Air Force Virtual Datathon

Event status
22
Feb
Webinarevent ended
Confirmed for Monday, February 22, 2021 - Friday, April 2, 2021
Hosted by AFWERX
Body
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...

SBIR-STTR Summit

Event status
23
Feb
Webinarevent ended
Confirmed for Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Hosted by USAF SBIR/STTR
Body
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program are competitive programs that provide grants to small businesses ready to engage in Federal Research and Development (R&D) that has the potential for commercialization. The SBIR/STTR market is an underutilized land of opportunity.

Mixed Reality Air Refueling Training Challenge

Event status
23
Feb
Webinarevent ended
Confirmed for Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Hosted by AFWERX
Body
AFWERX and the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) are gathering thought leaders and subject matter experts to focus on current and future pilot training challenges and potential best practice solutions to develop a trainer (simulation or something else) which allows pilots to learn the fine motor skills and...

Line of Effort - Integrated Digital Environment (IDE) Workshop

Event status
25
Feb
Webinarevent ended
Confirmed for Thursday, February 25, 2021
Body

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...

B-21 Raider: Training Systems Innovation Challenge

Event status
3
Mar
Webinarevent ended
Confirmed for Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - Thursday, March 4, 2021
Hosted by
Body

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...

Air Force Digital Engineering Pitch Day

Event status
8
Mar
Webinarevent ended
Confirmed for Monday, March 8, 2021 - Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Hosted by USAF SBIR/STTR
Body

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...