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Feb. 27, 2023
AFWERX Refinery program accelerates Airman and Guardian initiatives

The AFWERX Refinery program, an initiative of the AFWERX Spark division, is rapidly advancing Airman and Guardian projects that directly aid warfighters by hosting a four-to-six-week Accelerator program that targets grassroots innovation efforts within the Department of the Air Force, or DAF.
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
Jan. 26, 2023
AFWERX Refinery Program postured to address CSAF’s Action Orders, SECAF’s Operational Imperatives

The Refinery program, an initiative of AFWERX’s Spark division, is addressing the Chief of Staff of the Air Force’s, or CSAF’s, Action Orders and the Secretary of the Air Force’s, or SECAF’s, Operational Imperatives, or OIs, as it works to rapidly advance the projects of Airmen and Guardians. The
Dec. 19, 2022
AFWERX appoints new director, Col. Elliott Leigh to lead AFWERX 3.0 efforts

Col. Elliott Leigh became director of AFWERX, a directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm, during a change of leadership ceremony Dec. 15, 2022, at the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
Dec. 14, 2022
DAF transitions from AFWERX 2.0 to 3.0 during livestreamed event

AFWERX outgoing Director Col. Nathan Diller and Col. Elliott Leigh, the incoming director, discussed the imminent launch of AFWERX 3.0, the next iteration of the innovation organization coming in 2023, during a livestreamed event with 500 virtual attendees at the AFWERX hub in Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 14.
Dec. 13, 2022
AFRL, AFTC collaborate on future technology via weeklong autonomy summit

Leaders and personnel from Air Force Materiel Command organizations collaborated virtually during the fall Air Force Research Laboratory-Air Force Test Center, or AFRL-AFTC, Summit Nov. 14-18, 2022, to discuss the future of autonomy.

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AFWERX Refinery program accelerates Airman and Guardian initiatives

AFWERX to attend South by Southwest conference

AFWERX Refinery Program postured to address CSAF’s Action Orders, SECAF’s Operational Imperatives

AFWERX appoints new director, Col. Elliott Leigh to lead AFWERX 3.0 efforts

DAF transitions from AFWERX 2.0 to 3.0 during livestreamed event

AFRL, AFTC collaborate on future technology via weeklong autonomy summit