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Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the AFWERX-Vegas

Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the AFWERX-Vegas

Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the AFWERX-Vegas grand opening near the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Jan. 11, 2018. AFWERX is an example of how the Air Force continues to change the way it does busin... More

Capt. Jason Taylor, deputy chief of future concepts

Capt. Jason Taylor, deputy chief of future concepts

Capt. Jason Taylor, deputy chief of future concepts and transformations at Air Mobility Command headquarters, briefs summit attendees on AFWERX implementation March 6, 2018. Taylor joined speakers from AFWERX, ... More

Mark Rowland, director of AFWERX Vegas, speaks to a

Mark Rowland, director of AFWERX Vegas, speaks to a

Mark Rowland, director of AFWERX Vegas, speaks to a crowd of attendees at the AFWERX Fusion Experience event in Las Vegas, June 20, 2018. AFWERX Vegas provides a hub for innovators dedicated to making creative ... More

Commentary: Gunfighter innovation empowers Airmen to 'take flight'

Commentary: Gunfighter innovation empowers Airmen to 'take flight'

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Mark Bergmann, 366th Component Maintenance Squadron, inspects 3D printed objects at the AFWERX Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, Oct. 9, 2018. Members from the 366th Fighter Wing attended a w... More

Lt. Col. Justin Elliott, 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron

Lt. Col. Justin Elliott, 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron

Lt. Col. Justin Elliott, 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron director of operations, practices his presentation, Oct. 29, 2018, at AFWERX-Vegas. Elliot’s idea was one of the two to advance to present at the Air C... More

USAFWC hosts Spark Tank prelims at AFWERX-Vegas

USAFWC hosts Spark Tank prelims at AFWERX-Vegas

Maj. Gen. Peter Gersten, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Charles Hoffman, USAFWC command chief, stand with members of the Spark Tank prelims at AFWERX-Vegas, Oct. 29, 2018. Seven ... More

Lt. Col. Kaly, 22nd Attack Squadron director of operations

Lt. Col. Kaly, 22nd Attack Squadron director of operations

Lt. Col. Kaly, 22nd Attack Squadron director of operations and Spark Cell advocate, poses next to wall art at AFWERX-Las Vegas, Nov. 5, 2018. The Sin City Spark Cell brought together Airmen to collaborate, inno... More

A helmet sits turned on at a booth during AFWERX Helmet

A helmet sits turned on at a booth during AFWERX Helmet

A helmet sits turned on at a booth during AFWERX Helmet Challenge at the Enclave Las Vegas, Nev., November 14, 2018. The purpose of AFWERX Las Vegas is to solve problems for the Air Force by getting entrepreneu... More

Maj. Ryan Brewer, right, 14th Flying Training Wing

Maj. Ryan Brewer, right, 14th Flying Training Wing

Maj. Ryan Brewer, right, 14th Flying Training Wing Spark Cell director, discusses what the Columbus Air Force Base (Miss.) Spark Cell is doing to create a culture of innovation with attendees at the AFWERX Spar... More

A participant of the Female Flight Equipment Workshop

A participant of the Female Flight Equipment Workshop

A participant of the Female Flight Equipment Workshop writes down the issues women experience with current urinary devices at AFWERX Vegas, Las Vegas, January 30, 2019. Many of the uniform issues women experien... More

USAF pays first startup using GPC

USAF pays first startup using GPC

The Air Force facilitated it’s first transfer of funds to a startup company with a government purchase card following the issue of a $59,994 Small Business Innovation Research contract on Feb. 2, 2019. (Courtesy Photo)

The AFWERX Austin Hub, in collaboration with Lean Six

The AFWERX Austin Hub, in collaboration with Lean Six

The AFWERX Austin Hub, in collaboration with Lean Six Sigma Black Belts from Air Education and Training Command and subject matter experts from Defense Innovation Unit, hosted a problem-definition workshop for ... More

Engagement leads to mission enhancement for Hanscom PEOs

Engagement leads to mission enhancement for Hanscom PEOs

Capt. Victoria Wyler, left, executive officer for Program Executive Officer Digital at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., discusses Air Force Pitch Day at the MassChallenge Safety and Security Track Roundtable even... More

Contracting officers gather during Pro Bowl to award contracts

Contracting officers gather during Pro Bowl to award contracts

A group of 20 hand-picked contracting officers issued 190 Small Business Innovation Research contracts worth a combined total of approximately $73 million in a little over one week during an event called Pro Bo... More

