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AFWERX, SpaceWERX open new SBIR/STTR solicitations following reauthorization

Allen Franke and First Lt. Sarah Milian, AFWERX program managers, brief attendees during the Warfare Symposium at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center in Aurora, Colorado, Feb. 24, 2026. AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm within the Air Force Research Laboratory, manages the Department’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. Each year, AFWERX awards approximately 1,400 contracts totaling more than $1.4 billion through America’s Seed Fund to support startups and small businesses developing technologies with commercial and defense applications. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

PHOTO BY: Matthew Clouse
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AFWERX, SpaceWERX open new SBIR/STTR solicitations following reauthorization

Allen Franke and First Lt. Sarah Milian, AFWERX program managers, brief attendees during the Warfare Symposium at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center in Aurora, Colorado, Feb. 24, 2026. AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm within the Air Force Research Laboratory, manages the Department’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. Each year, AFWERX awards approximately 1,400 contracts totaling more than $1.4 billion through America’s Seed Fund to support startups and small businesses developing technologies with commercial and defense applications. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

PHOTO BY: Matthew Clouse
VIRIN: 260224-F-CA439-1003.JPG
FULL SIZE: 2.66 MB
Additional Details

CAMERA

ILME-FX3

LENS

FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM

APERTURE

35/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/160

ISO

1250

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

Read More

This photograph is considered public domain and has been cleared for release. If you would like to republish please give the photographer appropriate credit. Further, any commercial or non-commercial use of this photograph or any other DoD image must be made in compliance with guidance found at https://www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations, which pertains to intellectual property restrictions (e.g., copyright and trademark, including the use of official emblems, insignia, names and slogans), warnings regarding use of images of identifiable personnel, appearance of endorsement, and related matters.

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