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WBI Connects AF Maintenance Next Team to New Partners, Closes Gap on Maintainer Shortage

By Jennie Hempstead

WBI Connects AF Maintenance Next Team to New Partners, Closes Gap on Maintainer Shortage
The Air Force has a shortage of trained maintenance crews and this will help them get up to speed and make less mistakes by providing direct reference via augmented reality to the crews.

This is an exploratory project to see if Augmented Reality can be used on the flight line to improve efficiency an...

07.10.19 07:34 PM - Comment(s)
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WBI Partners with AF Explore to Accelerate 2030 Study Response and Bolster Future Capabilities

By Jennie Hempstead

WBI Partners with AF Explore to Accelerate 2030 Study Response and Bolster Future Capabilities

AF Explore will act as the pipeline for pre-developed Vanguard concepts. This pilot program has the potential to accelerate research areas within AFRL, as they become capabilities in collaboration with the Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability (AFWIC) office. The program seeks to develop fiel...

07.10.19 06:18 PM - Comment(s)
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Prototype for Reliable, Non-Invasive Pilot Blood Oximeter Expands to Include Communication System

By Jennie Hempstead

Ms. Devaki Raj, CEO and Founder at CrowdAI, pitches her product to a crowd of small businesses, venture capitalists, and Airmen during the Inaugural Air Force Pitch Day in Manhattan, New York, March 7, 2019. Raj was awarded a same-day contract with the U.S. Air Force during AF Pitch Day. AF Pitch Day is designed as a fast-track program to put companies on one-page contracts and same-day awards with the swipe of a government credit card. The Air Force is partnering with small businesses to help further national security in air, space and cyberspace. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr.)


In 2017 the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Mike Moulton, working with Bob Lee from Wright Brothers Institute and Adam Renner, a former AFRL/RH employee, collaborated to build a physiological monitoring system that could be incorporated with a communication earplug for pilot health monitoring. This ...

01.05.19 02:41 AM - Comment(s)
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Regional Pitch Day Leverages National Event's Success

By Jennie Hempstead

Ms. Devaki Raj, CEO and Founder at CrowdAI, pitches her product to a crowd of small businesses, venture capitalists, and Airmen during the Inaugural Air Force Pitch Day in Manhattan, New York, March 7, 2019. Raj was awarded a same-day contract with the U.S. Air Force during AF Pitch Day. AF Pitch Day is designed as a fast-track program to put companies on one-page contracts and same-day awards with the swipe of a government credit card. The Air Force is partnering with small businesses to help further national security in air, space and cyberspace. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr.)

Last week at the first-ever Air Force Pitch Day in NYC, Air Force Magazine reported "The Air Force awarded 51 initial phase one (Small Business Innovation Research - SBIR) contracts, immediately delivering $3.5 million with the swipe of a government credit card, with another $5.25 million to be...

18.03.19 09:21 PM - Comment(s)
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BATTLE SIGHT: MAKING THE CASE FOR MATCHING VETERAN ENTREPRENEURS, AFRL TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION ACCELERATORS

By Jennie Hempstead

Successful tech startups are the product of expert teams. Subject matter experts understand the technical aspects of the company’s offering. Entrepreneurs have the stamina and passion to build a business from the ground up, along with a keen understanding of the market. When these teams have first-h...

26.06.18 06:30 PM - Comment(s)
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