AFWERX welcomes companies interested in interacting with Department of the Air Force personnel working on solutions in support of the Secretary of the Air Force’s Operational Imperatives are invited to register for an In-Person Collider event in advance of FedSupernova in Austin, Texas on August 22nd, 2023.

Government personnel from Air Force Special Operations Command, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, and the Air Force Civil Engineer Center will be presenting 10-15 minute problem area pitches related to Operational Imperative #5-Resilient Forward Basing and Operational Imperative #7 Transition to Wartime Posture. These imperatives encompass technology areas such as (fill in with the big ones) which will enable forward bases to continue to operate while under attack as well as ensuring the flow of information, personnel, and materiel continues in those contested environments.

Event Details: 

Location: Capital Factory 8th Floor, 701 Brazos St, Austin, TX 78701

Start Time: 9:00am CST

Pitches will occur in the morning, followed by lunch on your own, and then individual/small group interactions with the government stakeholders in the afternoon

Operational Imperative #5 Resilient Forward Basing: The DAF will complicate the adversary’s plans to target its bases by distributing operations to dispersed locations and improving its ability to sustain and conduct continuing operations while under attack. This will be achieved through a combination of hardening base infrastructure and invoking a combination of concealment, deception, and defenses. This OI furthers the Air Force’s ACE scheme of maneuver by pre-positioning critical materiel at dispersed sites and ensuring resilient communications.

Operational Imperative #7 Transition to Wartime Posture: Efforts to date have focused on making the processes and systems required to mobilize and deploy airmen, guardians, and the rest of the Joint Force more resilient. These include the networks and information systems supporting deployment and movement of forces, information systems and infrastructure critical to logistics flow of materiel and personnel, and critical infrastructure at bases and operations centers. This imperative identifies priority vulnerabilities and capability gaps in these systems necessary to support current and projected operational plans in a contested environment.