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domain	afwerx.com
summary	AFWERX, as part of the U.S. Space Command's innovation arm within the Department of the Air Force (DAF), focuses on developing emerging technologies aimed at deterring conflicts or winning wars quickly through rapid transition into serviceable capabilities. The AFWERX FY24 Annual Report offers insights and opportunities for collaboration in areas such as funding, challenges open to public participation ("Coming Soon"), new program notices like 25.5E Release (an upcoming Open Topic Phase I Opportunity), Manufacturing Challenge D2P2 focused on commercial innovation partnerships under the Program Year 26.1 STRATFI Notice of Opportunities. AFWERX encourages involvement through various initiatives such as SpaceWERX challenges focusing on resilient military communication, Prime Program Pitch events for problem-solving and design workshops facilitated by government entities aimed at innovators looking to contribute ideas or technologies in a competitive environment (including Open Crowdsourcing), networking opportunities with potential collaborators like Colliders Funding squads, Community Spark Cells, Career Market Research groups; TurboInnovate pitches. The platform serves as an investment channel connecting commercial innovator's efforts and private capital interests for the DAF problem-solving ventures. It functions through different avenues such as internal crowdsourcing (which can also be referred to privately), collaborative venture opportunities open on its website under 'Open Topic Phase I Opportunity', Squadrons Innovation Fund, Community Spark Cells with a focus in Aerospace Research & Development sectors like propulsion systems and sensors. Overall AFWERX serves an essential role for DAF's innovation goals by tapping into talent across academia, industry partners as well as investment communities. The platform facilitates the development of dual-use technologies which can serve both military applications while also possessing commercial viability outside government-funded projects such as those run under TurboInnovate initiatives or internal crowdsourcing ventures within AFWERX itself. In summary: AFWERX is an innovation program connecting academic, industry and private capital partners for developing emerging space-tech solutions to advance DAF's interests in aerospace defense. Key opportunities include annual reports detailing new challenges (e.g., 25.5E Release), funding initiatives like the Squadron Innovation Fund; open topics with Phase I opportunity releases etc.; SpaceWERX focused communication innovations aimed at resilience against interference or jamming efforts, and internal crowdsourcing projects that can result from such collaborations. The AFWERX platform is crucial for transitioning dual-use aerospace technologies to rapidly commercialized products. It provides an investment path bridging innovation gaps between academia (e.g., Aerospace Research & Development) with industry partners by facilitating private capital investments in the form of challenges open topics and internal crowdfunding opportunities within DAF's innovative ecosystem; all while serving its primary role as a deterrent against conflict, winning wars quickly through rapid transition into serviceable capabilities.
title	Home - AFWERX
description	Home - AFWERX
keywords	program, overview, open, spark, topic, cells, prime, challenge, join, force, opportunities, funding, fellowship, transition, commercial, more, ventures
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created	2025-06-14
updated	2025-06-27
summarized	2025-06-27

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