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Program Executive Office-Rotary Wing (PEO-RW) Collaboration Event

Request to Attend NLT 25 October 2023

LANDWERX Tech Thursday

October 12 @3:00 to 5:00 PM CT

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Unleashing Opportunities for Innovators: The Ratio Ecoverse

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Commercialization

Opportunities

Peel-and-Adhere Photonic Crystal

A low-cost photonic crystal film that can be fastened to a curved or flat surface by an adhesive substance for the purpose of altering the optical properties of the surface.

Plasmonic-Photonic Biomimicking Sensor for Airborne Agent Detection

AFRL/RW has modeled a small form factor, reusable sensor to detect the presence of various airborne agents. This novel technology is an alternate approach to the “smellicoptor” that was designed to use moth antennas to detect airborne chemicals.

USAF96 Steel

AFRL/RW has developed a Low Alloy High Performance Steel commonly referred to as “USAF-96”. This carbon steel composition does not contain Tungsten (W) or Cobalt (Co) and contains low amounts of Nickel (Ni) and can be manufactured through a variety of standard, commercial production techniques, including air-melt production.

Touch-Based Tracking System and Method

AFRL/RW has developed a touch-based tracking system and method which allows real-time fusion of data from human and machine sources, filtered through a graphical user interface (GUI) to enable target tracking in a complex environment.

Hexagonal Efficient Coordinated System (HECS)

HECS, an AFRL/RW patent that enables production of higher resolution digital images by utilizing a hexagonal formation. The enhanced images are able to retain their original file size and thus do not require additional storage space.

Our

Ecosystems

LANDWERX

The agricultural cooperative transforming the economic and societal value placed on farms among the food value chain, proudly announce the launch of LANDWERX, a first-of-its-kind agriculture innovation hub and the latest addition to the DEFENSEWERX network.

ENERGYWERX

DOE’s innovation hub, ENERGYWERX will address DOE needs and provide a platform for cooperative teaming and innovation. In collaboration with DOE, ENERGYWERX will work with Academia, Industry, and National Labs to discover, engage, and accelerate novel solutions in support of DOE.

DHS S&T (HSWERX)

The Pilot DHS Innovation Hub was created under a Partnership Intermediary Agreement between DEFENSEWERX and the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology.

Doolittle Institute

Doolittle Institute (DI), an Air Force Research Laboratory (ARFL) Institute, supports the AFRL Munitions Directorate (RW) by working to license and commercialize AFRL/RW technologies in the private sector through technology transfer, identifying and fostering new relationships through innovation and collaboration, and developing today’s students into tomorrow’s STEM workforce.

SOFWERX

SOFWERX is a platform that helps solve challenging Warfighter problems at scale through collaboration, ideation, events, and rapid prototyping

One Nation Innovation

Publishing new U.S. Army based challenge opportunities in real-time. As a Non-Profit Company, ONI specializes in creating Public-Private Partnerships that focus on fostering an Open Innovation Ecosystem.

Tech Transaction

Providing information on opportunities in the federal government contracting/procurement landscape. This includes information on federal contracts for bid, information on SBIR/STTR programs, government grants, and historical data on previously awarded government contracts.

Tradewind

Join the Department of Defense’s Gateway to Innovation accelerating the DoD's adoption of Data, Analytics, and AI to generate decision advantage from the boardroom to the battlefield. CDAO's Tradewind is DoD's framework to find, fund, and develop solutions to challenges in the artificial intelligence/machine learning, digital, and data analytics space.

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Open Challenges

& Innovation Opportunities

The following challenges are available today for you to respond to.

Air-launched Loiter Munition (ALM) Collaboration Event (CE)

SOFWERX

SOFWERX will host a series of events to demonstrate and integrate Air-launched Loiter Munition (ALM) capabilities. These engagements with Industry, Academia, and Government Labs, will help USSOCOM identify potential material solutions and investigate trade-space.

Request to attend NLT 10/12/2023

Submit NLT 10/25/2023

TSA Resource Optimization Assessment Event (AE)

HSWERX

HSWERX is hosting an Assessment Event (AE) centered around Resource Optimization for the TSA’s Innovation Task Force (TSA ITF). The purpose of this AE is to allow TSA ITF to assess technologies demonstrated by potential solution providers.

