Innovation news

  • Innovation, Technology and Gaming collide May 24-29 at FORCECON 2022

    Airmen and Guardians from across the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force are invited to take part in FORCECON 2022: Innovation – Technology – Gaming, an interactive industry and academia collider event and gaming competition being held at the Tech Port Center and Arena in San Antonio, Texas, May

  • AFIMSC command team seeks Innovation Rodeo ideas

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is seeking ideas for the fourth annual AFIMSC Innovation Rodeo.The call-for-topics campaign, open through June 6, gives military and civilian members of the Department of the Air Force’s mission and

  • Innovative tool links AFRL with relevant technology from small business

    Thanks to Air Force and Space Force Tech Connect, the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, is collaborating with DeepMedia, a small business with technology capable of detecting synthetic media in which a person in an image or video is replaced with the likeness of someone else.

  • DEAMS script averts legacy file failure

    When Microsoft announced earlier this year that legacy Microsoft Office files would block from operating on Air Force computers, many users took it in stride. However, members of the Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System recognized the change could have a significant and potentially

  • Fueling innovation: ‘Project Venom’ wins PACAF Spark Tank

    A team of three 18th Wing Airmen took first place in this year’s Pacific Air Forces Spark Tank, earning $126,000 toward funding for their innovative idea, “Project Venom” during the competition at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 7, 2022.

  • Air Force tests oxygen system for T-7 Red Hawk

    The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Mobility and Training Aircraft Directorate, is currently testing the On-Board Oxygen Generation System (OBOGS) that will go on the T-7 Red Hawk trainer.

  • Robot Dog Reports for Duty

    In December 2021, the Portland Air National Guard Base (PANGB) became the first Air National Guard base to house the innovative technology developed by Ghost Robotics known as the Quadrupedal Unmanned Ground Vehicle (QUGV). This four-legged droid is most commonly referred to as a robot dog. This