Joey Arora, AFWERX Community Development Director hosts

Joey Arora, AFWERX Community Development Director hosts

Joey Arora, AFWERX Community Development Director hosts a professional development seminar on innovation at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, March 14, 2019. Arora previously served in the U.S. Air Force and now w... More

Inland Spark Hub, Washington State

Inland Spark Hub, Washington State

U.S. Air Force Col. J. Scot Heathman, 92nd Air Refueling Wing vice commander, holds up a logo idea for the new ‘Inland Spark’ thinker space being built at the Red Morgan Center at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash... More

Airmen participate in the Defense Executive Technology

Airmen participate in the Defense Executive Technology

Airmen participate in the Defense Executive Technology Entrepreneur Course hosted by AFWERX and Dcode in Austin, Texas, March 27, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jordyn Fetter)

U.S. Air Force sheet metal technicians with the 116th

U.S. Air Force sheet metal technicians with the 116th

U.S. Air Force sheet metal technicians with the 116th and 461st Air Control Wing(s) aircraft structural maintenance sections secure a cowling on the newly-created cowling fixture table April 3, 2019, at Robins ... More

William Allen, co-founder of Harpoon Ventures, briefs

William Allen, co-founder of Harpoon Ventures, briefs

William Allen, co-founder of Harpoon Ventures, briefs senior leaders on the opportunities that AFWERX provides to Airmen during the Collider Demo April 10, 2019, at Beale Air Force Base, California. Senior non-... More

Tech Sgt. Chelsea Koch and Staff Sgt. Debraca Williams

Tech Sgt. Chelsea Koch and Staff Sgt. Debraca Williams

Tech Sgt. Chelsea Koch and Staff Sgt. Debraca Williams from the 366th Fighter Wing Judge Advocate delve into their innovation problem statement using sticky notes. Sticky notes provide a quick and visual way to... More

Fixed-wing aircrew equipment, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada

Fixed-wing aircrew equipment, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada

At an informal celebration at the AFWERX Vegas Innovation Hub earlier this month, U.S. Air Force personnel took delivery of four helmet designs that may each represent the next generation of fixed-wing aircrew ... More

Gabe Mounce, Air Force Research Laboratory technical

Gabe Mounce, Air Force Research Laboratory technical

Gabe Mounce, Air Force Research Laboratory technical engagement office economic development lead, lectures on innovation at the Kirtland Spark Innovation Workshop in Albuquerque, N.M., June 5, 2019. The Kirtlan... More

Attendees of the Project NEXUS kickoff event sign in

Attendees of the Project NEXUS kickoff event sign in

Attendees of the Project NEXUS kickoff event sign in at the AFWERX Austin Hub July 8, 2019. NEXUS, a tech boot camp, will train Airmen from various backgrounds in data, software development and application desi... More

Capt. Maggie Kealy-Machella, 366th Fighter Wing public

Capt. Maggie Kealy-Machella, 366th Fighter Wing public

Capt. Maggie Kealy-Machella, 366th Fighter Wing public affairs officer and AFWERX marketing member, speaks to a group of public affairs workshop attendees at the AFWERX Vegas Hub in Las Vegas July 22, 2019. (U.... More

Master Sgt. Jonathan Maas, Technology Integration Detachment

Master Sgt. Jonathan Maas, Technology Integration Detachment

Master Sgt. Jonathan Maas, Technology Integration Detachment representative with U.S. Air Forces in Europe–Air Forces Africa and 2019 Spark Tank winner, speaks with other AFWERX Fusion attendees during the even... More

Invitees to the AFWERX Multi-Domain Operations Challenge

Invitees to the AFWERX Multi-Domain Operations Challenge

Invitees to the AFWERX Multi-Domain Operations Challenge demonstration day pose on stage for a group photo during AFWERX Fusion 2019 on July 24 in Las Vegas. The challenge prompted teams and companies to submit... More

Schriever promotes innovation, AFWERX and iWar

Schriever promotes innovation, AFWERX and iWar

The 50th Space Wing leadership is seeking ideas or proposals from Airmen throughout the wing through its Innovative Warfighters Advancing Readiness program. iWar is the base’s version of AFWERX. (U.S. Air Force... More

