Dec. 19, 2025 2025 Spark Tank winner announced A team from Barksdale AFB pioneered and prototyped a B-52 avionics pylon loading adapter using existing weapons-loading equipment to win the 2025 Spark Tank competition.
Dec. 17, 2025 Capstone 2025: Advancing AI for C2, dynamic targeting, coalition integration The Shadow Operations Center-Nellis, or ShOC-N, concluded its 2025 Experimentation Series with Capstone 2025, a pivotal event designed to enhance joint and coalition interoperability and accelerate progress in command-and-control modernization. As the culminating event of a series of rigorous
Dec. 16, 2025 B-52 crew comfort seating inbound: 49th TES conducts testing AFGSC/A5N – Commercial Capabilities & Integration & Transition Division, the 49th TES, &industry partners completed a flight test Monday, Nov. 3, to evaluate an adaptive seat cushion for the B-52H, designed to reduce fatigue & improve aircrew performance during long-duration missions.
Dec. 15, 2025 Civilian Development provides leadership, growth opportunities The Civilian Development program offers a portfolio of educational and leadership training opportunities for civilians at all levels.
Dec. 5, 2025 AFRL invention deployed by Maryland State Police A mobile medical documentation tool developed by Air Force Research Laboratory researchers is now deployed and being tested on Maryland State Police medevac helicopters. This marks the first time medical providers are using BATDOK to document and transfer civilian patients in the U.S.
Nov. 21, 2025 Building the future fight: Luke Spark Cell expands drone programs Luke Air Force Base is accelerating the future of warfare through an expanding suite of small unmanned aircraft system programs developed by the 56th Fighter Wing Spark Cell. The team of innovators is reshaping how Airmen train, think, and operate in different environments.
Nov. 21, 2025 JetDash: Revolutionizing aerospace ground equipment operations at Offutt AFB Offutt Air Force Base is introducing the mobile application JetDash in hopes to innovate and simplify Aerospace Ground Equipment operations on the flightline. Developed by Technergetics and championed by the Offutt Spark Cell, JetDash is transforming how airmen request and track AGE equipment, with
Nov. 20, 2025 2nd Bomb Wing establishes certified calibration lab to enhance nuclear response capability Barksdale AFB is on track to establish a certified calibration lab for Ludlum radiation meters, making it the only base in Air Force Global Strike Command with this capability & one of two across the Department of War.
Sept. 26, 2025 Streamlining Tactical Communications The 90th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight was given the opportunity to exhibit a project after four years of development at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference in Washington D.C., Sept. 23-24, 2025.
Sept. 26, 2025 Spark Innovations: IRIS A new system called the Integrated Respirator Information System (IRIS) is changing how aircraft maintainers work in confined and hazardous spaces.