1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:09,529 --> 00:00:12,449 React is a group of engineers that were 3 00:00:12,449 --> 00:00:14,338 put together to solve sustainment 4 00:00:14,338 --> 00:00:16,449 challenges . When an aircraft needs a 5 00:00:16,449 --> 00:00:18,560 part , we're here to provide whatever 6 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:20,782 information we need to , so they can be 7 00:00:20,782 --> 00:00:22,782 providing a tech data package to be 8 00:00:22,782 --> 00:00:25,060 able to produce the part traditionally . 9 00:00:25,060 --> 00:00:25,049 It can be 3D printing , the part from 10 00:00:25,049 --> 00:00:26,850 scratch , or a whole gambit of 11 00:00:26,850 --> 00:00:29,290 different data sets that our customers 12 00:00:29,290 --> 00:00:31,290 might need to be able to make smart 13 00:00:31,290 --> 00:00:33,123 decisions to be able to fly that 14 00:00:33,123 --> 00:00:35,234 aircraft . Well , if you look at it , 15 00:00:35,234 --> 00:00:37,179 our RA Lab is really an engine for 16 00:00:37,179 --> 00:00:39,290 innovation . We're constantly looking 17 00:00:39,290 --> 00:00:41,401 for ways to both reverse engineer and 18 00:00:41,401 --> 00:00:43,457 then manufacture those parts that we 19 00:00:43,457 --> 00:00:45,623 may have problems with both within our 20 00:00:45,623 --> 00:00:45,141 own walls and then be able to create 21 00:00:45,141 --> 00:00:47,308 tech data packages to then push out to 22 00:00:47,308 --> 00:00:49,308 other locations to be able to print 23 00:00:49,308 --> 00:00:51,474 them across the globe , whether that's 24 00:00:51,474 --> 00:00:53,641 at a forward operating location or one 25 00:00:53,641 --> 00:00:55,863 of our stateside bases . We really form 26 00:00:55,863 --> 00:00:57,808 the foundation of combat readiness 27 00:00:57,808 --> 00:00:59,419 across the Air Force . Rapid 28 00:00:59,419 --> 00:01:01,530 sustainment challenges is really what 29 00:01:01,530 --> 00:01:03,863 we grew out of . We have an aging fleet . 30 00:01:03,863 --> 00:01:05,752 That's breaking in ways we didn't 31 00:01:05,752 --> 00:01:05,543 expect them to break because we're 32 00:01:05,543 --> 00:01:07,654 flying aircraft longer than they were 33 00:01:07,654 --> 00:01:09,876 originally designed for . The Air Force 34 00:01:09,876 --> 00:01:12,043 figured out it's a lot cheaper to take 35 00:01:12,043 --> 00:01:14,210 an old aircraft and modify it and give 36 00:01:14,210 --> 00:01:16,432 it new capabilities than it is to buy a 37 00:01:16,432 --> 00:01:15,634 whole new weapons system from the 38 00:01:15,634 --> 00:01:17,914 ground up . We're no longer tied to one 39 00:01:17,914 --> 00:01:20,025 company producing the part and hoping 40 00:01:20,025 --> 00:01:22,247 that we're their priority at the time . 41 00:01:22,247 --> 00:01:24,358 Castings , which was a huge challenge 42 00:01:24,358 --> 00:01:24,344 for us to be able to produce , now we 43 00:01:24,344 --> 00:01:26,344 can do it all internally and we can 44 00:01:26,344 --> 00:01:28,400 pour up to 120 pounds of aluminum in 45 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:30,455 our foundry right now . Ground Force 46 00:01:30,455 --> 00:01:32,566 Base . So because we reverse engineer 47 00:01:32,566 --> 00:01:34,733 and create our own tech data package , 48 00:01:34,733 --> 00:01:36,788 it opens up all the possibilities to 49 00:01:36,788 --> 00:01:38,900 how we want to manufacture or acquire 50 00:01:38,900 --> 00:01:38,695 that part in the future . They try to 51 00:01:38,695 --> 00:01:41,005 push the envelope on advanced 52 00:01:41,005 --> 00:01:43,172 manufacturing and how to apply that to 53 00:01:43,172 --> 00:01:45,286 problem sets across the Air Force in 54 00:01:45,286 --> 00:01:47,230 terms of diminishing manufacturing 55 00:01:47,230 --> 00:01:49,230 sources of supply and as well as to 56 00:01:49,230 --> 00:01:51,175 help our program depot maintenance 57 00:01:51,175 --> 00:01:53,397 lines keep the throughput going so that 58 00:01:53,397 --> 00:01:55,508 we keep that aircraft availability to 59 00:01:55,508 --> 00:01:55,566 the warfighter where it's .