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Aug. 22, 2024
SpaceWERX announces Program Year 24.2 STRATFI selections at Fed Supernova

SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force and a unique division within AFWERX, announced the Program Year 2024.2 Strategic Funding Increase, or STRATFI, contract award selections from its Phase II-eligible applicants at the Fed Supernova conference in Austin, Texas, Aug. 22, 2024. DVIDS
Aug. 9, 2024
SpaceWERX launches second Innovate to Accelerate cohort focused on aerospace technology

SpaceWERX announced the launch of its latest I2A cohort, focused on two specific topics: advancing Alternative Positioning, Navigation and Timing, or AltPNT solutions and pioneering the Digital Spaceport of the Future. These initiatives underscore SpaceWERX's commitment to accelerating technological
May 14, 2024
SpaceWERX completes Innovate to Accelerate workshop

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - SpaceWERX completed the capstone event for its inaugural Innovate to Accelerate (I2A) program at the SpaceWERX hub at the BR-DGE, in El Segundo, California, April 25, 2024. I2A was a free 12-week intensive education program for SpaceWERX Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) Small
April 17, 2024
SpaceWERX, The Aerospace Corporation collaborate to guide technologies through the 'Valley of Death'

SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force and a unique division within AFWERX, has partnered with the Aerospace Corporation to establish a cutting-edge “Technology Readiness Level”, or TRL, bootcamp lab in El Segundo, California. This collaborative effort aims to guide promising
March 26, 2024
AFWERX, SpaceWERX Ventures divisions launch Notice of Opportunity for space applicable technology submissions

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – AFWERX AFVentures, the commercial investment arm of the Department of the Air Force, issued a Notice of Opportunity within the Strategic Funding Increase and Tactical Funding Increase (STRATFI/TACFI) program for its U.S. Space Force division, SpaceWERX. The
July 17, 2023
SpaceWERX launches Tactically Responsive Space Challenge Definition Workshop

LAS VEGAS – In an effort to generate new ideas and cutting-edge orbital defense technologies, SpaceWERX hosted a Tactically Responsive Space, or TacRS, Challenge Definition Workshop at the AFWERX Innovation Hub in Las Vegas, Nevada.These workshops provide military end-users with an opportunity to
May 19, 2023
AFWERX announces new mantra, mission, vision statements

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – AFWERX leadership announced a new mantra, mission and vision statement to its Airmen and Guardians in a virtual all-call May 18, 2023. “We changed some of the wording to talk about teaming leaders and innovation technology,” said Col. Elliott Leigh,
April 10, 2023
AFRL showcases key programs at 2023 Space Symposium

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, will feature several space-related technologies and programs during the 38th Space Symposium at the Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 17-20, 2023.
Feb. 24, 2023
AFWERX to attend South by Southwest conference

Representatives from all four core divisions of AFWERX – Prime, Spark, AFVentures, and SpaceWERX – will be at the South by Southwest, or SXSW, conference March 10-19, 2023 in Austin, Texas. The Capital Factory, an entrepreneurial firm aimed at connecting innovative technologists and startups to a
Dec. 5, 2022
AFRL, CNM Ingenuity shift innovation to next level at Hyperdrive Space Summit

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, partnered with CNM Ingenuity, or CNMI, the economic development arm of Central New Mexico Community College, to hold the 2022 Hyperdrive Space Summit in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Nov. 15-17, 2022.