 that when we have so many powerful 27:14.522 --> 27:17.319 networking tools available ? So what we 27:17.329 --> 27:19.273 are doing and by the way , this is 27:19.273 --> 27:22.000 joint . So this is not just a works 27:22.219 --> 27:25.170 army navy use this diu is going to be 27:25.180 --> 27:27.800 using this . Our vision is that we 27:27.810 --> 27:30.800 connect everyone in the same system . 27:31.430 --> 27:33.541 You can go on here and you can get an 27:33.541 --> 27:35.319 account . You'll be able to see 27:35.319 --> 27:37.319 everything in the cyber portfolio . 27:37.319 --> 27:39.374 You'll be able to see the needs . If 27:39.374 --> 27:41.374 you're an airman guardian soldier , 27:41.374 --> 27:43.597 sailor marine , you would be able to go 27:43.597 --> 27:43.400 in and see what's in that cyber 27:43.410 --> 27:46.280 database . The idea is that we can make 27:46.290 --> 27:49.329 those connections happen faster because 27:49.339 --> 27:51.869 we need to go faster . So we'll leave 27:51.880 --> 27:53.824 that up for just a second more . I 27:53.824 --> 27:55.880 encourage you to go check it out . I 27:55.880 --> 27:57.602 think there's going to be more 27:57.602 --> 27:59.658 discussions about it this week . All 27:59.658 --> 28:01.380 right . And we want you to get 28:01.380 --> 28:04.839 connected . All right , and we want you 28:04.849 --> 28:06.905 to connect with us . I think half of 28:06.905 --> 28:09.016 the questions that I probably get the 28:09.016 --> 28:11.127 answer is like , hey , go look at our 28:11.127 --> 28:13.127 website . Uh and I hate giving that 28:13.127 --> 28:15.293 answer because it just seems like such 28:15.293 --> 28:17.405 a platitude . Right ? I asked my wife 28:17.405 --> 28:19.571 one time . I was like , you know , can 28:19.571 --> 28:21.738 you pretend like you're a start up and 28:21.738 --> 28:23.849 just go check our website out ? Is it 28:23.849 --> 28:25.738 useful ? Turns out it is actually 28:25.738 --> 28:27.793 pretty good . So I want to encourage 28:27.793 --> 28:29.738 you to go look , there are ways to 28:29.738 --> 28:32.060 connect . We can also connect you with 28:32.069 --> 28:34.180 other parts of the Air Force Research 28:34.180 --> 28:36.402 Laboratory . We're not the only ones in 28:36.402 --> 28:38.625 this space . There are a lot of S and T 28:38.625 --> 28:41.339 dollars out there outside of the Sitter 28:41.420 --> 28:44.680 portfolio . We want to connect with you . 28:44.869 --> 28:47.036 You're part of the ecosystem , right ? 28:47.036 --> 28:50.750 You're part of the solution . And then 28:50.760 --> 28:52.816 I do want you to take our survey . I 28:52.816 --> 28:54.982 will say the reason a works is what it 28:54.982 --> 28:57.119 is today is because we're a learning 28:57.130 --> 28:59.790 organization . We take your feedback , 28:59.810 --> 29:02.032 we've been asking for years . Does this 29:02.032 --> 29:04.859 work ? What should we be measuring part 29:04.869 --> 29:07.036 of what we measure is , of course your 29:07.036 --> 29:09.430 feedback and we've received quite a lot 29:09.439 --> 29:11.619 of it over the years . And I think 29:11.630 --> 29:13.852 we're on a good trajectory . But I want 29:13.852 --> 29:15.852 you to please go give us the time , 29:15.852 --> 29:18.189 take the survey , give us your inputs 29:18.270 --> 29:20.270 and I just leave you with one final 29:20.270 --> 29:23.390 thing . Our superpower is our people , 29:25.040 --> 29:28.000 people invent things , people spend the 29:28.010 --> 29:29.979 time to think about sustainment to 29:29.989 --> 