Air Force Features

Sept. 27, 2023
DoD to establish AI Battle Labs in EUCOM, INDOPACOM

These multi-classification labs will collect operational theater data — ranging from logistics to cyber — and share it with the DoD enterprise, providing central hubs for digital integration among federal entities, industry, coalition partners and American citizenry.
Aug. 24, 2023
New platform IGNITEs defense innovation

AFWERX has launched IGNITE, a platform where defense users can search for and easily interact with thousands of small businesses that have secured previous Department of the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research or Small Business Technology Transfer awards.
Aug. 16, 2023
DAF selects JetZero to develop blended wing body aircraft prototype

The Department of the Air Force selected JetZero for the next phase of a blended wing body prototype aircraft project Aug. 16.
Aug. 13, 2023
Beale AFB STEM capabilities inspire new generation

Students from For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology came to Beale Air Force Base, Calif., Aug. 3, to be a part of FIRST robotics founder and Chief of Space Operations civic leader, U.S. Space Force, Dean Kamen’s, high altitude flight in a U-2 Dragon Lady and to witness first-hand
July 31, 2023
CSAF Leadership Library: July 2023

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. presents five new additions to the CSAF Leadership Library.
July 16, 2023
Project Arc seeks innovators to solve DAF challenges

The program is looking for Airmen and Guardians from all occupations who are obsessed with tech, have a curiosity to tinker and want to solve problems.
June 21, 2023
DAF chief scientist, MIT host AI workshop

Dr. Victoria Coleman, chief scientist of the Air Force, in collaboration with the Department of the Air Force-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Accelerator, hosted a foundational innovation and technology education workshop June 5-8.
May 26, 2023
MagNav project successfully demonstrates real-time magnetic navigation

In a groundbreaking achievement, the DAF-MIT AI Accelerator MagNav project performed real-time magnetic navigation aboard a C-17A Globemaster III in flight, becoming the first organization to successfully demonstrate the technology in real-time on a DoD aircraft.
March 22, 2023
Yokota AB AFWERX team seeks to invest, innovate, inform

Twenty members from Yokota Air Base attended the Defense and Security Equipment International Japan exhibition March 16, in Tokyo, to seek out new, cutting-edge technology in a trip organized by YokoWERX.
Feb. 13, 2023
412th Operations Group travels to Bakersfield to inspire new generation of aviators

A group from the 412th Operations Group representing Edwards Air Force Base traveled on a C-12 Huron to the California Aeronautical University Aviation career day to inspire the next generation of aviation enthusiasts.
Feb. 9, 2023
23 Department of the Air Force members selected for BEYA STEM awards

Both uniformed and civilian members of the Air Force and Space Force will be recognized during the 18th Annual Stars and Stripes Awards Dinner for their accomplishments and contributions in STEM-related fields over the past year.
Jan. 23, 2023
US Air Force selects Howard University for science research partnership

The Air Force has selected Howard University to lead a university affiliated research center.
Jan. 21, 2023
Yokota AB aids Space Systems Command in historic US-Japan space partnership

The 374th Mission Support Group and 730th Air Mobility Squadron assisted the USSF Space Systems Command to deliver the first of two payloads on Japan’s Geo-based Quasi-Zenith Satellite System, Jan. 17.
Dec. 24, 2022
Industry event provides tech companies insight into AF Battle Lab development needs

The 505th Command and Control Wing’s 805th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Shadow Operations Center-Nellis, hosted a classified Industry Day at Nellis Air Force Base.
Dec. 19, 2022
AFRL launches wearable biomolecular sensors program for DoD, transfers technology to Sensate Biosystems

The Air Force Research Laboratory has partnered with the Nano Bio-Materials Consortium and Case Western Reserve University to create wearable sensors that measure biomarkers in Airmen and Guardians.

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