Tech. Sgt. Cynthia Ward, 7th Equipment Maintenance

Tech. Sgt. Cynthia Ward, 7th Equipment Maintenance

Tech. Sgt. Cynthia Ward, 7th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment support section NCO in charge, talks about the automated AGE tracking system during an AFWERX inaugural Spark Collider even... More

Kevin Landtroop, Capital Factory venture partner, speaks

Kevin Landtroop, Capital Factory venture partner, speaks

Kevin Landtroop, Capital Factory venture partner, speaks on a panel about the symbiosis between startups, government, and venture capital during the first-ever Spark Collider at the AFWERX Austin Hub Aug 14, 20... More

Elevator pitch perfect for MacDill Airman

Elevator pitch perfect for MacDill Airman

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman William Eldridge, a 6th Contracting Squadron contracting specialist poses for a photo Aug. 15, 2019 at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. Eldridge supported Air Force level Small Busines... More

TMDx conducted a visit to Camp Mabry from Secretary

TMDx conducted a visit to Camp Mabry from Secretary

TMDx conducted a visit to Camp Mabry from Secretary of the Air Force, Barbara M. Barrett, in order to facilitate joint National Guard and Air Force innovation initiatives on August 20, 2020. The visit also incl... More

AFRL reimagines tech development with virtual reality

AFRL reimagines tech development with virtual reality

Dr. Michael Gregg (left), director of the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate, uses a mixed-reality application to change the tire on a Wright Cycle Company bicycle as Capt. David Eisens... More

A group of Airmen from Travis Air Force Base, California,

A group of Airmen from Travis Air Force Base, California,

A group of Airmen from Travis Air Force Base, California, and representatives from numerous technology companies tour the exterior of a KC-10 Extender Sept. 27, 2019, on the Travis flight line. The tour was a p... More

Briefing Project NEXUS capstones

Briefing Project NEXUS capstones

Santos Bonilla, Project NEXUS student and Air Force Office of Special Investigations agent, presents one of the Project NEXUS capstone projects during the graduation on Nov. 4, 2019. Designed by the Air Educati... More

Maj. (now Lt. Col) Mathew Joseph, 136th Civil Engineering

Maj. (now Lt. Col) Mathew Joseph, 136th Civil Engineering

Maj. (now Lt. Col) Mathew Joseph, 136th Civil Engineering Squadron commander, and Airman 1st Class Kenneth Velez, 136th Airlift Wing Enlisted Advisory Council president, participate in Innovation Brown Bag lunc... More

The 90th Missile Wing LaunchWERX teams up with Tech.

The 90th Missile Wing LaunchWERX teams up with Tech.

The 90th Missile Wing LaunchWERX teams up with Tech. Sgt. Haisen Exon, 90th Missile Maintenance Squadron, Facilities Maintenance Section, support section NCOIC, to launch an idea to use bump caps to prevent fut... More

Maj. Michael Vernale, Mental Health Flight commander,

Maj. Michael Vernale, Mental Health Flight commander,

Maj. Michael Vernale, Mental Health Flight commander, displays the equipment for future video medical care offered at each missile alert facility at the F.E. Warren Air Force Base Clinic, Wyoming, Dec. 18, 2019... More

Airmen at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar present their

Airmen at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar present their

Airmen at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar present their ideas to judges during the first-ever AFWERX Desert Spark Tank event in the U.S. Air Forces Central Command area of responsibility on Dec. 10, 2019. The Desert... More

AFMC seeks innovative ideas through Ideascale Campaign

AFMC seeks innovative ideas through Ideascale Campaign

To support the drive to deliver what the Air Force needs at the speed of relevance, Airmen and civilians from across the enterprise are invited to submit innovative ideas and solutions to improve the AFMC missi... More

Rory Keogh, top center, president and chief executive

Rory Keogh, top center, president and chief executive

Rory Keogh, top center, president and chief executive officer for Scaled Power, gives a presentation on mobile power generators at Scaled Power’s test facility in San Francisco, California, Feb. 3, 2020. The mo... More

Spark Tank 2020, US Air Force Photo

Spark Tank 2020, US Air Force Photo

Spark Tank is an annual event where Airmen are selected to pitch innovative ideas to top Air Force leadership and a panel of industry experts to receive support and resources for implementation. The selection p... More

