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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)
WBIs SBIR Ventures Provides Valuable Funding, Marketing, Partnerships
The most important aspect of the Wright Brothers Institute’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) SBIR Ventures is finding the “next step” for SBIR technology transition. This is a multifaceted undertaking, including identifying non-SBIR funding, market awareness opportunities, and prototyping ...
27.01.22 06:31 AM - Comment(s)
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)
711th Human Performance Wing Gets its Moneys Worth in Three WBI-led Synthetic Biology Grand Challenges
The trio of AFRL’s Synthetic Biology Grand Challenges has wrapped up on time and on budget, and the architect of the third challenge has become a believer.

Dr. Michael Goodson, research scientist at the laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing, designed the third challenge: GC3: Probiotic for Human ...
03.01.22 10:36 AM - Comment(s)
Gunshots that arent: Exploring the Use of Artificial Sound in Military, Law Enforcement Activity
Engineers at the Air Force Research Lab’s Munitions Directorate wanted to explore the idea of using replicated gunshots for military and possible civilian law-enforcement use.

Real life - logistics, tactics, and strategy - limit the options of the firearms operator with regard to enemy engagement. Th...
27.12.21 05:23 PM - Comment(s)

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