Cadet research at #USAFA is driving innovation and real-world impact. 🧠 The Academy Research Showcase brought together military, industry and academic partners to highlight cadet-led projects and faculty mentorship supporting usairforce and usspaceforce missions. From the 60-plus research projects presented at the Cadet Research Forum to operationally relevant problem-solving, cadets are applying classroom knowledge to real-world challenges. "𝐀 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐢𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞, 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭,” 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐂𝟏𝐂 𝐋𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢. Through research, mentorship and collaborati...