High Rollers among first Guard units to launch AFWERX spark cell

High Rollers among first Guard units to launch AFWERX spark cell

Earlier this month, the 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard, became the newest unit to develop an AFWERX spark cell with the creation of "Silver State Spark." About 70 spark cells launched around the ... More

The Air Force aims to up the impact of its string of

The Air Force aims to up the impact of its string of

The Air Force aims to up the impact of its string of Pitch Day events in 2019 by introducing the first-ever Pitch Bowl and Spark Collider combo from March 10 to 12 in Austin, Texas. The three-day event will bri... More

Spark Tank 2020 winners lift their trophy during the

Spark Tank 2020 winners lift their trophy during the

Spark Tank 2020 winners lift their trophy during the Spark Tank competition in Orlando, Florida, Feb. 28, 2020. The Low-cost Threat Emitter Replication and the Weapons Loading Smart Checklist were the winning i... More

U.S. Air Force AFVentures fellows pose for a photo

U.S. Air Force AFVentures fellows pose for a photo

U.S. Air Force AFVentures fellows pose for a photo at Brit + Co Headquarters in Mill Valley, Calif., March 11, 2020. The fellows met with Brit Morin, the company’s founder and CEO, and Anjelika Temple, the co-f... More

Maj. Tony Perez, left, AFWERX Spark lead, and Maj.

Maj. Tony Perez, left, AFWERX Spark lead, and Maj.

Maj. Tony Perez, left, AFWERX Spark lead, and Maj. Kinsley Jordan, Vance Air Force Base Spark Cell lead, speak during the virtual Spark Collider and Pitch Bowl event in Austin, Texas, March 12, 2020. In the spa... More

Members of the 27th Special Operations Group unbox

Members of the 27th Special Operations Group unbox

Members of the 27th Special Operations Group unbox personal protective equipment received through a pilot initiative called the Air Force Rapid Agile Manufacturing Platform at Cannon Air Force Base, NM., April ... More

AFWERX Fusion 2020 registration announced

AFWERX Fusion 2020 registration announced

AFWERX, the U.S. Air Force’s innovation arm and catalyst for fostering innovation within the Air Force, announced registration is now live for the AFWERX Fusion 2020 Base of the Future virtual event, July 28 to... More

Spark Tank 2021 - The spark tank logo on a dark background

Spark Tank 2021 - The spark tank logo on a dark background

Spark Tank is now accepting submissions for the 2021 campaign from July 1 to October 16, 2020. The annual campaign is designed to spur and empower innovative ideas from Airmen to further strengthen Air Force cu... More

AFWERX TeamUP Event with AFRL for Agility Prime

AFWERX TeamUP Event with AFRL for Agility Prime

The new expanded AFWERX team will host their first-ever virtual TeamUp event with the Air Force Research Laboratory from July 15 to 16. This event will provide an opportunity for America’s most innovative small... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. David Popp, 44th Aerial

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. David Popp, 44th Aerial

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. David Popp, 44th Aerial Port Squadron assistant aerial port manager, signs onto a newly installed computer at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 28, 2020. The Reserve Citizen Airman ... More

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass,

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass,

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass, Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. listen to Air Force major command innovation representatives... More

U.S. Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, right, Air

U.S. Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, right, Air

U.S. Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, right, Air Mobility Command commander, and Staff Sgt. Kate Vojtko, 921st Contingency Response Squadron ramp coordinator, prepare to ride in an RZR during a tour of the ... More

Safety powered through Innovation

Safety powered through Innovation

Airman 1st Class Colton Walls, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron electrical power production technician, poses for a photo at the innovation lab Sep. 1, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Walls submitted his... More

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition,

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition,

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Will Roper (left) hosts an online "Ask Me Anything" with AFWERX Director Col. Nate Diller to discuss AFVentures, the Pentagon, Wash... More

Staff Sgt. Gerard Arceneaux, founder of YokoWERX and

Staff Sgt. Gerard Arceneaux, founder of YokoWERX and

Staff Sgt. Gerard Arceneaux, founder of YokoWERX and 374th Force Support Squadron manpower analyst, shows Col. Andrew Campbell, 374th Airlift Wing commander, a 3D design in the newly-opened innovation lab at Yo... More

