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    AFMC seeks innovative ideas through IdeaScale Campaign

    Airmen and civilians from across the enterprise are invited to submit innovative ideas and solutions to improve the AFMC mission through the Air Force Ideation Platform, or IdeaScale, now through September 2020.
  • AFIMSC announced finalists for the 2020 AFIMSC Innovation Rodeo on Jan. 9.

    AFIMSC announces 2020 Innovation Rodeo finalists

    Eight finalists for the 2020 AFIMSC Innovation Rodeo were selected out of 143 submissions and nearly 2,000 online votes to compete for a share of $1 million in funding and resources to implement their ideas.
  • Air Force announces Spark Tank 2020 selectees

    Air Force announces Spark Tank 2020 selectees

    Spark Tank also offers Airmen the opportunity to get their ideas in front of key enabling agencies that can share expertise and resources such as funding or personnel for the projects being presented and demonstrate pathways for intrapreneurs to make their initiatives successful.
  • Staff Sgt. Andrew Bagley, training validation and operation NCOIC for the 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron, practices driving in rain on the unit's new vehicle training simulator. Drivers can use the state-of-the-art simulator to practice on about 30 different vehicles in nearly every driving condition imaginable. (U.S. Air Force photos by Cynthia Griggs)

    Hill AFB aims to improve vehicle ops training with state-of-the-art simulator

    The simulator offers more than 150 preset scenarios and can generate nearly any driving condition imaginable, as trainers control variables such as weather, road conditions, visibility and malfunctions.
  • The Air Force recently announced the 2019 Spark Tank finalists who will showcase their innovative ideas to Air Force senior leaders Feb. 28, in Orlando, Florida, at the Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium.

    AFGSC names 2020 Spark Tank finalists

    Air Force Spark Tank is an open call for Airmen to bring forward their best ideas that build upon senior leader priorities to restore readiness, cost-effectively modernize and drive innovation.
  • First-ever virtual Pitch Day contract awarded

    First virtual pitch day contract awarded

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa A8I Operational Innovation Branch and the 764th Enterprising Solutions Squadron awarded their first virtual Pitch Day contract, Dec. 13.
  • From left to right, Brigadier Gen. Patrice Melancon, Tyndall Program Management Office executive director, Dr. Julia Nesheiwat, Florida Chief Resilience Officer and Dr. Jeff Owens, Air Force Civil Engineer research scientist, observe a 3D printer producing materials for testing during a visit to the AFCEC research lab.

    Florida resilience chief gets look at Tyndall AFB rebuild

    The Tyndall Air Force Base leadership team briefed Dr. Julia Nesheiwat on the current state of the installation and the commitment to incorporate resiliency, innovation and technology as main components of the rebuild plans.
  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Cameron Rogers, 422nd Security Forces Squadron installation entry controller, clears an M4 carbine during a recall exercise at RAF Croughton, England, November 21, 2019. Quarterly recall exercises are a form of readiness for defenders to always be prepared to respond at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jennifer Zima)

    Squadron of the Future: Creating more effective defenders

    The 422nd Security Forces Squadron has been selected to undergo a six-month trial in a complete revitalization of the squadron.
  • Linda Alcala and her finance operations team launch an innovative tool today that will simplify management of AFIMSC Resources Directorate tasks to installation comptroller squadrons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ed Shannon)

    AFIMSC innovation streamlines comptroller tasking process

    Linda Alcala, the AFIMSC financial operations chief, and her team launched the Due Out Tool, an innovative task management solution, Dec. 9.
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    AFMC announces 2020 Spark Tank finalists

    The Liquid Cooled Plate Carrier and Virtual Visitor Control Center projects were selected from more than 15 submissions from across AFMC as having the highest probability of delivering game-changing impact for Air Force needs.
  • Faculty Development making evolutionary moves in the classroom

    Faculty development takes evolutionary steps in classroom

    The 82nd Training Wing Faculty Development Flight’s Basic Instructor Course is heading down a path where students are able to collaborate in an evolutionary educational workspace. They are building on the concept of modernizing the training environment at Sheppard AFB, with the hope of seeing this new collaborative atmosphere provide the ability to move at the fast-changing speed of technical training.
  • U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark Weatherington, Air Education and Training Command deputy commander, stands with the first class of the Project NEXUS program after their graduation ceremony Nov. 4, 2019, at the Capital Factory in Austin, Texas. Designed by the AETC Technology Integration Detachment and hosted by the AFWERX-Austin hub, the beta test program was designed to fuel organic technology problem solving efforts for Airmen in their day-to-day workplaces. (Air National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Jordyn Fetter)