29:31.989 think about how to operate it . But 29:31.989 --> 29:34.211 it's always people and that's where our 29:34.211 --> 29:36.979 strength is . I include all of you 29:37.959 --> 29:39.903 as part of that . It's not just my 29:39.903 --> 29:42.329 immediate team , the fellows , the 29:42.339 --> 29:44.489 members of the spark cells , people 29:44.500 --> 29:46.556 like Sergeant Sullivan , who are out 29:46.556 --> 29:48.778 there on the flight line thinking about 29:48.778 --> 29:51.000 it . It's everyone . You're all part of 29:51.000 --> 29:53.167 this team . You're innovators , you're 29:53.167 --> 29:55.278 audacious entrepreneurs , you're here 29:55.278 --> 29:57.444 because you're interested in defense . 29:57.444 --> 29:59.611 I want to encourage you again to think 29:59.611 --> 30:01.722 about where your technology applies . 30:02.209 --> 30:04.265 You're absolutely part of the team . 30:04.500 --> 30:06.729 We're mobilizing tens of thousands of 30:06.739 --> 30:10.099 Americans in the private sector , like 30:10.109 --> 30:12.699 augments to the Department of Defense . 30:12.709 --> 30:14.619 So welcome . And thank you 30:21.420 --> 30:23.890 for one more sec . So , um uh I , I 30:23.900 --> 30:26.122 just wanna say , uh you know , he asked 30:26.122 --> 30:28.289 for feedback , I'm gonna give him some 30:28.289 --> 30:30.939 quick live feedback . Uh We , we , so 30:30.949 --> 30:32.949 what makes this place special is we 30:32.949 --> 30:35.171 have a lot of great partners here , but 30:35.171 --> 30:35.079 there's like no question , the Air 30:35.089 --> 30:37.200 Force and a are , are one of our best 30:37.200 --> 30:39.256 and most active partners and who are 30:39.256 --> 30:41.311 like deploying money like crazy into 30:41.311 --> 30:43.533 lots of companies here that have gotten 30:43.533 --> 30:45.700 funded and gotten and really connected 30:45.700 --> 30:47.756 through that big props to Martin and 30:47.756 --> 30:47.209 everybody on the , you know , the team 30:47.219 --> 30:49.275 that's here local that helps to make 30:49.275 --> 30:51.497 that happen . Um And uh so there's some 30:51.497 --> 30:54.239 quick feedback for you . Um uh And uh I 30:54.250 --> 30:56.361 also want to give you a coin too . Um 30:56.361 --> 30:58.528 This is one of the most rare coins . I 30:58.528 --> 31:00.806 told you we have a coin for every year . 31:00.806 --> 31:02.972 This is one of the ones we have barely 31:02.972 --> 31:02.890 any of these left . Um , because this 31:02.900 --> 31:05.859 is the 2020 coin from Fed Supernova , 31:05.869 --> 31:07.702 which was the biggest thing that 31:07.702 --> 31:09.869 happened that year during 2020 because 31:09.869 --> 31:11.869 it sure as hell was not going to be 31:11.869 --> 31:13.980 COVID . Um And , and so we don't have 31:13.980 --> 31:16.036 many of these left , but we wouldn't 31:16.036 --> 31:17.980 have ever done fed Supernova if it 31:17.980 --> 31:20.036 weren't for our partnership with the 31:20.036 --> 31:19.900 Air Force . And we really did do that , 31:19.910 --> 31:21.910 especially , we always worked on it 31:21.910 --> 31:24.132 together . But the first one was really 31:24.132 --> 31:26.354 a big collaboration with your team here 31:26.354 --> 31:28.521 and everyone there too . And so wanted 31:28.521 --> 31:27.780 to give you one of these coins . 