WEBVTT 00:12.550 --> 00:14.560 So the Air Force has always been a 00:14.569 --> 00:16.829 leader in innovation . And the rapid 00:16.840 --> 00:19.007 sustainment office is a relatively new 00:19.007 --> 00:21.170 organization . About five years old , 00:21.379 --> 00:23.680 really focused on accelerating delivery 00:23.690 --> 00:25.690 of sustainment technologies to to 00:25.700 --> 00:27.930 really increase operational radius and 00:27.940 --> 00:29.996 reduce sustainment costs . I'm Jimmy 00:29.996 --> 00:31.773 Lawrence , the Deputy program , 00:31.773 --> 00:33.551 Executive Officer for the rapid 00:33.551 --> 00:35.773 sustainment office headquartered out of 00:35.773 --> 00:37.940 Wright Patterson Air Force Base , Ohio 00:37.940 --> 00:40.218 and welcome to life cycle industry day . 00:40.218 --> 00:42.329 So really the purpose of the RSO as a 00:42.329 --> 00:44.440 relatively new organization is really 00:44.440 --> 00:46.273 focused on the technologies that 00:46.273 --> 00:48.496 industry can help us with . Uh what our 00:48.496 --> 00:50.607 purpose is to accelerate the delivery 00:50.607 --> 00:52.662 of critical operational solutions to 00:52.662 --> 00:54.440 the Department of the Air Force 00:54.440 --> 00:56.496 Sustainment Enterprise . Our mission 00:56.496 --> 00:58.607 optimized the warfighter readiness by 00:58.607 --> 01:00.107 exploiting technologies to 01:00.107 --> 01:02.273 revolutionize sustainment operations . 01:02.273 --> 01:04.440 How do we do that by getting after the 01:04.440 --> 01:06.551 use of commercial technology that our 01:06.551 --> 01:08.773 industry partners bring forward and how 01:08.773 --> 01:10.940 can we apply military utility to those 01:10.940 --> 01:13.107 technologies to accelerate them to the 01:13.107 --> 01:15.384 field to help out the our war fighters ? 01:15.384 --> 01:17.496 And really our vision as a relatively 01:17.496 --> 01:19.607 new organization and where we want to 01:19.607 --> 01:21.662 get to is to be that pre eminent dod 01:21.662 --> 01:23.773 solution is that really challenge the 01:23.773 --> 01:25.551 mindsets push the boundaries of 01:25.551 --> 01:27.551 innovation and generate concepts to 01:27.551 --> 01:29.773 solve the problems at the speed of user 01:29.773 --> 01:31.940 need , which is very relevant to where 01:31.940 --> 01:34.199 we are today . So as you can see , 01:34.209 --> 01:36.320 we're kind of we're based on an agile 01:36.320 --> 01:38.598 principle and a short chain of command . 01:38.598 --> 01:40.820 As you can see in the in the chart here 01:40.820 --> 01:43.042 with uh with our leadership , but we're 01:43.042 --> 01:45.209 unique . This allows us to be uniquely 01:45.209 --> 01:47.098 postured to really carry out this 01:47.098 --> 01:47.089 mission with speed with that short 01:47.099 --> 01:49.800 chain of command . So the RSO is also 01:49.809 --> 01:51.531 supporting Secretary Kendall's 01:51.531 --> 01:53.753 operational imperatives that everyone's 01:53.753 --> 01:55.920 aware of today . Um really operational 01:55.920 --> 01:57.920 imperative five or the agile combat 01:57.920 --> 01:59.976 employment and O and O I seven , the 01:59.976 --> 02:02.198 readiness for us to transition to a war 02:02.198 --> 02:04.420 wartime posture is really where the RSO 02:04.420 --> 02:06.531 is center , but that doesn't limit us 02:06.531 --> 02:08.587 from separ or supporting all the OIS 02:08.587 --> 02:10.698 when you look at what we're doing and 02:10.698 --> 02:12.809 rapid in austere environments and the 02:12.809 --> 02:12.550 kind of the technologies we're getting 02:12.559 --> 02:14.448 at , we really want to be able to 02:14.448 --> 02:17.259 deploy quickly with small footprints 02:17.270 --> 02:19.326 where there may be no infrastructure 02:19.326 --> 02:21.548 there . And that's a little bit of what 02:21.548 --> 02:23.492 I'm going to talk to you about how 02:23.492 --> 02:23.250 industry can help us as well . 02:23.529 --> 02:25.585 Currently , today , we're structured 02:25.585 --> 02:27.751 around six technology focus areas , uh 02:27.751 --> 02:29.751 artificial intelligence and machine 02:29.751 --> 02:31.990 learning , advanced manufacturing 02:32.000 --> 02:34.160 automation , robotics , augmented and 02:34.169 --> 02:37.009 virtual reality , also known as XR 02:37.020 --> 02:39.187 rapid austere maintenance environments 02:39.187 --> 02:41.464 and then data and digital environments . 02:41.464 --> 02:43.298 So a little bit about what we're 02:43.298 --> 02:45.409 looking for and how industry can help 02:45.409 --> 02:47.520 us . We're currently partnered with a 02:47.520 --> 02:49.853 significant number of companies in Ohio , 02:49.853 --> 02:51.909 but also across the globe . A lot of 02:51.909 --> 02:51.600 small businesses , some large 02:51.610 --> 02:53.554 businesses and we have a number of 02:53.554 --> 02:55.443 tools that help us collaborate in 02:55.443 --> 02:57.054 partnership with those local 02:57.054 --> 02:59.332 communities and those small businesses . 