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WBI’s Customized Machine Learning Analytics Provides Big Data Insights for Air Force Decision-Makers

By Jennie Hempstead

When sequestration hit Wright Patterson Air Force Base in 2013, hard decisions had to be made. Beginning in March of that year, 42 percent of the $37.2 billion in defense spending cuts impacted areas like procurement, research and development, along with testing and evaluation. Leadership had to mak...

01.05.19 04:07 AM - 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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WBI Educates Small Business Community on the Connections between Collaboration, Cyber Security and Intellectual Property Protection

By Jennie Hempstead


Cyber exploitation is now a key element of harvesting intellectual property from the U.S. military. The Director of National Intelligence specifically identified defense contractors and communications firms as the primary focal points of China in his testimony to the Senate Select Committee on Intel...

24.04.19 02:42 AM - Comment(s)
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WBI Presents Second Annual Bench-to-Business Showcase

By Jennie Hempstead

WBI Presents Second Annual Bench-to-Business Showcase

“How can we feed the pipeline?” Mr. Tom Lockhart, (Director, Plans & Programs) at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) asked this question at the 2018 Bench-to-Business Event, hosted by Wright Brothers Institute on November 7. The Air Force knows that getting technology-based capabilities to...

10.04.19 03:20 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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