Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, speaks at a ceremonial ribbon-cutting at the FLEX-ACE Lab at Francis L. Cardozo Education Campus, Washington, D.C., Oct. 20, 2015. The Flexible Aviation Classroom Experience, or FLEX-ACE, replicates a test-range control room and operations center with state-of-the-art computers, flight simulators and a miniature air-traffic-control tower. The FLEX-ACE Lab is established through a partnership with Cardozo, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, and the DoD Test Resource Management Center. DoD photo by Marvin Lynchard