July 29, 2021 Integrated Digital Environment provides glue for digital campaign The Air Force Materiel Command Digital Campaign Line of Effort #1 focuses on the integrated digital environment. An Integrated Digital Environment consists of a collection of data, models, and tools for collaboration, analysis, and visual representation of work activities across all functional
July 28, 2021 AFMC funds $5 million in additional AFMC We Need efforts The Air Force Materiel Command has released an additional $5 million for projects across the enterprise, continuing the drive towards the goals of the AFMC We Need initiative launched in 2019.
July 12, 2021 ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide’ offers parallels to Air Force digital journey The 1979 classic science fiction comedy, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” by Douglas Adams, provided the inspiration for a recent journal publication exploring the quest to understand the digital engineering realm and its implications for the Air Force future.
July 8, 2021 AFMC plays key role in record Air Force DITPR compliance The Air Force made history recently by becoming the first agency ever to achieve a 100% compliance rating in the Department of Defense Information Technology Portfolio Repository. With nearly 700 IT investments totaling more than $1 billion dollars, Air Force Materiel Command manages one-third of
June 29, 2021 AFMC launches 2022 Spark Tank competition The 2022 Air Force Materiel Command Spark Tank competition launches July 1, and Airmen can submit their innovative, game-changing ideas to compete through September 1, 2021.
June 17, 2021 AFRL’s DSX spacecraft ends orbit with a team celebration After 706 days of successful on-orbit operations, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) spacecraft completed its end of life May 31, exceeding the originally planned mission by nearly a year.
June 16, 2021 Air Force releases Bridge Tanker Sources Sought Announcement The Air Force is seeking companies that have the capability to deliver commercial derivative tanker aircraft to supplement the Air Force tanker aircraft fleet at the end of KC-46A production.
June 16, 2021 Revel in a 'walk through history' at new AFMC uniform exhibit A new, interactive uniform exhibit at the Air Force Materiel Command Headquarters traces the history and evolution of Air Force clothing and the command’s role in the uniform process.
June 14, 2021 Current PCS, household goods affected by supply shortages According to a newly released communiqué from the Air Force’s Personal Property Activity Headquarters, Department of Defense demand this peak (PCS) season has greatly exceeded commercial industry capabilities, largely due to resource constraints associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 14, 2021 Breaking barriers among the ranks WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A few years ago, a Jewish officer helped a Muslim judge advocate general applicant get religious-accommodation rules changed, which paved a new path for more Muslims to serve in the Air Force.On the first day she joined up, Capt. Maysaa Ouza, 88th Air Base