Submit NLT 10/13/2023

Family of small Unmanned Ground Systems (FosUGS) Assessment Event (AE)

SOFWERX

SOFWERX, in collaboration with SOF Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (SOF AT&L) Program Executive Office Tactical Information Systems (PEO-TIS), will host an Assessment Event (AE) to identify production model solutions for general-purpose multi-role/multi-mission robot systems.

Submit NLT 10/20/2023

Point of Origin Identification Assessment Event (AE)

SOFWERX

SOFWERX, in collaboration with USSOCOM Program Executive Office - Tactical Information Systems (PEO-TIS), will host an Assessment Event (AE) regarding point of origin identification of organic and inorganic compounds in order to validate those compounds as authentic or counterfeit.

Submit NLT 10/23/2023

Program Executive Office - Rotary Wing (PEO-RE) Collaboration Event (CE)

SOFWERX

SOFWERX, in collaboration with USSOCOM Program Executive Office - Rotary Wing (PEO-RW) and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) will host a Collaboration Event to explore how technology can be leveraged to achieve improved maintenance outcomes by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of maintenance personnel.

Submit NLT 10/25/2023

Renewable Energy Siting through Technical Engagement and Planning (R-STEP) Assessment Event

ENERGYWERX

ENERGYWERX will host an Informational Webinar/Objective Strategic Session (IW/OSS) and Assessment Event (AE) to identify Collaboratives to expand state and local capacity on large-scale renewable energy siting and planning.

Submit NLT 11/03/2023

Capacity Building for Repurposing Energy Assets

ENERGYWERX

ENERGYWERX is looking to identify promising community-based government or nongovernmental organizations that are interested and committed to dedicating a staff member whose primary responsibility is coordination and planning to help communities build technical capacity and develop a workforce.

Submit NLT 11/06/2023

Engineered Resilient Systems - Broad Other Transaction Authority Announcement (BOTAA)

DEFENSEWERX

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) requests white papers in response to its Engineered Resilient Systems (ERS) Broad Other Transaction Authority Announcement (BOTAA).

Continuous Open Submissions

Air Force Research Lab Munitions Directorate (AFRL/RW) – Air Delivered Effects Broad Agency Announcement

Doolittle Institute

This BAA is set up in two parts: (1) Basic Open BAA, in which white papers may be submitted at any time during the open period, and (2) Call BAA, in which white paper/proposal. This BAA is intended to cover Basic Research, Applied Research, and Advanced Technology Development.

Continuous Open Submissions

Military Engineering - Broad Other Transaction Authority Announcement (BOTAA)

DEFENSEWERX

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) engages in research that addresses some of the world’s toughest Military Engineering (ME) challenges. The ME business area provides innovative technologies and capabilities to the warfighter in order to enable force protection and maneuver.

Continuous Open Submissions

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Upcoming

Events

Tech Showcase: Advanced Scene Generation

The Advanced Scene Generation Technical Showcase, hosted by the Doolittle Institute, brings together some of the brightest minds in the field to explore the latest advancements in creating ultra-realistic environments for testing modern munitions. This event is your chance to dive into the innovative solutions revolutionizing how we test and develop guided munitions.

September 21

LANDWERX AG Focused Tech Thursdays

LANDWERX, a non-profit organization partnered with Landus Cooperative, is a platform to bring together innovators and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to solve Farmer-Owner challenges. LANDWERX will open new doors to civilian innovation, granting farmers unprecedented access to problem solvers and solutions within the DEFENSEWERX ecosystem.

September 21

SOFWERX Tech Tuesdays

Tech Tuesday is a forum designed to specifically identify and discover Transformational levels of technology. On behalf of USSOCOM, SOFWERX uses this forum to engage Industry and Academia every Tuesday from 1500-1700 ET allowing participants to pitch their unique capabilities in 30-minute time slots to USSOCOM and/or other interested government partners.

Every Tuesday

AFVentures Open Topic: Weekly Webinar Series

This event is open to Small Businesses and Government. Attend this weekly webinar hosted every Thursday at 12pm EST to learn about AFVentures Topics and Q&A about the AFVentures program!

Every Thursday