02:59.332 --> 03:01.443 We have the small business innovation 03:01.443 --> 03:03.554 research fund authority to go execute 03:03.554 --> 03:05.554 those small business contracts . We 03:05.554 --> 03:07.721 also have commercial solution openings 03:07.721 --> 03:07.229 where we take commercial solutions in 03:07.240 --> 03:09.419 innovative ways and look to actually 03:09.429 --> 03:11.596 migrate those out to the field as fast 03:11.596 --> 03:13.873 as we can . With that military utility , 03:13.873 --> 03:15.929 we have the ability to do prototypes 03:15.929 --> 03:17.985 with other transaction authority and 03:17.985 --> 03:20.318 then traditional contract types as well . 03:20.318 --> 03:22.540 So where can the industry actually help 03:22.540 --> 03:24.596 us today in these areas ? These tech 03:24.596 --> 03:26.707 focus areas that we have if you start 03:26.707 --> 03:28.929 with A I and ML , where it's actually a 03:28.929 --> 03:28.419 really growing field and everyone's 03:28.429 --> 03:30.759 kind of seeing today A I and ML is here 03:30.770 --> 03:32.826 to stay . There's a lot of use cases 03:32.826 --> 03:35.048 for it . But how can we actually employ 03:35.048 --> 03:36.992 that across the maintenance of the 03:36.992 --> 03:36.960 logistics community to increase our 03:36.970 --> 03:39.149 operational readiness , advanced 03:39.160 --> 03:41.271 manufacturing . We have a significant 03:41.271 --> 03:43.327 amount of polymer and metal printers 03:43.327 --> 03:45.382 right now , but we're always looking 03:45.382 --> 03:47.493 for new machines , new technologies , 03:47.493 --> 03:49.549 those types of uh materials that can 03:49.549 --> 03:51.716 actually go in to reduce our uh reduce 03:51.716 --> 03:53.827 the reliance on the supply chain . So 03:53.827 --> 03:55.938 where are those types of technologies 03:55.938 --> 03:58.160 in there as part of that , we have cold 03:58.160 --> 03:57.897 spray , which is uh a battle damage 03:57.908 --> 04:00.075 repair type of capability . How can we 04:00.075 --> 04:01.852 use those mobile and deployable 04:01.852 --> 04:03.908 footprints , cold spray and directed 04:03.908 --> 04:05.852 energy disposition to actually get 04:05.852 --> 04:07.964 after some of the problems down range 04:07.964 --> 04:07.748 or in these austere environments but 04:07.757 --> 04:09.813 also back at home station . So those 04:09.813 --> 04:11.757 types of technologies , automation 04:11.757 --> 04:13.813 robotics , we're looking to optimize 04:13.813 --> 04:15.813 the work for the workforce and take 04:15.813 --> 04:17.868 some of those labor intensive uh use 04:17.868 --> 04:19.701 cases out so we can increase our 04:19.701 --> 04:21.924 efficiency and put our resources on the 04:21.924 --> 04:21.865 more critical problems that we can 04:21.876 --> 04:23.820 actually offload off of automation 04:23.820 --> 04:25.820 robotics . We're leading the way in 04:25.820 --> 04:27.820 that for the for the Air Force in a 04:27.820 --> 04:29.598 number of ways and we're always 04:29.598 --> 04:29.096 interested in those types of 04:29.105 --> 04:31.105 capabilities , augmented virtual 04:31.115 --> 04:32.948 reality . If you look at another 04:32.948 --> 04:35.282 operational imperative multi cap layman , 04:35.282 --> 04:38.165 how can we leverage XR capabilities to 04:38.175 --> 04:40.365 get training applications to increase 04:40.376 --> 04:42.598 the efficiency of our warfighters to be 04:42.598 --> 04:44.543 able to handle those challenges of 04:44.543 --> 04:46.154 tomorrow ? Wrap it up , your 04:46.154 --> 04:48.320 environment is very critical to the to 04:48.320 --> 04:50.487 the ace concept and where we're really 04:50.487 --> 04:52.820 at . If you look at what we're doing on , 04:52.820 --> 04:54.987 how can we deploy quickly the the size 04:54.987 --> 04:53.944 of the footprints , whether it's 04:53.954 --> 04:56.121 support equipment , rugged alternative 04:56.121 --> 04:57.787 power solutions such as green 04:57.787 --> 04:59.732 technologies when there is no grid 04:59.732 --> 05:01.954 available , uh the ruggedized equipment 05:01.954 --> 05:03.954 in the AM space of the printers and 05:03.954 --> 05:06.065 things of that nature . And then also 05:06.065 --> 05:07.732 when you look at data digital 05:07.732 --> 05:09.287 environments . How do we do 05:09.287 --> 05:11.398 connectivity at the edge when you get 05:11.398 --> 05:13.398 out there and you need coms all the 05:13.398 --> 05:13.174 time . How can we actually increase 05:13.183 --> 05:15.294 that ? We are also looking at digital 05:15.294 --> 05:17.350 applications that kind of streamline 05:17.350 --> 05:19.016 the maintenance and logistics 05:19.016 --> 05:20.850 capabilities that can be quickly 05:20.850 --> 05:23.016 integrated to a hub and spoke approach 05:23.016 --> 05:25.239 using an application programming or API 05:25.239 --> 05:27.183 interface . So that's a lot of the 05:27.183 --> 05:29.405 technologies that we're kind of focused 05:29.405 --> 05:29.122 on now . And if industry has those 05:29.131 --> 05:31.075 types of technologies , I'm really 05:31.075 --> 05:33.298 looking forward to talking to you . You 05:33.298 --> 05:35.409 can visit us at booth 424 and I'll be 05:35.409 --> 05:37.575 walking around . So please come see us 05:37.575 --> 05:39.798 or find us at our social media pages or 05:39.798 --> 05:42.020 the QR C code located on the screen and 05:42.020 --> 05:42.221 have a great day .