AFWERX, the Air Force’s nascent innovation-accelerating startup, will soon roll out four separate challenge activities to expedite tech-driven solutions that will transcend planet Earth.
The accelerator recently unveiled plans to host separate events in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on March 4 and 5 to formally launch four “emerging and unique” space-focused challenges. Though the first day is limited solely to federal insiders, the second will be open to the general public. The four challenges will encompass: global space transport and delivery; space asset resiliency; persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and [Defense Department] commercial space partnerships.
“We're calling on all space operators and members of the space enterprise to articulate your pain points to help shape our outreach for these challenges,” officials wrote in the invite directly to Defense Department insiders. And for industry and academia stakeholders, officials added “this meeting will be a valuable opportunity ... to hear directly from end-users and customers, enabling you to shape your submissions for the upcoming challenges effectively.”
AFWERX refers to its challenge process in the announcement as an “innovative crowdsourcing method” that aims to entice nontraditional vendors to solve the most pressing problems across the Air Force.
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