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March 18, 2025
Team Eglin engineers bring innovation to combat

A select group of Team Eglin Airmen gathered at the Emerald Spark Incubator March 10-14 to collaborate in the first-ever Combat Innovation Cohort.
Dec. 19, 2024
AFWERX Refinery accelerates Air Force innovation with new cohort

AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force, completed its 15th Refinery cohort Dec. 4. The six-week course, held in Warner Robins, Georgia, focused on bridging the gap between Air Force requirements and Airmen innovation.
Dec. 19, 2024
Arnold AFB Innovation Lab reopens its doors

The Innovation Lab at Arnold Air Force Base is once again open for business.The lab, being reintroduced following a recent renovation, gives Arnold team members a venue outside of the office to brainstorm concepts, work to improve processes, test ideas, collaborate and innovate.Located in Building
Nov. 25, 2024
927th ARW drives innovation for agile combat employment

Fostering a culture of continuous improvement, innovation and effective communication is a strategically aligned priority within the 927th Air Refueling Wing alongside training and sustaining combat ready warfighters and caring for Airmen and their families.
Nov. 22, 2024
The Crucible: VSFB’s Newest Innovation Hub

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. --The Crucible Innovation Lab was unveiled as a brand new creative center Nov. 22, 2024. This new makerspace is designed to be a collaborative environment where Vandenberg members can come together to brainstorm, innovate, and bring ideas to life. The Crucible
Nov. 13, 2024
Airman brings fuel sampling innovation to Eglin, possibly AF

This innovation, known as the single-point nozzle adapter, or SN, removes two-thirds of the time and steps required to take a fuel sample from multiple fuel sources, such as trucks and mobile stations.
Nov. 5, 2024
Travis AFB Phoenix Spark innovates for the future

Exploring the dynamic world of technology and collaboration, Travis Air Force Base’s Phoenix Spark lab provides a platform for Airmen to support Air Force missions through innovation and creativity.
May 7, 2024
AFWERX Spark Crossflow event spurs innovation and collaboration

SPOKANE, Wash. — The AFWERX Spark team launched the first Crossflow event of the year, April 23-25, 2024. Crossflows offer the Department of the Air Force Innovation and Process Improvement ecosystem a chance to concentrate on development, collaboration and strategic alignment toward operational
Dec. 20, 2023
AFWERX Spark, DOD partners train Airmen to pitch ideas with confidence

MORAINE, Ohio – AFWERX Spark and other Department of the Air Force innovators gathered Nov. 14-16 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. The three-day event took place
Aug. 28, 2023
AFWERX hosts first in-person Collider event since COVID-19 pandemic

AUSTIN, Texas (AFRL) – More than 20 industry partners attended the first in-person AFWERX Collider event in over three years at Fed Supernova in Austin, Texas. Colliders went virtual during the COVID-19 pandemic but the return of face-to-face interaction gave Air Force leaders the opportunity to