31:36.170 --> 31:38.226 All right , I think we probably have 31:38.226 --> 31:39.948 time for a couple of questions 31:45.089 --> 31:47.256 since you have been collaborating more 31:47.256 --> 31:49.200 with other services , not just Air 31:49.200 --> 31:52.000 Force or is this , for example , the 31:52.270 --> 31:55.280 price , do you have to be um 31:56.380 --> 31:58.849 A P faces two in the Air Force to apply 31:58.859 --> 32:00.970 for the program or can you have other 32:00.970 --> 32:03.192 similar efforts , let's say in the army 32:03.192 --> 32:05.359 or Navy that will be able to apply for 32:05.359 --> 32:07.581 the program ? That's a great question . 32:08.010 --> 32:10.121 I think pockets knows that the answer 32:10.121 --> 32:13.310 is yes . Yeah , absolutely . Can you , 32:13.319 --> 32:15.486 can you um repeat the question because 32:15.486 --> 32:17.708 you're live streaming ? I don't think . 32:17.708 --> 32:19.875 Oh , thank you . Yes . So the question 32:19.875 --> 32:22.208 is if you have a in a different service , 32:22.208 --> 32:24.319 are you still eligible for tax five , 32:24.319 --> 32:26.579 stratify . The answer is yes , 100% . 32:29.380 --> 32:29.790 Yes , 32:35.390 --> 32:37.501 sir . How's it going ? Um My question 32:37.501 --> 32:39.612 is about the A NC spark tank and it's 32:39.612 --> 32:41.668 reached to your airmen on the flight 32:41.668 --> 32:43.819 lines or in different squadrons . How 32:43.829 --> 32:46.390 accessible is that ? And how , how well 32:46.400 --> 32:48.400 are you able to solicit those ideas 32:48.400 --> 32:51.000 like you presented today ? Thanks for 32:51.010 --> 32:53.420 the question . So , a MC spark tank and 32:53.430 --> 32:55.652 I don't know , I've got the director of 32:55.652 --> 32:57.930 the Spark Program here in the audience . 32:57.930 --> 33:00.041 Do you have any ? You want to talk to 33:00.041 --> 33:02.609 that ? Uh So when you say solicit those 33:02.619 --> 33:04.969 ideas , they're soliciting their ideas 33:04.979 --> 33:07.630 out to us . So um we , we have a 33:07.640 --> 33:09.930 network of over 113 right now in 33:09.939 --> 33:12.050 counting every time I bring that up , 33:12.050 --> 33:14.328 it changes of spark sales all over the , 33:14.328 --> 33:16.495 all over the US . Uh We keep an eye on 33:16.495 --> 33:18.495 it . So , one of the platforms that 33:18.495 --> 33:20.328 Colonel Lee mentioned that we're 33:20.328 --> 33:22.272 talking a lot about during the fed 33:22.272 --> 33:24.495 supernova is that as a platform we call 33:24.495 --> 33:26.606 vision , we have a lot of those ideas 33:26.606 --> 33:28.828 in there and that's a growing system of 33:28.828 --> 33:31.050 systems that we're working on right now 33:31.050 --> 33:33.161 that goes all the way up to Secretary 33:33.161 --> 33:35.272 Air Force level . But all those ideas 33:35.272 --> 33:37.328 are in there , they're deconflicting 33:37.328 --> 33:39.383 and we actually have a new thing now 33:39.383 --> 33:41.606 that we're doing . We've announced it's 33:41.606 --> 33:43.717 a refinery program . One of my branch 33:43.717 --> 33:45.939 chiefs is over here and what they do is 33:45.939 --> 33:45.400 they look at some of the best of breed 33:45.410 --> 33:47.466 of all of those technologies . And I 33:47.466 --> 33:49.410 think that the jet dash was one of 33:49.410 --> 33:51.632 those that came up through the refinery 33:51.632 --> 33:53.688 process . They nominate themselves , 33:53.688 --> 33:55.854 they get selected and we help actually 33:55.854 --> 33:57.688 accelerate and develop them even 33:57.688 --> 33:59.688 further and they get them ready for 33:59.688 --> 34:01.743 those campaigns like spark tank that 34:01.743 --> 34:03.688 you mentioned there . So I just to 34:03.688 --> 34:06.339 clarify how effective is your , to get 34:06.349 --> 34:08.580 the ideas from your lowest ranking ? 