May 1, 2023 Innovation training empowers Air Force personnel to collaborate with dual-use startups Phase one of the newly restructured Banshee Innovation Training program wrapped up with a challenge statement showcase at the MassChallenge offices in Boston April 27.
May 1, 2023 Hanscom directorates innovate to support SecAF operational imperatives The Digital and Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, and Networks Directorates at Hanscom AFB are developing creative pathways and solutions to support Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall’s operational imperatives.
Feb. 28, 2023 EOD robots are potential confined space lifesavers Generally, Liquid Fuels Maintenance and Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians don’t perform duties simultaneously for safety’s sake, but that’s what happened Feb. 8 near building 825 on Hill AFB.To avoid sending a human into a potentially dangerous confined space to perform a structural integrity
Feb. 22, 2023 DIU partnership leads to valuable contracts for weather team A memorandum of agreement between the Digital Directorate’s Weather Systems Branch and the Defense Innovation Unit gives Hanscom personnel access to a unique, time-saving contracting process.
Feb. 17, 2023 Wright-Patt Airmen participate in German Armed Forces proficiency badge challenge Thirty-five Airmen had the opportunity to participate in the German Armed Forces proficiency badge challenge Jan. 31 through Feb. 3 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Jan. 6, 2023 US, UK partnership demonstrates artificial intelligence technology For the first time, the U.S.’s Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, in partnership with the U.K.’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, or Dstl, demonstrated state-of-the-art artificial intelligence, or AI, technology at two major back-to-back military exercises.
Dec. 13, 2022 2023 Innovation Industry Days open for registration Registration is now open for the 2023 Innovation Industry Days in San Antonio.
Sept. 26, 2022 BYU, Air Force enter new educational partnership to foster ongoing collaboration Brigham Young University and the U.S. Air Force have entered into a five-year agreement that formally authorizes faculty and students to work side by side with Hill Air Force Base personnel on Department of Defense research.
Sept. 8, 2022 Acquisition innovation pilot program helps personnel blaze a new trail Airmen from the Digital and the Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks Directorates here are part of a new acquisition innovation pilot program, which kicked off in Boston Sept. 7.
Aug. 25, 2022 OC-ALC unveils DOD-first in additive manufacturing The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex and Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Propulsion Directorate, along with industry partner General Electric, recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Complex’s second Reverse Engineering and Critical Tooling lab which hosts 3D metal printers