Kayoko Seta, 374th Contracting Squadron contracting

Kayoko Seta, 374th Contracting Squadron contracting

Kayoko Seta, 374th Contracting Squadron contracting specialist, experiences augmented reality for the first time in the newly-opened innovation lab at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 25, 2020. The Dojo is now ope... More

PACAF innovation lab ‘The Dojo’ now open

PACAF innovation lab ‘The Dojo’ now open

Finley Wilson, son of Master Sgt. Daniel Wilson, 5th Air Force intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and cyber effects operations superintendent, plays with a 3D print of a CV-22 Osprey in the newly-opened... More

Wing1Werx Innovation Lab opens in contracting squadron on base

Wing1Werx Innovation Lab opens in contracting squadron on base

Senior Airman Alexander Luttrell, 341st Contracting Squadron contracting specialist, tests drafting software with a virtual reality headset in the Wing1Werx Innovation Lab, Dec 15, 2020, at Malmstrom Air Force ... More

Scadlock seeks innovation to support today's warfighter

Scadlock seeks innovation to support today's warfighter

1st Lt. Ryan Scadlock, an Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Officer assigned to the 274th Air Support Operations Squadron, 107th Attack Wing, New York Air National Guard, works remotely during an A... More

Staff Sgt. Zach Pennington, 775th Explosive Ordnance

Staff Sgt. Zach Pennington, 775th Explosive Ordnance

Staff Sgt. Zach Pennington, 775th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight, wears an eletroencephalogram helmet during a mindset training session inside an Infinity Cube at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Jan. 22, 2021. T... More

Vice President Mike Pence takes a selfie with Airmen

Vice President Mike Pence takes a selfie with Airmen

Vice President Mike Pence takes a selfie with Airmen after speaking at the AFWERX-Vegas grand opening near the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Jan. 11, 2018. This is the first AFWERX storefront to open since Se... More

Attendees of the Spark Innovation Summit at Travis

Attendees of the Spark Innovation Summit at Travis

Attendees of the Spark Innovation Summit at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., wait during a pause between briefings March 6, 2018. Among those who attended the summit were members of senior leadership from every M... More

A sign warns drivers to stop for active barriers at

A sign warns drivers to stop for active barriers at

A sign warns drivers to stop for active barriers at a gate on Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, June 20, 2018. Active vehicle barriers are imperative for base security. Improving perimeter security was the main fo... More

Maj. Gen. Peter Gersten, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center

Maj. Gen. Peter Gersten, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center

Maj. Gen. Peter Gersten, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Charles Hoffman, USAFWC command chief, listen to an idea presentation Oct. 29, 2018, at AFWERX-Vegas. Gersten and Hoffman ... More

Lt. Col. Kaly, 22nd Attack Squadron director of operations

Lt. Col. Kaly, 22nd Attack Squadron director of operations

Lt. Col. Kaly, 22nd Attack Squadron director of operations and Spark Cell advocate, writes reasons that Airmen attended the Spark Cell at AFWERX-Las Vegas, Nov. 5, 2018. The off-site program served as an opport... More

An Airman tries on a prototype for a helmet concept

An Airman tries on a prototype for a helmet concept

An Airman tries on a prototype for a helmet concept in the AFWERX Helmet Challenge at the Enclave Las Vegas, Nev., November 14, 2018. Thirty-seven companies from North America, Europe and Australia attended the... More

Maj. Ryan Brewer (far left), 14th Flying Training Wing

Maj. Ryan Brewer (far left), 14th Flying Training Wing

Maj. Ryan Brewer (far left), 14th Flying Training Wing Spark Cell director, discusses what the Columbus Air Force Base (Miss.) Spark Cell is doing to create a culture of innovation with attendees at the AFWERX ... More

Steve Trainor, Google employee, speaks to Capt. Daniel,

Steve Trainor, Google employee, speaks to Capt. Daniel,

Steve Trainor, Google employee, speaks to Capt. Daniel, 944th Fighter Wing chaplain, after a panel at Google, Mountain View, California, Jan. 28, 2019. Innovation Immersion participants were able to ask a panel... More

Participants of the Female Flight Equipment Workshop

Participants of the Female Flight Equipment Workshop

Participants of the Female Flight Equipment Workshop discuss the advantages and disadvantages of multiple piece of body armor at AFWERX Vegas, Las Vegas, January 30, 2019. Throughout the workshops, aviators par... More

