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  • On behalf of the Department of the Air Force, as one laboratory supporting two services, the Air Force Research Laboratory has developed the Air and Space Forces Science & Technology (S&T) Front Door, to connect potential partners with S&T experts and opportunities. The department recognizes that innovative ideas often come from small businesses, industry, academia, or even a project in your neighbor's garage that can help solve problems the department has identified. Visit www.airforcetechconnect.org for more information. (U.S. Air Force graphic/Randy Palmer)

    AFRL invites new science, technology ideas through Air Force, Space Force Tech Connect

    On behalf of the Department, as one laboratory supporting two services, the Air Force Research Laboratory has developed the Air and Space Forces Science & Technology (S&T) Front Door, to connect potential partners with S&T experts and opportunities.
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    CSAF Leadership Library: Summer 2021

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr.'s presents three new additions to the CSAF Leadership Library: "Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men," "The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State" and "The Social Dilemma."
  • 41st RQS conducts Heritage Flight

    AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
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    San Antonio Innovation Summit open for registration

    The event – a partnership between the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Air Force Security Forces Center, Air Force Services Center, Air Force Personnel Center, Air Education and Training Command, and AFWERX – will bring innovation collaboration opportunities to an expanded installation and mission support audience.
  • The Office of the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force recently partnered with Productable Inc. to develop an innovation management platform that allows the Air Force to align the right people, processes and funding to drive innovation at scale.

    Air Force accelerates innovation into action with Project Holodeck

    As innovation continues apace across the Air Force, service leaders are focused on doing just that — empowering Airmen and accelerating the fielding and implementation of innovative ideas into tangible results.
  • Lt. Gen. Anthony Cotton, Air Force Global Strike Command deputy commander, poses for a group photo with conference participants during the AFGSC Peer Influencer Conference at the Cyber Innovation Center in Bossier City, Louisiana, June 21, 2021. Victim advocates and peer influencers from installations across AFGSC came together to share ideas and best practices to tackle sexual assault prevention and response. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan E. Ramos)

    AFGSC holds first-of-its-kind conference to tackle sexual assault

    Victim advocates and peer influencers from installations across Air Force Global Strike Command came together June 21-25 at the Cyber Innovation Center in Bossier City, to tackle sexual assault prevention and response.
  • Photo of children at CDC

    Air Force tests child care subletting app

    The app, called Kinderspot, helps Department of Defense families on Air Force installations sublet child care spots at their home station or find spots at a location they will visit temporarily.
  • Members of the Tactical Data Link Enhancements Team, located at Hanscom Air Force Base Mass., pose in front of an F-15 at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., in May. The team was conducting tests of their Heimdall tactical data link technology, which improves real-time information sharing and overall fighter performance in highly contested, near-peer environments.

    Hanscom AFB team demos data sharing technology

    The Tactical Data Link Enhancements Team, formed through a partnership between the Aerial Networks Division, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, a federally funded research and development center, traveled to Eielson Air Force Base and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to test out their new Heimdall tactical data link system.
  • Join the Tech Warrior Enterprise team for the virtual Tech Warrior Medical OPS event scheduled for July 19-23, 2021. Government tech scouts, industry subject matter experts, and many small businesses will be in attendance.

    AFWERX SBIR/STTR event to help limit barriers of entry for small businesses working with Air Force

    Tech Warrior Enterprise – an AFWERX Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer program – will host its free virtual Tech Warrior Medical OPS event for all qualified small businesses July 19-23.
  • The official flag of the U.S. Air Force's Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Center is ceremoniously folded during the AFNC3 Center's deactivation ceremony at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., June 4, 2021. After making significant strides to normalize the way in which the Air Force handles nuclear command, control and communications systems, the AFNC3 Center was formally deactivated June 4.

    Air Force NC3 Center deactivates as missions realign under AFGSC

    In 2017, Air Force Global Strike Command stood up a new organization here to oversee the Air Force’s nuclear command, control and communications systems - the U.S. Air Force Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Center.
  • Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, Air Force Surgeon General, cuts the ribbon with Air Force Research Laboratory Commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle and 711th Human Performance Wing Acting Director Darrell Phillipson, during a ceremony May 27 signifying the opening of the research altitude chambers in AFRL. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)

    AFRL opens research altitude chambers, becomes force in aerospace physiology

    At the Air Force Research Laboratory, ensuring pilots, air crews and all flight equipment can withstand various pressures, is one of the missions in the lab’s 711th Human Performance Wing, where research and aerospace medicine converge to enhance the performance and readiness of operational Airmen.

