1 00:00:03,170 --> 00:00:05,114 In about fifth grade . I went on a 2 00:00:05,114 --> 00:00:08,279 school trip to Washington DC and at the 3 00:00:08,289 --> 00:00:10,609 Smithsonian , I saw the Sr 71 and the 4 00:00:10,619 --> 00:00:12,786 first time I laid eyes on that , I was 5 00:00:12,786 --> 00:00:15,008 like that plane is amazing . Where do I 6 00:00:15,008 --> 00:00:17,440 have to go to do that to make the next 7 00:00:17,469 --> 00:00:21,420 Sr 71 ? I'm first Lieutenant Matthew 8 00:00:21,430 --> 00:00:23,208 Green . I work in the Air Force 9 00:00:23,208 --> 00:00:25,263 Research Laboratory Center for rapid 10 00:00:25,263 --> 00:00:27,263 innovation . This is the integrated 11 00:00:27,263 --> 00:00:29,899 energy Power Management lab . IEM . And 12 00:00:29,909 --> 00:00:32,439 here our goal is to get as close to 13 00:00:32,450 --> 00:00:34,617 flight testing without sending a plane 14 00:00:34,617 --> 00:00:36,561 into the air . We have an aircraft 15 00:00:36,561 --> 00:00:38,728 behind us where we replaced all of the 16 00:00:38,728 --> 00:00:40,950 systems that you would normally need to 17 00:00:40,950 --> 00:00:43,172 fly . So we've replaced the engine with 18 00:00:43,172 --> 00:00:45,117 a motor . We have another cart for 19 00:00:45,117 --> 00:00:47,744 ground air to replace the air bleed air 20 00:00:47,755 --> 00:00:49,588 that comes from the engine . And 21 00:00:49,588 --> 00:00:51,422 therefore we can test all of the 22 00:00:51,422 --> 00:00:53,465 subsystems of the aircraft without 23 00:00:53,474 --> 00:00:55,845 sending it up into the air . I can pull 24 00:00:55,854 --> 00:00:58,194 the throttle , the rudder , the tail 25 00:00:58,205 --> 00:01:00,038 will all move appropriately on a 26 00:01:00,038 --> 00:01:02,372 simulator , but it's an actual aircraft . 27 00:01:02,372 --> 00:01:04,372 It's actually responding in the way 28 00:01:04,372 --> 00:01:06,538 that it would as if I was in the air , 29 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,529 it's cheaper , it's faster and it's a 30 00:01:10,540 --> 00:01:13,410 very interesting way to apply research . 31 00:01:13,419 --> 00:01:15,739 This lab works with our international 32 00:01:15,750 --> 00:01:17,750 partners who actually do the flight 33 00:01:17,750 --> 00:01:19,972 testing with an instrumented aircraft . 34 00:01:19,972 --> 00:01:21,949 We do our ground testing , they do 35 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:24,220 their air testing and we can see where 36 00:01:24,230 --> 00:01:26,230 we overlap and , you know , if they 37 00:01:26,230 --> 00:01:28,341 want to put something new in , we can 38 00:01:28,341 --> 00:01:30,563 test it on this aircraft before they go 39 00:01:30,563 --> 00:01:32,674 and spend a lot of money and do their 40 00:01:32,674 --> 00:01:34,341 flight test to make sure that 41 00:01:34,341 --> 00:01:33,389 everything is going to work 42 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,000 appropriately . A lab like this allows 43 00:01:36,010 --> 00:01:38,949 A L to do its own independent testing , 44 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,290 verification . Have a much faster 45 00:01:41,300 --> 00:01:43,510 response to war fighter needs . 46 00:01:46,489 --> 00:01:48,959 I was absolutely influenced by my dad 47 00:01:48,970 --> 00:01:51,192 who was a lieutenant colonel in the air 48 00:01:51,192 --> 00:01:54,069 force before he retired . But I have 49 00:01:54,449 --> 00:01:56,338 been around the people that he is 50 00:01:56,338 --> 00:01:58,560 around and I've just been struck by how 51 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,782 good of a person everyone is . Everyone 52 00:02:00,782 --> 00:02:02,893 is kind of striving for the mission . 53 00:02:02,893 --> 00:02:05,171 They're good of the people around them . 54 00:02:05,171 --> 00:02:07,282 Uh , they just , I enjoy being around 55 00:02:07,282 --> 00:02:09,449 air force members . And so it was kind 56 00:02:09,449 --> 00:02:11,505 of a no brainer for me to go the Air 57 00:02:11,505 --> 00:02:13,616 Force path . I enjoy every day that I 58 00:02:13,616 --> 00:02:15,838 come to work because I really feel like 59 00:02:15,838 --> 00:02:18,060 I'm doing something great and I'm doing 60 00:02:18,060 --> 00:02:16,990 it with great people .