34:09.550 --> 34:11.772 Excellent . Right now , I think we have 34:11.772 --> 34:14.679 4000 and counting ideas at the unit 34:14.689 --> 34:16.689 level . Our challenge is not really 34:16.689 --> 34:18.856 that it's really finding those best of 34:18.856 --> 34:20.967 breed and bringing attention to those 34:20.967 --> 34:22.745 and helping them develop them . 34:32.050 --> 34:34.979 You already send that whatever you like 34:38.110 --> 34:40.850 right now . All right . Um So my name 34:40.860 --> 34:43.530 is Chris Goslin . Um I uh helped build 34:43.540 --> 34:45.040 a company called Sky Pad . 34:47.070 --> 34:49.229 We're building a data visualization 34:49.239 --> 34:51.406 system for drones . We were originally 34:51.406 --> 34:53.628 backed by Epic Games and we chose to uh 34:53.628 --> 34:56.139 start working with awards and we've won 34:56.149 --> 35:00.110 uh phase one back in Feb 2021 and 35:00.120 --> 35:02.800 we just started a phase two through a 35:02.810 --> 35:05.139 spark cell actually , in order to help 35:05.149 --> 35:07.316 them with a face defense application , 35:07.316 --> 35:09.260 taking one of the leading blue U A 35:09.260 --> 35:11.469 drone companies essentially building a 35:11.479 --> 35:15.070 data visualization system in for 35:15.080 --> 35:17.136 another drone . So we just started a 35:17.136 --> 35:20.530 phase two last month . And as you know , 35:20.540 --> 35:23.810 the transition process is real , the 35:23.820 --> 35:25.931 military has an acronym for this or a 35:25.931 --> 35:28.189 saying of value of death , you know , 35:28.199 --> 35:30.439 that's real . What would be your 35:30.449 --> 35:32.719 recommendation as the leader of a works 35:32.729 --> 35:35.800 to work with a company like ours to 35:35.810 --> 35:38.979 help us knowing that the budgeting 35:38.989 --> 35:41.500 process is about two years out and 35:41.510 --> 35:43.677 knowing that not all the time when you 35:43.677 --> 35:45.899 start a phase two is a clear pathway to 35:45.899 --> 35:47.850 what's next . Could you articulate 35:47.909 --> 35:50.020 what's a clear pathway to what's next 35:50.020 --> 35:52.510 from a phase two to avoiding uh 35:52.520 --> 35:55.879 something that's been pretty prolific 35:55.889 --> 35:57.945 in the innovation process , which is 35:57.945 --> 36:00.056 companies get a phase one , phase two 36:00.056 --> 36:02.000 and then don't make it to anything 36:02.000 --> 36:04.167 beyond that and they just live in that 36:04.167 --> 36:06.167 cycle of phase ones or phase two or 36:06.167 --> 36:08.739 stop working with the dod . Uh I'd also 36:08.750 --> 36:11.360 like to say , um as far as I'm 36:11.370 --> 36:14.219 concerned , uh I'm an Air Force veteran 36:14.659 --> 36:17.199 and I think that uh and air force is 36:17.209 --> 36:19.153 doing the best out of any military 36:19.153 --> 36:21.431 branch and I'm super proud of the work . 36:21.489 --> 36:24.830 So thank you . Thank you . So , 36:25.909 --> 36:29.030 bottom line is what do we do about the 36:29.040 --> 36:30.818 valley of death ? What are some 36:30.818 --> 36:33.040 opportunities for a small business that 36:33.040 --> 36:35.399 has a phase two to pursue transition ? 36:35.750 --> 36:37.917 The first thing I'll say is you really 36:37.917 --> 36:40.209 need to consider not all sis are the 36:40.219 --> 36:43.840 same , you got a $1.2 million contract 36:43.850 --> 36:45.850 that means something very different 36:45.850 --> 36:48.017 probably for a space company trying to 36:48.017 --> 36:49.850 launch something than a software 36:49.850 --> 36:51.961 company , you know , whatever it is . 