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Dec. 6, 2020
AFWERX set to kick off Accelerate event Dec. 7, launch a universe of opportunity to accelerate change

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The inaugural AFWERX Accelerate event, being held virtually, is set for kick-off Dec. 7 at 12 p.m. Eastern. The five-day event will highlight how AFWERX is institutionalizing air and space innovation across the Department of the Air Force. Join AFWERX
Nov. 12, 2020
AFWERX announces virtual Accelerate Event from Dec. 7 to 11

ARLINGTON, Va. (AFWERX) – AFWERX is announcing the inaugural Accelerate event being held virtually Dec. 7 to 11. The event will highlight how AFWERX is institutionalizing air and space innovation across the Department of the Air Force. It has grown from three successful innovation experiments into
Sept. 16, 2020
AFWERX announces EngageSpace, premier collaboration event for space industry

With its highly interactive format and diverse participants, this event is designed to revolutionize how the space ecosystem works, dismantle the walls between sectors and close the "believability gap" for what's possible in space.
Dec. 12, 2019
AFRL creates new modular weapons storage for cargo aircraft

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Junior Force Warfighter Operations team is at it again.Their current project is an updated gun rack or Modular Weapon Storage System, for the U. S. Air Force C-130 aircraft.The team, known collectively as JFWORX, is a group
Oct. 8, 2019
AFRL reimagines tech development with virtual reality

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – In a move the Wright Brothers likely never anticipated but surely would approve, the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate is using a bicycle to demonstrate how virtual and augmented reality could revolutionize aircraft maintenance, as
July 2, 2019
Rapid acquisition leads to rapid success for Air Force small business partner

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Rapid success in contracting has earned Air Force representatives an invite to the opening of the Nasdaq Stock Market July 3 in New York City.Air Force representatives received the invitation from an Air Force and AFWERX Small Business partner, Vita Inclinata