    Project NEXUS: Empowering the USAF’s digital talent

    Designed by the AETC technology integration detachment and hosted by the AFWERX-Austin hub, the beta test program was designed to fuel organic technology problem solving efforts for Airmen in their day-to-day workplaces.
  • AFIMSC Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference 2020 graphic

    AFIMSC announces topics for I-WEPTAC 2020

    The topics have been selected for the Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference 2020, and the chairpersons will be on board this month. What remains is determining who will fill the ranks of the four Mission Area Working Groups charged with tackling some of the Air Force’s biggest agile combat support challenges at the fourth Annual I-WEPTACs in April 2020.
  • Space Pitch Day

    ‘Space Pitch Day’ yields innovative technologies and new partners for the Air Force

    Pitch Days are a combination of product expo and reality series where the most promising developers are selected from an initial review. That group then pitches their ideas live to a team of Air Force experts and defense partners for an opportunity to compete for on-the-spot contracts.
  • Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett speaks at the commencement of the U.S. Air Force Space Pitch Day, Nov. 5, 2019, San Francisco, Calif. Air Force Space Pitch Day is a two-day event hosted by the U.S. Air Force to demonstrate the Air Force’s willingness and ability to work with non-traditional startups.

    Big wins for small business expected at Air Force Space Pitch Day

    During Air Force Space Pitch Day, small businesses and startups pitch to a specific Air Force space mission set in hopes of scoring a contract with the Air Force.
  • U.S. Air Force Maj. Rachel Ramirez, Senior Airman Jacob Traugott, Maj. Ivan Bohlender and Maj. Louis Bennett talk with Maj. Gen. Mark Weatherington, AETC deputy commander, about Project NEXUS before their graduation ceremony Nov. 4, 2019 at the Capital Factory in Austin, Texas. Designed by the AETC Integrated Technology Detachment and hosted by the AFWERX-Austin hub, the beta test program was designed to fuel organic technology problem solving efforts for Airmen in their day-to-day workplaces. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Jordyn Fetter)

    Project NEXUS graduates first class with focus on technology problem solving

    Project NEXUS, a beta test program expected to fuel organic technology problem solving efforts for Airmen in their day-to-day workplaces, graduated its first class in Austin, Texas, Nov. 4, 2019.
  • AETC 2020 Spark Tank Challenge Winners.Since its inception in September 2017, the Spark Tank competition has been a high-profile, public forum that celebrates the innovations of Airmen while identifying avenues to increase lethality and cost-effective modernization, pushing boundaries to pursue future technologies and recognizing problems and creative solutions.

    AETC announces 2020 Spark Tank winner

    The 381st Training Group’s idea to transform low-fidelity training into a student-centered, solid foundation for space warfighters and Air University’s “give makerspace” idea that enables creative, innovative Airmen to devise solutions in a dedicated makerspace by providing physical space to work in.
  • Electricians Lon Britt, left, and Robert Campbell, right, along with electrical engineer Adam Webb look at a rectifier, like one that was responsible for an un-commanded "runaway" condition, outside the AEDC Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit at Arnold Air Force base. Webb improved the logic used in the Programmable Logic Controllers on the units to handle un-commanded "runaways,” which allowed him to identify the part at fault. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett) (This image has been altered by obscuring items for security reasons.)

    Innovation advances test operations at Arnold AFB hypersonic propulsion facility

    Arnold Engineering Development Complex Aerodynamics and Propulsion Test Unit team members at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, recently improved software to detect unsafe conditions preventing damage to expensive equipment.
  • The U.S. Air Force Academy hosts its first Falcon Tank to encourage cadet innovation, Oct. 18. Cadet 2nd Class Bailey Hopkins won first place for COVIS, an idea to incorporate existing technology to correct colorblindness into pilot visors.

    Pitch to develop tech for colorblind pilots wins 1st place at Academy innovation competition

    A junior cadet at the Air Force Academy took to the stage Oct. 18 during Falcon Tank, an innovation-themed competition, to present an idea on modifying commercially available technology to correct color blindness in Air Force-issued pilot visors.
  • The Air Force Research Laboratory has successfully tested a state-of-the-art rocket engine preburner to elevate the U.S. technology base for high performance oxygen-rich staged combustion. The preburner was designed, developed, and tested under the AFRL Hydrocarbon Boost program with prime contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne, and supported by the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. Testing was conducted at NASA Stennis Space Center facilities. (Courtesy photo)

    Air Force demonstrates rocket engine preburner for advanced liquid rocket engines

    The preburner was designed, developed and tested under the AFRL Hydrocarbon Boost program with prime contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne and supported by the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. Testing was conducted at NASA Stennis Space Center facilities.
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