52nd Fighter Wing leadership brainstorm ideas during

52nd Fighter Wing leadership brainstorm ideas during

52nd Fighter Wing leadership brainstorm ideas during a professional development seminar at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, March 14, 2019. The seminar was part of a visit by Joey Arora, AFWERX Community Developm... More

Airmen participate in the Defense Executive Technology

Airmen participate in the Defense Executive Technology

Airmen participate in the Defense Executive Technology Entrepreneur Course hosted by AFWERX and Dcode in Austin, Texas, March 27, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jordyn Fetter)

U.S. Air Force sheet metal technicians with the 116th

U.S. Air Force sheet metal technicians with the 116th

U.S. Air Force sheet metal technicians with the 116th and 461st Air Control Wing(s) aircraft structural maintenance sections secure a cowling on the newly-created cowling fixture table April 3, 2019, at Robins ... More

Representatives and CEOs from multiple companies brief

Representatives and CEOs from multiple companies brief

Representatives and CEOs from multiple companies brief Beale senior leaders on the type of technology they have to offer during the Collider Demo April 10, 2019, at Beale Air Force Base, California. One piece o... More

AFWERX Fusion is bringing together small business,

AFWERX Fusion is bringing together small business,

AFWERX Fusion is bringing together small business, entrepreneurs, and academia in one space to collaborate and bring innovative solutions to prominent military focus areas including Multi-Domain Operations from... More

Airman First Class Aaron Brunson, member of the 366th

Airman First Class Aaron Brunson, member of the 366th

Airman First Class Aaron Brunson, member of the 366th Fighter Wing Aerospace Medicine Squadron, writes down his perspective of his problem on sticky notes. Sticky notes help explore complex concepts quickly and... More

Airman 1st Class Valric Suyom, a recent graduate of

Airman 1st Class Valric Suyom, a recent graduate of

Airman 1st Class Valric Suyom, a recent graduate of the Security Forces apprentice course, participates in a use of force training scenario in the Multiple Interactive Learning Objectives (MILO) simulator at Jo... More

Project NEXUS students attend the course welcome event

Project NEXUS students attend the course welcome event

Project NEXUS students attend the course welcome event at the AFWERX-Austin hub, Texas, July 8, 2019. Designed by the Air Education and Training Command Technology Integration Detachment, the beta test program ... More

Dae Hwan Kim, 51st Fighter Wing public affairs specialist,

Dae Hwan Kim, 51st Fighter Wing public affairs specialist,

Dae Hwan Kim, 51st Fighter Wing public affairs specialist, holds a paper with the word he used to describe “Air Force innovation” during a public affairs workshop at the AFWERX Vegas Hub in Las Vegas July 22, 2... More

An attendee photographs a presentation by Nick Nilan,

An attendee photographs a presentation by Nick Nilan,

An attendee photographs a presentation by Nick Nilan, director of public sector product development with Verizon, during AFWERX Fusion 2019 on July 24 in Las Vegas. The annual event featured speakers, panels an... More

Col. Randy Gordon, AFWERX test and evaluation lead,

Col. Randy Gordon, AFWERX test and evaluation lead,

Col. Randy Gordon, AFWERX test and evaluation lead, speaks to a sold-out audience of 1200 registered innovators from the military, business, academia, investment and more at AFWERX Fusion 2019 held in Las Vegas... More

Two Airmen talk with a Phase I Small Business Innovation

Two Airmen talk with a Phase I Small Business Innovation

Two Airmen talk with a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research entrepreneur of the program during the first-ever Spark Collider at the AFWERX Austin Hub Aug 14, 2019. The event connected approximately 100 Ph... More

TMDx conducted a visit to Camp Mabry from Secretary

TMDx conducted a visit to Camp Mabry from Secretary

TMDx conducted a visit to Camp Mabry from Secretary of the Air Force, Barbara M. Barrett, in order to facilitate joint National Guard and Air Force innovation initiatives on August 20, 2020. The visit also incl... More

Tech. Sgt. Cynthia Ward, 7th Equipment Maintenance

Tech. Sgt. Cynthia Ward, 7th Equipment Maintenance

Tech. Sgt. Cynthia Ward, 7th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment support section NCO in charge, is working on an automated AGE tracking system that can save the unit an average of 40 man h... More

