Video by Senior Airman Marqus Williams | Defense Media Activity - Air Force | 03.09.2021
The Air Force aims to harness and wield the most optimal forms of artificial intelligence to accomplish all mission-sets of the service with greater speed and accuracy. One way the Air Force aims to accomplish this effort is by embedding innovative Airmen of all ranks and backgrounds into academia and industry across the nation. Graphics: Travis Burcham...
Video by James Kever | Defense Media Activity - Air Force | 05.01.2019
The Air Force is taking action to acquire innovative new technologies quickly. Enter Pitch Day, where industry partners pitch their solutions and can be awarded a contract within minutes....
Video by Burke Baker, Jamie Chapman and Tech. Sgt. Darren Scott | 2D Audiovisual Squadron | 12.20.2018
Established in 2017 by the SECAF and reporting to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, AFWERX is a catalyst for agile Air Force engagement across industry, academia, and non-traditional contributors to create transformative opportunities and foster an Air Force culture of innovation. This video highlights the five products of AFWERX and is the first video in a six-part series providing......
Video by Burke Baker, Jamie Chapman and Tech. Sgt. Darren Scott | 2D Audiovisual Squadron | 12.01.2018
Established in 2017 by the SECAF and reporting to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, AFWERX is a catalyst for agile Air Force engagement across industry, academia, and non-traditional contributors to create transformative opportunities and foster an Air Force culture of innovation. This video discusses how the Air Force is engaging both intra- and entrepreneurs to develop innovative......
Video by Burke Baker, Jamie Chapman and Tech. Sgt. Darren Scott | 2D Audiovisual Squadron | 12.01.2018
Established in 2017 by the SECAF and reporting to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, AFWERX is a catalyst for agile Air Force engagement across industry, academia, and non-traditional contributors to create transformative opportunities and foster an Air Force culture of innovation. Spark Tank is an annual competition where Airmen pitch innovative ideas to top Air Force leadership and......
Video by Burke Baker, Jamie Chapman and Tech. Sgt. Darren Scott | 2D Audiovisual Squadron | 12.01.2018
Established in 2017 by the SECAF and reporting to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, AFWERX is a catalyst for agile Air Force engagement across industry, academia, and non-traditional contributors to create transformative opportunities and foster an Air Force culture of innovation. Spark leverages the ingenuity of Air Force intrapreneurs at the base level and non-traditional partners......
Video by Burke Baker, Jamie Chapman and Tech. Sgt. Darren Scott | 2D Audiovisual Squadron | 12.01.2018
Technology is evolving at a rapid pace, major technology trends that affect our national security will continue to emerge from private industry innovators, and the Air Force's competitive advantage will be our ability to quickly identify, validate, acquire, and integrate those technologies. Technology Accelerators provide startup companies with education, resources, mentorship, and access......
Video by Burke Baker, Jamie Chapman and Tech. Sgt. Darren Scott | 2D Audiovisual Squadron | 12.01.2018
The AFWERX Challenge is where individuals, startups, small businesses, large enterprises, academics and research labs submit solutions to specific challenges that the U.S. Air Force (USAF) launches. AFWERX Challenge is a growing military/business ecosystem. Most of the challenges are open, seeking to facilitate dialogue and collaboration. On open challenges, participants can usually see,......