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AFWERX initiative serves as catalyst for future technology advancements

AFWERX Challenge brings companies, academia and the government together to collaborate via workshops, crowdsource idea campaigns and showcase events to quickly find solutions. While the standard government contracting process can take multiple years, technologies vetted through the Challenge model move from selection to formal agreement in 12 weeks, on average. (U.S. Air Force photo by Melissa Spencer)

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AFWERX Challenge participants brainstorm solutions at Capital Factory in Austin, Texas, Aug. 22, 2023. AFWERX Challenge is a fast and efficient way to solve a mission-critical problem and create positive impacts for the Department of Defense. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jennifer Bryant)

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AFWERX Challenge rapidly brings solutions to the warfighter

Cayley Dymond, left, AFWERX Challenge team lead, introduces the Challenge Learning Lab panelists at Capital Factory in Austin, Texas, Aug. 22, 2023. AFWERX Challenge is a fast and efficient way to solve a mission-critical problem and create positive impacts for the Department of Defense. (U.S. Air Force photo / Matthew Clouse)

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AFWERX Year in Review 2023

2023 was a historic year for AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force and a directorate within Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Dec. 15, 2023. AFWERX brings cutting edge American ingenuity from small businesses and start-ups to address the most pressing challenges of the DAF. (U.S. Air Force video by Air Force Research Laboratory Public Affairs)

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AFWERX Spark and other Department of the Air Force innovators gathered Nov. 14-16, 2023, in Moraine, Ohio, to create a curriculum for teaching Airmen and Guardians who want to effectively pitch innovative ideas to high-ranking military officers and civilians. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jennifer Bryant)

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AFWERX Spark, DOD partners train Airmen to pitch ideas with confidence

Anthony "Wedge" Bunker of AFWERX, left, and Shreyas Balaram AFIMSC work with key influencers from AFWERX, SAF/MG, SAF/SSG, AFIMSC, Morpheus, AF Futures and others to develop a cohesive Pitch Coaching curriculum that will be used to help Airmen innovators at every level effectively tell their story. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jennifer Bryant)

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AFWERX Spark, DOD partners train Airmen to pitch ideas with confidence

From left, Jeff Sergent, Air Force Manpower Analysis, Master Sgt. Eric Holton, Maj. Aaron Beebe from AFWERX, and Zachary Griffin, Air Force Special Operations Command master process officer, work with key influencers from AFWERX, SAF/MG, SAF/SSG, AFIMSC, Morpheus, AF Futures and others to develop a cohesive Pitch Coaching curriculum that will be used to help Airmen innovators at every level effectively tell their story. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jennifer Bryant)

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AFWERX accepting applications for spring 2024 fellowship

Chris Heckman, AFWERX fellow, works from home in Huber Heights, Ohio, Dec. 12, 2023. AFWERX fellowships are primarily virtual positions and are designed to cultivate a better understanding of current industry trends, broaden innovation perspectives and expose Airmen and Guardians to programs with a Department of the Air Force level impact. (Courtesy photo)

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AFWERX accepting applications for spring 2024 fellowship

Chris Heckman, left, AFWERX fellow, and his co-workers tour an air traffic control tower during the fall program management review at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 26, 2023. AFWERX program management reviews bring a full-time remote organization together for in-person meetings and provide employees opportunities to connect face-to-face. (Courtesy photo)

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AFWERX and NASA collaborate to develop digital Advanced Air Mobility operations center

AFWERX is partnering with NASA to develop a digital operations center for future Advanced Air Mobility efforts through the Civilian Commercialization Readiness Pilot Program awardee, ResilienX. (Photo by Andrew Carter)

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Ohio State University students learn about AFWERX and Advanced Air Mobility, fly simulators

Hank Griffiths, AFWERX chief of test and airworthiness, talks to aerospace engineering students from Ohio State University at the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, Ohio, Nov. 7, 2023. Griffiths invited the students to inform them about AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force, and Advanced Air Mobility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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Ohio State University students learn about AFWERX and Advanced Air Mobility, fly simulators

Henry Kitchen, Ohio State University aerospace engineering sophomore, flies in the BETA Technologies flight simulator at the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, Ohio, Nov. 7, 2023. Kitchen was invited to the airport to learn about AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force, and Advanced Air Mobility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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Ohio State University students learn about AFWERX and Advanced Air Mobility, fly simulators

Maya Sivakumaran, Ohio State University aerospace engineering sophomore, flies in the Joby Aviation flight simulator at the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, Ohio, Nov. 7, 2023. Sivakumaran was invited to the airport to learn about AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Departmnet of the Air Force, and Advanced Air Mobility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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Ohio State University students learn about AFWERX and Advanced Air Mobility, fly simulators

Henry Kitchen, Ohio State University aerospace engineering sophomore, listens to Hank Griffiths, AFWERX chief of test and airworthiness, talk about Advanced Air Mobility at the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, Ohio, Nov. 7, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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Ohio State University students learn about AFWERX and Advanced Air Mobility, fly simulators

Hank Griffiths, AFWERX chief of test and airworthiness, talks to aerospace engineering students from Ohio State University at the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, Ohio, Nov. 7, 2023. Griffiths invited the students to inform them about AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force, and Advanced Air Mobility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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BETA’s ALIA electric aircraft has a 50-foot wingspan, a range of 250 miles with a top speed of 138 mph and is 90% quieter than a helicopter. While ALIA has the capability to transport five passengers, the Air Force test objective is to demonstrate its potential to support agile combat employment logistics with its payload capacity of 1,000 pounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

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BETA's ALIA electric aircraft lands at Duke Field on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, to begin testing with the the Air Force Oct. 26, 2023. AFWERX first partnered with BETA, an electric aerospace company, in December 2019 and has since awarded them several contracts. Located 10 miles north of Eglin Air Force Base, Duke Field was strategically selected as the test field for ALIA. The field is home to the Air Force’s rotary wing test squadron, the 413th Flight Test Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

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BETA’s ALIA electric aircraft arrives at Eglin Air Force Base for testing

AFWERX Airmen and several local media outlets gathered at Duke Field on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, to witness the delivery of BETA's ALIA electric aircraft to the Air Force for testing Oct. 26, 2023. AFWERX first partnered with BETA, an electric aerospace company, in December 2019 and has since awarded them several contracts. Located 10 miles north of Eglin Air Force Base, Duke Field was strategically selected as the test field for ALIA. The field is home to the Air Force’s rotary wing test squadron, the 413th Flight Test Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jennifer Bryant)

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Col. Elliott Leigh, AFWERX director and chief commercialization officer for the Department of the Air Force, shakes the hand of Kyle Clark, founder and CEO of BETA Technologies, to celebrate the delivery of BETA's ALIA electric aircraft for testing at Duke Field, Florida, Oct. 26, 2023. AFWERX first partnered with BETA, an electric aerospace company, in December 2019 and has since awarded them several contracts. Located 10 miles north of Eglin Air Force Base, Duke Field was strategically selected as the test field for ALIA. The field is home to the Air Force’s rotary wing test squadron, the 413th Flight Test Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jennifer Bryant)

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John Maffei, the Federal Aviation Administration’s acting director of Portfolio Management and Technology Development, gives remarks at the AFWERX and FAA Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony at Duke Field, Florida, Oct. 25, 2023. AFWERX and the FAA announced they have agreed to share flight-test data to accelerate the safe integration of Advanced Aircraft Mobility platforms into the National Airspace System. The MOU will also support AFWERX Prime’s efforts to advance the integration and maturation of AAM, including the electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and autonomous systems industries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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