1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:04,070 --> 00:00:06,269 This is the robot rodeo sponsored by 3 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:08,336 the Air Force Civil Engineers Center 4 00:00:08,336 --> 00:00:10,391 along with some of our partners , we 5 00:00:10,391 --> 00:00:12,613 have teams from not only across the Air 6 00:00:12,613 --> 00:00:14,780 Force but also from the other services 7 00:00:14,780 --> 00:00:16,613 and also from uh law enforcement 8 00:00:16,613 --> 00:00:18,724 agencies that come and take a look at 9 00:00:18,724 --> 00:00:20,558 different uh technology that are 10 00:00:20,558 --> 00:00:20,549 brought to the site for their 11 00:00:20,559 --> 00:00:22,615 evaluation and they give feedback to 12 00:00:22,615 --> 00:00:24,726 the developers and they take that and 13 00:00:24,726 --> 00:00:26,670 make that technology better . This 14 00:00:26,670 --> 00:00:29,250 event is unique because it's not solely 15 00:00:29,260 --> 00:00:31,204 focused on training and it's not a 16 00:00:31,204 --> 00:00:33,427 technology event like a conference , it 17 00:00:33,427 --> 00:00:35,580 sort of melds the two , it brings 18 00:00:35,590 --> 00:00:38,500 emerging unmanned systems technologies 19 00:00:38,509 --> 00:00:40,919 into operational context for one 20 00:00:41,220 --> 00:00:43,279 introducing that to our war fighters 21 00:00:43,290 --> 00:00:45,659 and our ed technicians as well as 22 00:00:45,669 --> 00:00:47,836 giving vendors who are developing that 23 00:00:47,836 --> 00:00:50,058 technology the opportunity to interface 24 00:00:50,058 --> 00:00:52,280 with the operators so that they can get 25 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:54,225 real time feedback on how they can 26 00:00:54,225 --> 00:00:53,900 improve that technology before it makes 27 00:00:53,909 --> 00:00:56,580 it to the field . And fleet technology 28 00:00:56,590 --> 00:00:58,509 is changing so fast , you know , 29 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,110 dealing with A I that changes like by 30 00:01:01,119 --> 00:01:03,590 the second . So um the fact that they 31 00:01:03,599 --> 00:01:05,488 do it every year and they get new 32 00:01:05,488 --> 00:01:07,599 vendors out every year and you get to 33 00:01:07,599 --> 00:01:09,599 see all the , the tech every single 34 00:01:09,599 --> 00:01:09,339 year . I think it is awesome . There's 35 00:01:09,349 --> 00:01:11,405 some really good A I technology that 36 00:01:11,405 --> 00:01:13,405 I've seen for recognizing targets , 37 00:01:13,405 --> 00:01:15,516 which I've been really impressed on . 38 00:01:15,516 --> 00:01:17,460 So I've seen uavs drive around and 39 00:01:17,460 --> 00:01:19,627 automatically identify targets . I can 40 00:01:19,627 --> 00:01:19,470 see that being really useful for the 41 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:21,536 armed forces in the UK , but also uh 42 00:01:21,536 --> 00:01:23,959 internationally , the pure fight that 43 00:01:23,970 --> 00:01:25,839 we are expecting to encounter 44 00:01:25,849 --> 00:01:27,793 potentially with our competitors . 45 00:01:27,793 --> 00:01:29,960 China and Russia , in particular , the 46 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:32,071 things that we're going to experience 47 00:01:32,071 --> 00:01:31,930 are not going to be the things that we 48 00:01:31,940 --> 00:01:33,940 experienced in our last conflict in 49 00:01:33,949 --> 00:01:35,893 Iraq and Afghanistan . Part of the 50 00:01:35,893 --> 00:01:38,116 solution to deal with those , those new 51 00:01:38,116 --> 00:01:41,190 threats is this technology staying safe 52 00:01:41,199 --> 00:01:43,421 at a safe distance , not putting actual 53 00:01:43,421 --> 00:01:45,730 people in harm's way and just the 54 00:01:45,779 --> 00:01:48,057 capabilities of all the new stuff with , 55 00:01:48,059 --> 00:01:50,115 with how technology is coming . It's 56 00:01:50,115 --> 00:01:52,337 becoming so smooth and effective . It's 57 00:01:52,337 --> 00:01:54,337 kind of like I'm down there but not 58 00:01:54,337 --> 00:01:55,080 really . So it's awesome .