5 Aug 2019

AFWERX Fusion, MDO Challenge drive collaboration between industry, military, academia

To better foster a culture of collaboration and innovation within the Air Force, AFWERX Fusion brought more than 1,200 people from business, military and academia as well as close to 120 Multi-Domain Operations Challenge teams and companies together under one roof July 23-24.

5 Aug 2019

Academy cadets’ invention to support battlefield Airmen awarded patents

A team of Air Force Academy cadets took on this exact challenge while completing their mechanical and systems engineering degrees in 2016 and now their technology has been awarded three patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

30 Jul 2019

Air Force brings defense planning into 21st century through modern software

For much of the defense community, the ease and functionality of modern technology is not translated to military planning systems. While cumbersome acquisitions processes, funding issues and security concerns are often valid causes, many Department of Defense processes (and any software associated with them) cannot compete with the technology many Americans use regularly.

25 Jul 2019

Air Force targets drones during latest Pitch Day

The day-long event began with thirteen pitches from businesses, followed by deliberations by Air Force junior officers and civilians, who chose to award Phase 1 small business contracts to every Pitch Day participant. The afternoon included demonstrations from Northeastern University researchers, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and two entrepreneurs selected earlier in the day.

24 Jul 2019

AFMC Airman named one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of 2019

An Air Force selection board at the Air Force’s Personnel Center considered 36 nominees who represented major commands, direct reporting units, field operating agencies and Headquarters Air Force. The board selected the 12 Airmen based on superior leadership, job performance and personal achievements.

21 Jul 2019

Air University hosts AFITC Education and Training Event on multi-domain operations

Hosted by Air University and themed “Cyberpower: Critical to Multi-Domain Operations,” the emphasis of this year’s AFITC will be on education and training in the realm of multi-domain command and control.

18 Jul 2019

Goldfein stresses promise of multi-domain operations, calls it ‘the single most critical’ tool for winning future high-end fights

The complex effort, known as multi-domain operations or MDO, “will change the character of modern warfare” Goldfein said in a closely scrutinized keynote address at the Air and Space Power Conference 2019.

17 Jul 2019

Air University elective broadens SOS students’ research experience

The Air University Advanced Research Elective was first introduced to students in 2018 as a vehicle to foster collaboration between SOS and the rest of the university.

16 Jul 2019

Air Force releases request for proposals for new ICBM system

The request is for the weapon system’s Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase and includes five production lot options to produce and deploy the weapon system.

15 Jul 2019

New cyber defense facility to augment weapons resiliency, threat protection

One of the Air Force’s ongoing challenges is to create processes, infrastructure and capabilities to counter threats to its weapon systems. To address this, organizations are looking at creative ways to forge partnerships and alliances to advance the cyber resiliency of weapon systems by protecting information and eliminating communications barriers.