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WBI, AFRL & FIRST Robotics Challenge Ohio Students Gave Dragons Mascot Wings

By Jennie Hempstead

WBI, AFRL & FIRST Robotics Challenge Ohio Students Gave Dragons Mascot Wings
By: Laura Dempsey

Heater, the bright green, bottom-heavy mascot of the Dayton Dragons, is notably earthbound. That said, he does reside in Dayton, Ohio, where man learned to fly - and he is to all appearances a dragon. Dragons fly. Heater walks, skips, jumps and dances, but Heater doesn’t fly.

The Air...
30.06.22 06:02 PM - Comment(s)
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Latest AFRL Grand Challenge Addresses Large-Format Metal Additive Manufacturing

By Jennie Hempstead

Latest AFRL Grand Challenge Addresses Large-Format Metal Additive Manufacturing
The Air Force Research Laboratory enlisted Wright Brothers Institute to establish, organize and execute a series of Grand Challenges designed to create innovative technologies for Air Force use. Grand Challenges, open to the U.S. public, set ambitious goals that harness science, technology, and inno...
24.03.22 03:50 PM - Comment(s)
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WBI's Open Innovation Challenge Provides Revamped Training Model for B-21 Crews

By Jennie Hempstead

WBI's Open Innovation Challenge Provides Revamped Training Model for B-21 Crews

In late summer 2020, Wright Brothers Institute was put to work on an issue identified by the Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). Training practices for B-21 bomber pilot and maintainer crews had not kept up with technology, creating a bottleneck in keeping the fleet properly manned and trained....

23.02.22 08:27 PM - Comment(s)
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WBI Designs New Approach for UREM Grand Challenge

By Jennie Hempstead

WBI Designs New Approach for UREM Grand Challenge
Wright Brothers Institute has extensive experience developing and executing Grand Challenges for the Air Force Research Laboratory. Grand Challenges are programs that seek to foster collaboration and new partnerships engaged to tackle a specific Department of Defense issue. They attract non-traditio...
10.02.22 03:03 PM - Comment(s)
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WBI Joins AFRL PIAs to Formulate, Guide AFRLs Digital Transformation Strategies

By Jennie Hempstead

The Department of Defense is wholly committed to digital transformation, a long-term proposition that affects every aspect of the nation’s defense.

The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the United States Air Force (USAF), the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) and the Air Force Research Labora...
26.01.22 06:24 PM - Comment(s)
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