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Sept. 15, 2021
VCSAF visits the SHOC-N Battlelab

Howard Hughes Operations is part of the 805th Combat Training Squadron’s Shadow Operations Center-Nellis, or ShOC-N. ShOC-N is the Air Force’s primary Advanced Battle Management System Battlelab for experimentation and incubation of new command and control technologies and development of C2 tactics,
Sept. 7, 2021
AFWERX drives innovation through flightline ops challenge

Innovators and thought leaders from industry, academia and the federal government gathered at the AFWERX Innovation Hub in Las Vegas, Nevada, late last month to review technologies that will be a part of the Revolutionizing Flightline Operations AFWERX Challenge.
Aug. 6, 2021
Around the Air Force: F-16 In-Flight Software Update, Talisman Sabre 2021, Spark Tank 2022

Today’s look Around the Air Force highlights a test to update the F-16’s Electronic Warfare System through an in-flight software update, Talisman Sabre 2021-2 wraps up with Australia and other allies in the Indo-Pacific region and submissions open this month for the Spark Tank 2022 competition.
Aug. 2, 2021
Wanted: Innovative ideas for Spark Tank 2022

Spark Tank 2022, a Department of the Air Force annual competition in which Airmen and Guardians pitch innovative solutions to operational problems, will accept submissions in early August 2021.
July 15, 2021
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
June 14, 2021
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.
June 9, 2021
New AFMC office to drive digital transformation across Air, Space enterprise

The 12-member Digital Transformation Office, or DTO, will fall under the AFMC Engineering and Technical Management Directorate. It will focus on creating a digital governance structure and facilitate on-going and new digital acquisition transformation activities across the enterprise.
June 8, 2021
AFWERX Agility Prime partners with Kitty Hawk in first medevac exercise with electric aircraft

AFWERX Agility Prime and new partner Kitty Hawk reached a milestone in May with their first operational exercise.
May 28, 2021
AMC debuts first large-scale virtual command center during MG21

As the Air Force’s largest and longest exercise in rapid global mobility, Mobility Guardian served as the proving ground for AMC’s first large-scale integration of an Advanced Battle Management System, ensuring decision superiority with speed, agility and resilience and advancing warfighting
May 5, 2021
Air Force awards first airworthiness approval for human flight in electric aircraft program

The U.S. Air Force has awarded the first airworthiness approval for a manned electric aircraft to BETA Technologies, a partner in the AFWERX Agility Prime program.
April 2, 2021
DAF seeks to modernize energy infrastructure through energy campaigns

To address these challenges, the Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability, or AFWIC, [now AF Futures] Disruptive Technology Team, in partnership with AFWERX, launched the Reimagining Energy for the DoD Challenge Sept. 2, 2020. The Energy Challenge, an open crowdsourcing initiative, sought
April 1, 2021
The 355th Wing flies toward the future

Airmen from the 355th Wing, 621st Contingency Response Wing and AFWERX Agility Prime teamed up to move a LIFT Aircraft electronic vertical takeoff and landing aircraft using a military aircraft for the first time. The eVTOL vehicle was transported from Springfield, Ohio to Austin, Texas, March 23 –
March 24, 2021
AFVentures releases annual report, details efforts to expand defense industrial base, fight COVID-19

AFVentures, the Department of the Air Force’s commercial investment group, has released its fiscal year 2020 annual report.
March 22, 2021
AFWERX crowns 2021 Spark Tank winner

The Spark Tank event allows Airmen to offer improvements and solutions to the problems they face in everyday operations.
March 15, 2021
AFRL exchange officer leads international space collaboration

Through the Department of Defense Engineer and Scientist Exchange Program, Capt. Jacob Singleton has been working with the Space Program at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, known as Dstl, for the U.K. Ministry of Defence since 2019.
March 13, 2021
Air Force seeks to accelerate efficiency

As modern warfare continues to evolve, the Air Force has renewed its focus on maintaining secure fuel networks and optimizing operations for maximized combat capability.
Jan. 25, 2021
NY ANG intel officer describes AF Ventures experience

The six-week fellowship places U.S. Air Force and Department of Defense leaders into technology and business ecosystems across Silicon Valley. This program is designed to increase the quality of technology proficient Airmen while maintaining long-lasting relationships between the Air Force and the
Jan. 21, 2021
Spark Tank 2021 finalists announced

It’s been nearly a year since Master Sgt. Gabrial Valenzuela, Capt. David Coyle and Lt. Adam Treece were selected as co-winners of Spark Tank 2020 for their Smart Weapons Loading Checklist and Low-Cost Threat Emitter concepts.
Jan. 14, 2021
Barrett praises senior Air Force leaders; assesses her tenure as secretary

Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett publicly praised Airmen, Guardians, and senior Air and Space Forces leaders during a ceremony at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Jan. 14.
Dec. 20, 2020
AFWERX Agility Prime announces “flying car” military airworthiness, infrastructure milestones

A series of milestones for the “flying car” program and discussed new initiatives for 2021, including six sectors for potential “Prime” programs.

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