Air Force innovation unit AFWerx's Prime program is branching out in new directions, including autonomy, airspace and energy. Agility Prime was launched in April 2020 to help commercial startups progress toward FAA certification of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicles while ...
This paper examines reforms to the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which are part of an effort to address these challenges by bringing new firms with frontier technologies into the defense market. The "Open topic" reform takes a bottom-up approach to innovation, ...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) reports that a partnership under its Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase II (SBIR Phase II) program completed its $1.25 million contract to deliver innovative software to enhance transmission of mission-critical intelligence to the edge and...
announced today that it has been awarded a $37 million multi-year contract by AFWERX, the Air Force’s innovation arm in conjunction with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), as part of its Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) program. The award will enable Piasecki to flight demonstrate...
With thousands of square feet of collaboration space in the heart of the Ark-La-Tex and proximity to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana Tech University and LSU Shreveport, the STRIKEWERX Innovation Hub is an innovation arm of the AFGSC Office of the Chief Scientist. ...
Air Force's Beyond Goals strategic plan , which brings the innovation, agility, and efficiency of small businesses to the mission of the Air Force to fly, fight and win in air, space, and cyberspace. It says that the structure of the plan aligns directly to the Air Force's five key ...
Kendall highlighted a prevalent issue within the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Air Force: an overemphasis on innovation without adequately connecting it to specific operational performance requirements. “We should not be doing demonstrations and experiments unless we can link them to true operat...
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AFRL workforce’s talent, innovation and passion will be on display at 2023 AFRL Inspire event WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL)– TheAir Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, will host its recurring AFRL Inspire event at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenne...
Established in 2017, AFWERX is a product of the Department of the Air Force, directly envisioned by former Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson. Her vision of AFWERX — to solve some of the toughest challenges that the Air Force faces through innovation and c...