IMPORTANT UPDATE: Effective 1 October 2025, SBIR/STTR program authorization has expired. New activity is paused; ongoing awards remain valid. Awardees are encouraged to contact their TPOCs and contracting officers with questions regarding active awards.

AFWERX News
2024-04-24
Project Arc: Delivering tailored innovations to 435th AGOW warfighters
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany – U.S. Air Force and Space Force professionals need agile and innovative solutions to solve the technical problems of today and tomorrow—and the Project Arc team delivers just that.

AFWERX News
2024-04-17
SpaceWERX, Aerospace Corporation collaborate to guide technologies through the ‘Valley of Death’
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AFRL) - SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force and a unique division within AFWERX, has partnered with the Aerospace Corporation to establish a cutting-edge “Technology Readiness Level”, or TRL, bootcamp lab in El Segundo, California.

AFWERX News
2024-04-03
AFWERX to discuss efforts to safely field Advanced Air Mobility systems at XPONENTIAL 2024
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – AFWERX will spotlight efforts to safely integrate Advanced Air Mobility into the national airspace system during the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International XPONENTIAL 2024 convention April 22-25, 2024, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.

AFWERX News
2024-03-27
AFRL showcases key programs at 2024 Space Symposium
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory will feature several space-related technologies and programs during the 39th Space Symposium at the Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 8-11, 2024.

AFWERX News
2024-03-26
AFWERX, SpaceWERX Ventures divisions launch Notice of Opportunity for space applicable technology submissions
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – AFWERX AFVentures, the commercial investment arm of the Department of the Air Force, issued a Notice of Opportunity within the Strategic Funding Increase and Tactical Funding Increase (STRATFI/TACFI) program for its U.S. Space Force division, SpaceWERX.

AFWERX News
2024-03-22
AFWERX members, teams recognized for leadership, innovation
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Members and teams with AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm and a directorate within the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, received top performance awards during the AFRL annual awards ceremony at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall on March 19, 2024.

AFWERX News
2024-03-13
AFWERX director discusses role of tech startups, quick innovation in Great Power Competition
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm, met with technologists, startups and venture capitalists at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, March 8-11, 2024, to discuss national and global security challenges and the role AFWERX plays in acquiring the cutting-edge technologies needed to meet them.

AFWERX News
2024-03-12
AFWERX funds successful kitted maintenance enclosure product for improved DAF fleet sustainment
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) — AFWERX, the DAF’s innovation arm and a functional directorate within the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research, or SBIR, Direct to Phase II contract of approximately $1M to Miamisburg, Ohio-based company Cornerstone Research Group, Inc., or CRG, to fund the development of more sustainable and affordable maintainer fabricated enclosure kits, or MFEKs, to improve fleet readiness for the U.S. Air Force.

AFWERX News
2024-03-08
AFWERX, SpaceWERX announce Strategic Funding Increase selections at South by Southwest
AUSTIN, Texas – AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force and powered by the Air Force Research Laboratory, and SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force and a unique division within AFWERX, announced the Program Year 2024 Strategic Funding Increase, or STRATFI, a contract award selections from its Phase II eligible applicants at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, March 8, 2024.
