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July 28, 2020
Upcoming National Defense Transportation Association-U.S. Transportation Command Fall Meeting offers a comprehensive virtual agenda

Occurring virtually October 5-8, 2020, the National Defense Transportation Association-U.S. Transportation Command Fall Meeting offers a comprehensive agenda for participating U.S. military, government, and industry logisticians that consists of 80 interactive courses, three roundtable discussions,
July 16, 2020
8th annual NDTA-TRANSCOM fall meeting to be conducted virtually October 5-8

Registration opened July 15, 2020, for the eighth annual – and virtual – National Defense Transportation Association and U.S. Transportation Command co-sponsored Fall Meeting, scheduled for October 5-8, 2020.
July 13, 2020
Optimize aviation fuel? The Air Force wants your ideas

In partnership with AFWERX, Air Force Operational Energy has launched an Airmen Powered by Innovation Challenge to solicit ideas on how to optimize aviation fuel for the Air Force, enabling greater combat capability, range, and more efficient operations. The challenge is open to Airmen of all ranks
June 30, 2020
Wing names chief innovation officer to keep up with modernization demand

In an effort to keep up with the demand for innovation, leadership at the 621st Contingency Response Wing recently created a new position to assist the development of innovative ideas and continued process improvement.“Innovation is not a nicety. It’s a necessity,” said Lt. Col. Lindsey Bauer, the
June 11, 2020
Sheltering in place? Pope Airman has you 'covered'

POPE FIELD, N.C. -- Team Pope’s Master Sgt. Andrew Spaulding has an innovative idea that may soon save your life while sheltering in place during a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear incident.Spaulding, section chief of the 43d Air Mobility Squadron, is a semifinalist in the Air Mobility
June 10, 2020
Altus AFB innovation team design shared across service

Due to the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, rapid response actions were required to mitigate the spread of the virus to ensure safe mission contributions. AFWERX, a community of Air Force innovators who strive to connect Airmen to solutions, requested Spark Cell centers across the Air Force to
June 8, 2020
AFWERX to host JADC2 demo event for government users, tech scouts

AFWERX is scheduled to host a digital Joint All-Domain Command and Control prototyping demonstration event during the weeks of June 15 and 22.
May 23, 2020
Innovation keeps frontline medics better protected from COVID-19

Team Travis Airmen prototyped personal protective equipment April 17 to help base medics safely treat and transport potential coronavirus patients. Members of the 60th Medical Group emergency department at David Grant USAF Medical Center joined forces with the 60th Maintenance and the 60th
May 22, 2020
Travis AFB hosts CSO event despite pandemic

The 60th Air Mobility Wing Phoenix Spark innovation cell at Travis AFB virtually hosted its first commercial solutions opening event at the base May 20.
May 5, 2020
There’s an app for that! Mobility allocation planning gets an upgrade

With the help of 21st century software and an agile development team, the process for planning global air mobility allocation got a modern reboot with the scheduling tool, Magellan – and it took less than a year to deploy across Air Mobility Command (AMC). Airmen from the Air Mobility Command

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