Dr. Kelly Hammett, Directed Energy Directorate director, provides remarks at the Air Force Research Lab’s Innovation Awards at the Lobo Rainforest Building at Innovate ABQ, in Albuquerque, N.M., Oct. 4, 2018. The Innovation Awards highlight AFRL innovators, inventors, discoverers, experts in tech transfer, collaborative transfer, trademarks and patent recipients from the U.S. Patent office. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. JD Strong)