AFWERX & Empowering Small Business

AFWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Air Force, finds the best innovation in the small business community and infuses it directly into the mission for both AFWERX and SpaceWERX. This talk explores success stories of industry engagement through Ventures, which directly funds programming through the Small Business Innovative Research; Spark, which empowers airmen to solve problems through industry engagement; and Prime, which infuses military interest in emerging capabilities at scale.