36:51.961 --> 36:54.320 So if you are doing something that 36:54.330 --> 36:57.550 requires you to go big , you really 36:57.560 --> 36:59.727 need to look at the Stratify program , 36:59.727 --> 37:01.727 you need to aggressively maintain a 37:01.727 --> 37:04.560 relationship with your TPO . Ask our 37:04.570 --> 37:06.792 ventures team for help if you're unable 37:06.792 --> 37:08.959 to do that . That's one of the biggest 37:08.959 --> 37:11.070 challenges that we have . Your tea is 37:11.070 --> 37:12.903 your window and to help you find 37:12.903 --> 37:15.580 connections to that customer , some 37:15.590 --> 37:17.757 technologies , by the way are eligible 37:17.757 --> 37:19.868 for phase , you're all eligible for a 37:19.868 --> 37:22.090 phase three . If you want a phase two , 37:22.090 --> 37:24.280 a phase three is a transition , you 37:24.290 --> 37:26.639 obviously have to have funding from a 37:26.649 --> 37:28.850 program to be able to do that . We 37:28.860 --> 37:31.027 recognize that's a challenge because I 37:31.027 --> 37:32.860 don't have a line of procurement 37:32.860 --> 37:35.239 funding and I can't really force a 37:35.250 --> 37:37.979 program to take a wedge out of their 37:37.989 --> 37:40.211 budget and line it up for procurement . 37:40.211 --> 37:42.489 There are some things that we're doing . 37:42.489 --> 37:44.489 So one of them is there's a program 37:44.489 --> 37:46.840 called APPT . It's like a $100 million 37:46.850 --> 37:48.961 program . It's managed at the R and E 37:48.961 --> 37:51.159 level , the department level and it is 37:51.169 --> 37:53.391 procurement funding . And every year we 37:53.391 --> 37:55.479 push forward proposals to get 37:55.489 --> 37:57.780 procurement funding for that program . 37:57.840 --> 38:00.219 That's one vehicle we've identified 38:00.229 --> 38:02.507 that it does work , it works very well . 38:02.699 --> 38:04.810 There's likely to be some legislation 38:04.810 --> 38:07.389 coming out that empowers us to have 38:07.399 --> 38:09.919 more transitions like that . So look 38:09.929 --> 38:12.040 for that watch for that . That starts 38:12.040 --> 38:14.959 probably in the 2024 time frame the 38:14.969 --> 38:17.080 Strat pies are a good tool to kind of 38:17.080 --> 38:19.330 get you across the bridge because it 38:19.340 --> 38:21.173 takes matching funding from that 38:21.173 --> 38:23.229 partner . And when you have matching 38:23.229 --> 38:25.530 funding , we consider that to be skin 38:25.540 --> 38:27.560 in the game . It's also sort of 38:27.570 --> 38:30.110 conditioning a program to start setting 38:30.120 --> 38:32.639 aside some money for a program . And if 38:32.649 --> 38:34.482 they can do that for a five year 38:34.482 --> 38:36.593 stratify , they can certainly do that 38:36.610 --> 38:39.270 in the long term in their palm process 38:39.280 --> 38:41.169 if there's value . So those are a 38:41.169 --> 38:43.058 couple of ideas . And I know it's 38:43.058 --> 38:45.058 challenging . Again , I would reach 38:45.058 --> 38:47.058 back to , you need to have a strong 38:47.058 --> 38:49.224 relationship with your tea and ask for 38:49.224 --> 38:51.224 help if it's not working out . OK . 38:51.224 --> 38:54.840 Thank you for the question . OK . All 38:54.850 --> 38:57.169 right . Again , happy to be here . I 38:57.179 --> 38:59.123 always enjoy coming to the Capital 38:59.123 --> 39:01.401 Factory . I'm glad you're here as well . 39:01.401 --> 39:01.189 So , thank you .