News - Tag innovation

Jan. 9, 2020
Luke AFB team selected to present idea at Spark Tank 2020

Spark Tank also offers Airmen the opportunity to get their ideas in front of key enabling agencies that can share expertise and resources such as funding or personnel for the projects being presented and demonstrate pathways for intrapreneurs to make their initiatives successful.
Dec. 11, 2019
Training the MacGyvers of the Air Force

Spinstra, or Special Instrument Training, has moved out of the Brandenburg Hall to join the 312th Training Squadron, at the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy, giving them more room and opportunity to train the 9S100s, Scientific Application Specialists.
Dec. 9, 2019
AFIMSC innovation streamlines comptroller tasking process

After three years of brainstorming and research, Linda Alcala and her finance operations team have found a way to simplify management of Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Resources Directorate tasks to installation comptroller squadrons.
Nov. 1, 2019
AFIMSC seeks ideas for Innovation Rodeo

The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center kicks off its second annual Innovation Rodeo with a call-for-topics campaign Nov. 1. The campaign, open through Dec. 15, gives military and civilian members of mission support groups worldwide a chance to win part of $1 million in funding and
Oct. 31, 2019
Ideas to transform space warfighting training and innovation workspaces named AETC Spark Tank 2020 Challenge winners

Ideas to transform space warfighting training and how to best build a culture of innovation were named Air Education and Training Command Spark Tank 2020 Challenge winners, officials announced Oct. 31, 2019.
Oct. 24, 2019
Strategic partnership of innovation: PTN, NASA launch two-part collaborative research agreement

Officials from Air Education and Training Command’s Pilot Training Next have established a strategic partnership with NASA, focused on biometric data collection and the application of emerging technology into PTN curriculum that will innovate the student pilot learning environment.
Oct. 23, 2019
Building training innovation

The trainer development center is responsible for modernizing training materials for the Air Force through the most cost-effective methods possible.The cost-effective modernization of training equipment is made possible through the four sections of the trainer development center: the instructional
Oct. 18, 2019
Planning for the future of learning

Presidio of Monterey, Calif. is taking the initiative with the Foreign Language Design Sprint and digging deeper into the science of learning to help improve the way their students learn.
Sept. 16, 2019
Air Force announces newest Red Tail: ‘T-7A Red Hawk’

Acting Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Donovan made the announcement during his speech at the 2019 Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Sept. 16.
Aug. 20, 2019
Airmen, companies tackle mission pain points during AFWERX Spark Collider

At the recent Spark Collider event hosted by AFWERX, more than 150 Airmen representing 50 bases and 200 entrepreneurs representing 100 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I companies joined together to see which missions could match up to an associated business product.