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 by Ed Adamczyk Washington DC (UPI) Dec 07, 2020
The U.S. Air Force began a five-day virtual event, AFWERX Accelerate, on Monday to highlight its culture of innovation. The event this week will include discussions, interactive sessions and explanations of successful interactions between the Air Force and the private sector. This year the event will highlight planned partnerships in 2021, and 2020 successes of partnerships with industry, interagency and investment innovators, and "disrupters across the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force," an Air Force statement on Monday said. Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett opened the event with a welcome message, and Brig. Gen. Heather L. Pringle, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, and Col. Nathan Diller, AFWERX director, added introductory remarks. AFWERX, started in 2017, specializes in low-funding opportunities to circumvent military bureaucracy and bring private sector entrepreneurs into Air Force programs. It grew from three experiments in innovation to a single organization encouraging breakthroughs in improvement. The program is now divided into three separate efforts, according to the Air Force. AFVentures, the commercial investment arm of the Air Force, is meant to create simple pathways for commercial innovators and private capital investment to help the with Air Force problem-solving. Spark looks to empower enlisted personnel to generate ideas and execute solutions, and Prime identifies new technology sectors with strong commercial potential that could yield significant military and economic advantage.
U.S. Marines conclude cold-weather exercise in Norway Washington DC (UPI) Dec 04, 2020 A six-week Arctic training exercise by a U.S. Marines battalion ended successfully this week, the Marine Corps Forces Europe announced Friday. The 3rd Battalion of the 6th Marine Regiment, the current contingent of the Marines' Rotational Force-Europe, quarantined in Norway for two weeks and then participated in Exercise Reindeer II with Norwegian Army troops. The intensive exercise involved cold-weather and mountain warfare, survival and field training in rugged Arctic conditions. About ... read more
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