  • AFMC designates $5 million for AFMC We Need efforts

    The Air Force Materiel Command released $5 million in funding for projects across the mission as it continues to drive towards the goals of the AFMC We Need.
  • Airman 1st Class Xaviar Archangel, 60th Aerial Port Squadron aerial porter, and Airman 1st Class Kyle Sunderman, 60th APS ramp serviceman, showcase the capabilities of the Aerial Porter Exoskeleton May 14, 2021, at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. The exoskeleton is a piece of equipment designed to reduce strain when lifting various items.

    Travis AFB partnership springs Air Force forward with new Aerial Porter Exoskeleton

    The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and Air Mobility Command partnered with Arizona State University to develop the Aerial Port Exoskeleton, a new piece of equipment set to be used in an official capacity at Travis Air Force Base, May 17.
  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Paul Olexa, 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion apprentice, pitches an idea called the Mag Rug during a Spark Tank competition, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Oct. 9, 2020. Whiteman Spark Tank is a competition where Airmen pitch their innovative ideas to a panel of wing and community leadership. Eleven ideas were pitched and the judges selected two to compete at the Air Force Global Strike Command’s Spark Tank competition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dylan Nuckolls)

    Whiteman AFB Airman innovates, develops smart maintenance floor mat to prevent FOD

    One Whiteman Air Force Base Airman took it upon himself to try to prevent these maintenance costs after learning about the risks of FOD and the importance of having good attention to detail on the flight line.
  • AFICC/KU iHub

    AFICC/KU turns innovations into solutions, processes with iHub

    The website encourages collaboration and increases shared knowledge between AFICC/KU, USAFE-AFAFRICA contracting squadrons and mission-focused business leaders, or MFBL, to spark innovations. Change agents can use the website as a filter for information to streamline processes or solve issues within squadrons or even across the theater.
  • Master Sgt. Krystoffer Miller, 325th Security Forces Squadron operations support superintendent, employs a Ghost Robotics built Quad-legged Unmanned Ground Vehicle at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., March 24, 2021. These prototypes come equipped with advanced multi-directional, thermal, and infrared video capabilities that provide artificial intelligence-based threat detection.

    Hanscom AFB teams support testing of AI and ‘robotic dogs’ at Tyndall AFB

    Two Hanscom Air Force Base teams are helping to build the “base of the future” by integrating an exciting new force protection technology at Tyndall AFB, Florida.
  • An MQ-9 Reaper with three Ghost Reaper pods attached awaits takeoff at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, Syracuse, New York. Ghost Reaper pods will establish new and enhanced capabilities for the MQ-9 reaper. The pods will undergo operational assessments during Exercise Northern Edge in Fairbanks, Alaska. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Megan Fowler)

    MQ-9 Reaper gets enhanced capabilities

    According to the assistant director of operations at the 174th Operations Support Squadron, capabilities include battlefield and airspace communications enhancements as well as target identification tracking and processing.
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    Skyborg autonomy core system has successful first flight

    Termed Milestone 1 of the Autonomous Attritable Aircraft Experimentation, or AAAx, campaign, the autonomy core system performed a series of foundational behaviors necessary to characterize safe system operation.
  • The U.S. Air and Space Forces in collaboration with the security research community opened registration May 4, 2021 for the qualification round of the second annual Space Security Challenge: Hack-A-Sat satellite hacking challenge. This virtual competition enables security researchers of all levels to focus their skills and creativity on solving cyber security challenges of space systems and incentivizes innovation in securing these systems.

    Space Security Challenge 2021: Hack-A-Sat 2 registration opens

    The U.S. Air and Space Forces in collaboration with the security research community opened registration May 4 for the qualification round of the second annual Space Security Challenge: Hack-A-Sat satellite hacking challenge.
  • Lowell Usrey, Tyndall’s PMO Integration branch chief, tells local media about the innovative capabilities the Installation Resilience Operations Center will bring to Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, April 28, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sarah McNair)

    Tyndall AFB offers first glimpse of IROC prototype

    The demonstration display, dubbed the Technology Lab, offered media a peek into the future of one of the innovative technologies that will make Tyndall AFB the Installation of the Future.
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