Maj. Raymond Tierney, U-2 Federal Laboratory director, center, briefs U.S. Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly, right, commander of Air Combat Command, and U.S. Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. David Wade, Air Combat Command, about the organization’s stand-up and recent projects, Dec. 4, 2020, at Beale Air Force Base, California. The U-2 Federal Laboratory is the first of its kind in the Department of Defense, offering a small team of experts tackling challenges through creation, development, acquisition, and testing of new technologies with the purpose of shaping how the service maintains an advantage over near peers and adversaries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Colville McFee)