AFWERX facilities are co-located with the host company,

AFWERX facilities are co-located with the host company,

AFWERX facilities are co-located with the host company, Capitol Factory, in downtown Austin, Texas, as shown here on the fifth floor September 5, 2019. The AFWERX members and affiliate companies have access to ... More

Representatives from the technology industry address

Representatives from the technology industry address

Representatives from the technology industry address a group of Airmen during a “Spark Collider” event Sept. 27, 2019, at Travis Air Force Base, California. The event was a single-day symposium in which members... More

Tech. Sgt. Haisen Exon, 90th Missile Maintenance Squadron,

Tech. Sgt. Haisen Exon, 90th Missile Maintenance Squadron,

Tech. Sgt. Haisen Exon, 90th Missile Maintenance Squadron, Facilities Maintenance Section, support section NCOIC, shows the bump cap insert and how it inserts into a normal cap on F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming, Nov.... More

Airmen at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar present their

Airmen at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar present their

Airmen at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar present their ideas to judges during the first-ever AFWERX Desert Spark Tank event in the U.S. Air Forces Central Command area of responsibility on Dec. 10, 2019. The Desert... More

2nd Lt. Erik Baskin, Systems Flight commander, 90th

2nd Lt. Erik Baskin, Systems Flight commander, 90th

2nd Lt. Erik Baskin, Systems Flight commander, 90th Health Care Operations Squadron, and Master Sgt. Renelyn Pagan, Operational Medicine flight chief, 90th Operations Medical Readiness Squadron, demonstrate how... More

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Jack Robinson, 821st Contingency

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Jack Robinson, 821st Contingency

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Jack Robinson, 821st Contingency Response Support Squadron civil engineer officer, and Greg Thomas, Scaled Power lead propulsion engineer, observe the turbo generator demonstration which ... More

The Air Force aims to up the impact of its string of

The Air Force aims to up the impact of its string of

The Air Force aims to up the impact of its string of Pitch Day events in 2019 by introducing the first-ever Pitch Bowl and Spark Collider combo from March 10 to 12 in Austin, Texas. The three-day event will bri... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Daniel Caban, 1st Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Daniel Caban, 1st Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Daniel Caban, 1st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, poses with his Air Force Spark Tank Finalist award during the Spark Tank competition in Orlando, Florida, Feb. 28, 2020. Cab... More

U.S. Air Force AFVentures fellows take part in a meeting

U.S. Air Force AFVentures fellows take part in a meeting

U.S. Air Force AFVentures fellows take part in a meeting with Brian O’Malley, a partner at Forerunner Ventures in San Francisco, Calif., March 4, 2020. The fellows learned about the firm’s portfolio and how to ... More

Minh Vu, Capital Factory program manager, manages a

Minh Vu, Capital Factory program manager, manages a

Minh Vu, Capital Factory program manager, manages a room during the virtual Spark Collider and Pitch Bowl event in Austin, Texas, March 12, 2020. In the span of three days, the U.S. Air Force and its joint part... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. David Popp, 44th Aerial

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. David Popp, 44th Aerial

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. David Popp, 44th Aerial Port Squadron assistant aerial port manager, attempts to log on to the recently added computer workspace at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 28, 2020. The R... More

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr.,

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr.,

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass receive a brief from Lt. Col. Matthew Scott, AFWERX Austin d... More

U.S. Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, Air Mobility

U.S. Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, Air Mobility

U.S. Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, Air Mobility Command commander, center, listens to Col. Corey Simmons, 60th Air Mobility Wing commander, during a mission brief at Travis Air Force Base, California, Au... More

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition,

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition,

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Will Roper (left) hosts an online "Ask Me Anything" with AFWERX Director Col. Nate Diller to discuss AFVentures, the Pentagon, Wash... More

Master Sgt. Kenneth Martin, 753rd Special Operations

Master Sgt. Kenneth Martin, 753rd Special Operations

Master Sgt. Kenneth Martin, 753rd Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron production superintendent helps put augmented reality goggles on Col. Andrew Campbell, 374th Airlift Wing commander, in the new... More

Master Sgt. Kenneth Martin, 753rd Special Operations

Master Sgt. Kenneth Martin, 753rd Special Operations

Master Sgt. Kenneth Martin, 753rd Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron production superintendent, left, and Master Sgt. Joseph Lilly, 374th Airlift Wing weapons safety manager, right, set up an augm... More

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