Air Force Labs Startup Showcase held

Russ Graves, center, MITRE’s Bridging Innovation director, speaks during an Air Force Labs Startup Showcase panel discussion at the MassChallenge offices in Boston, Oct. 25, as, from left, Will Magruder, panel moderator and vice president of Partnerships at MassChallenge; Col. Gene Keselman, Air Force Reservist and executive director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Mission Innovation Experimental; Col. Aneel Alvares, director of Defense Engagement at the Defense Innovation Unit; and Chris Nagy, strategic sourcing of Emerging Supplier Technologies at Raytheon, look on. The event also featured pitches from 13 of the 15 startups in the Air Force Labs program, a partnership between Hanscom Air Force Base, MassChallenge and the Air Force Research Laboratory, as well as remarks from MassChallenge and Hanscom AFB leaders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Maki)