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
July 13, 2023 AFWERX to discuss future of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and advanced air mobility at Oshkosh Air Show WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – AFWERX and Prime will have a booth at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the world’s largest fly-in airshow, from July 24 - 30 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. AFWERX’s presence will provide aviation-industry executives and enthusiasts a chance
June 29, 2023 AFWERX integrates uncrewed traffic management to enhance safety and security WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – AFWERX and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Information Directorate have installed an Uncrewed Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Equipping Eglin’s Duke Field with the Collaborative Low-Altitude UAS Integration
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 25, 2023 Air Force pilots reach new program milestones in electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Four Air Force pilots remotely flew a Joby electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft at the company’s Marina, California, manufacturing facility April 20. They were the first Air Force personnel to assume remote pilot-in-command
April 14, 2023 AFWERX to discuss emerging aircraft technologies at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2023 convention WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) — AFWERX will highlight emerging aircraft technologies during the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International XPONENTIAL 2023 convention May 8-11, 2023, at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.This year’s theme is “Building the Blueprint
March 8, 2023 Spark Tank 2023 finalists take center stage at AFA Warfare Symposium 6 Spark Tank finalist teams presented their ideas at AFA March 8.
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. 21, 2023 Voting open now for Department of the Air Force Spark Tank 2023 finalists Airmen and Guardians may now vote for one of the top six selected ideas in Spark Tank, the Department of the Air Force’s capstone innovation campaign.
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