Science & Technology Events

We have observed that scheduling C-17 squadron aircrew is overly time-consuming, manually intensive and increases the chance of human errors, causing unpredictability, and poor work-life balance. It also causes missed training opportunities, and ultimately inefficient use of resources.Our goal is to optimize short-term decisions while taking into account long-term second & third-order effects, ultimately decreasing the time required to prepare schedules, increasing the predictability for increased mission effectiveness.

Like our virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference last September, 2021’s virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium (vAWS2021) will include both live interactive presentations and pre-recorded, on-demand sessions. One new feature will be live-streamed webinars focused on key Mission Domains and the innovations and solutions available from industry.

Experience two days of discussions and gain unique insights into factors transforming the defense market landscape including new innovations in the evolving nature of air, space, and cyber power.

The AF Digital Campaign Integrated Digital Environment (IDE) team (LOE #1) is holding a by-invitation workshop to establish the next instantiation of the AF IDE design. This workshop includes a review of the foundational Tech Stack as a Service (TSaaS) concept, an industry panel discussing the opportunities and challenges of the government owned TSaaS approach, and an update on parallel efforts on the Acquisition and Sustainment Data Package effort.

The Air Force invests years and millions of dollars to train pilots and maintainers at bases around the globe. The Air Force is interested in exploring ways to reduce the cost of training devices/methods and increasing the speed at which trainees can progress through pilot and maintainer training programs, while achieving proper retention of information. The future virtual training environment (VTE) for pilots and maintainers serves as the end-to-end content creation and delivery platform for the program. The VTE also allows third party content development through a variety of secure sandbox environments.
 

The Air Force is seeking to identify innovative Digital Engineering (DE) technologies and processes that aid in transforming AF acquisition from “analog” to “digital” and allow the AF to rapidly and continuously field disruptive capabilities. Digital Engineering depends on the creation of virtual, digital models and environments that are nearly perfect, harnessing their full power to learn and experiment so the actual, physical systems are fully integrated and tested before they are produced. 

In adherence to the Air Force’s three digital acquisition principles (Own the Tech Stack, Warp from Tech Stack to Edge, eCreate before you Aviate), the DE innovations being sought include, but are not limited to virtual work environments, rapid virtual prototyping and demonstration, infrastructure operability, big data management, analysis, and visualization, linking disparate data sources and systems, digital thread and digital twin, advanced architecture tools, cybersecurity, decision analysis, model based systems engineering, model based engineering, software visualization, and cloud/high performance computing (HPC) cost effective infrastructure.

Only open to AFRL personnel and contractors. Part one of our two-part virtual PROACTIVATE training happens 16 March 2021 1:00-5:00pm EST.

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The performance of the United States weapon systems must remain unmatched, ensuring that U.S. military forces have a tactical combat advantage over any adversary in any environmental situation. The Armament Directorate Systems Development Division’s mission is to harvest, mature, demonstrate and transition the best ideas into disruptive national munitions capabilities.

The Department of the Air Force (DAF) Command & Control, Communications and Computers (C4), Globally Integrated Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) and Cyberspace Superiority (Cyber) Service Core Functions (SCFs) community of experts is proud to announce the 2021 C4ISR & Cyber Independent Research and Development (IR&D) Technology Interchange Meetings (TIMs), slated to occur during the week of 22-26 March 2021.

The venue, likely to be either facilities at Joint Base Langley VA or Rome Research Site, Rome NY, is still being reviewed. When finalized, this posting will be updated.

This invitation is open to all industry IR&D and corporate investments, including large corporations, medium-sized and small businesses, as well as academia, National Labs and FFRDCs.

Overview by DCSA team on how SBs can acquire Security Clearances for the employees.

This will be a panel discussion with Laser Shock Peening Engineers reviewing the process with Industry.

Informative webinar on USAF SBIR/STTR program.

Sea-Air-Space brings the U.S. defense industry and key military decision-makers together for three days of informative educational sessions, important policy discussions and a dynamic exhibit hall floor.

Hear from Scott Thompson of Price Waterhouse Coopers. Scott is the author of the annual Aerospace Manufacturing Attractiveness Study ranking Ohio number two in aerospace attractiveness nationwide. Scott will discuss how that determination was made.

