Special Operations
What is AFWERX, the USAF’s new cultivator of innovation?
The US Air Force's new AFWERX technology accelerator is now seeing several of its projects mature into viable prototypes that are being passed over for operational testing.
The service established AFWERX in 2017, to develop effective solutions to the various challenges facing the service through partnerships with private sector ...
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