The Technology Coast Manufacturing and Engineering Network, TeCMEN, was established by the One Okaloosa EDC in 1989 to be the premier business advocate for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) industries. TeCMEN provides opportunities for innovative collaboration and advanced technical expertise locally, regionally, and in the competitive global marketplace. 

TeCMEN represents more than 40 influential technology, engineering and manufacturing enterprises and key educational and workforce development partners with STEM specializations. This group is comprised of Fortune 500, mid-sized and small local businesses, to include disadvantaged businesses. The TeCMEN member's president, CEO or designated representative meets monthly to discuss business opportunities. These monthly forums allow member companies to remain aware of local business opportunities and to discuss expanding their capabilities through contract-teaming and networking. Throughout the year there are opportunities for guest participation events.

This virtual Collider event brings the United States Air Force and the small
business community together to connect and collaborate. This enables the
opportunity for small business innovation to quickly deliver advanced
technologies to the Air Force.

The theme for AFRL Inspire 2020 is “The Future is Here.” Be prepared to be engaged by world-class researchers about the exciting things they’re doing to bring the future here faster. You’ll also be given tips on how to think about things differently and become more innovative.

A robust, integrated, and flexible roadmap of activities and opportunities that attract, educate and retain a future workforce to support the United States’ objectives for microelectronics and related skills

For 2021, the 64th Annual Fuze Conference has its sights set on the development, production, and performance of fuze advancements as they relate to defense and national security within the time of a global pandemic. While warfare is becoming increasingly complex, the continued and enhanced exploration of fuzing is critical. Through its facilitation of effective and productive collaboration between industry, government, and academia during classified and unclassified sessions, the Fuze Conference advances the field and art of fuzing for the benefit of our current and future warfighters.

Our annual Small Business Technology Transfer and Small Business Innovation Research (STTR/SBIR) event returns for a fourth year! This event will feature loads of handy resources for small businesses, industry, the Air Force, media, venture capitalists, and investors.

AFWERX is scheduled to host a digital Joint All-Domain Command and Control prototyping demonstration event during the weeks of June 15 and 22, 2020 in Las Vegas. The event, stemming from the aforenamed “Multi-Domain Operations Challenge,” will bring together 24 of the 30 invited companies with Air Force and government tech scouts, end users, contracting officers and leadership. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Colter Lease)

Over 1,700 students and faculty will gather in Southern New Mexico for the annual Spaceport America Cup. Drawn by the opportunity to collaborate and compete at a world-class spaceport facility, they represent the best and brightest from more than 150 institutions located all across the world.

DMC is the nation's annual forum for enhancing and leveraging the efforts of engineers, managers, technology leaders, scientists, and policy makers across the defense manufacturing industrial bases. Leaders and manufacturing subject matter experts from government, industry, and academia exchange information and perspectives on defense manufacturing policies, strategic distraction, best practices, funding opportunities, and the latest manufacturing innovations that will benefit our warfighters.

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Tinker and the Primes is the perfect opportunity to make personal connections with Tinker Air Force Base senior leadership and other Oklahoma defense installations senior leaders, dignitaries, and other federal personnel.

The Air Vehicle Technology Symposium is a biennial forum where the air vehicle technical community will gather to present and discuss the latest air vehicle technology advancements and challenges. This Symposium will bring together engineers, scientists, leaders, and operational personnel from throughout the air vehicle community, including the Army, Navy, Air Force, NASA, DARPA, FAA, OSD, air vehicle integrators, component and material suppliers, and academia. The audience is limited to US Citizens only via DD2345.

The 2021 forum will bring together government, military, industry, and academia to discuss the strategic, programmatic, and technical topics and policy issues in aerospace and defense.

Connecting emerging tools and platforms with the global innovation ecosystem. Converging research, corporate, and government leadership seeking solution providers for their sector specific dataset challenges.

We are proud to launch the TechConnect Europe Innovation Conference & Expo, designed to connect top applied research and early-stage technologies from universities, labs and startup with industry and investment end-users and prospectors.