Air Force Pitch Day Archives

New AFVentures director wants to ‘oil the machine’

Maj. Amanda Rebhi is the next director of Air Force innovation contracting vehicle AFVentures.

Jan 10, 2022 By Jackson Barnett

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Mahdi Al-Husseini, assigned to the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, pitches his presentation on AI pilot performance feedback. Al-Husseini is one of seven Soldiers who is taking part in Dragon’s Lair 5. The program was established in October 2020 to help increase innovation across the XVIII Airborne Corps.

Army expands ‘Dragon’s Lair’ pitch event to all branches

The 82nd Airborne Corps' "Dragon's Lair" pitch event is now open to members of all military branches.

Oct 22, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

Department of the Air Force, seal — (DOD / Lisa Ferdinando)

Air Force picks 15 airmen-designed projects to automate menial tasks

Fifteen winning ideas will be given the resources needed to develop and scale across the Air Force.

Feb 23, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

Space Force Uniform — The chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force displays the service’s uniform nametapes in the Pentagon Jan. 17 in Arlington, Virginia. (U.S. Air Force / Tech. Sgt. Robert Barnett)

Space Force gets its own ‘werx’ innovation center

SpaceWERX will reflect the closeness the new Space Force will have with the private sector, officials say.

Dec 8, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Maj. Gen. William Cooley, pitch day — Maj. Gen. William Cooley addresses SBIR Pitch Day Nov. 28, 2019. (Air Force Research Lab)

U.S. Space Force plans first pitch day for innovative tech

The newest military branch will hold a pitch day at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida on March 4 in search of innovative solutions for installation and…

Jan 7, 2020 By Billy Mitchell

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — United States Air Force Academy Cadets in the Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Operations Program conduct various mock scenarios, Tuesday March 5th, 2019, in the Air Operations Center’s “Reaper Room” using a MQ-9 flight simulator allowing one operator to control multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) which can autonomously search, find, identify, and track various targets worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joshua Armstrong)

With Air Force’s Skyborg, autonomous drones could be coming soon

Skyborg will be an "autonomous unmanned air combat vehicle system" with open artificial intelligence software architecture and modular hardware.

Mar 26, 2019 By Billy Mitchell

Air Force Pitch Day brings in ‘phenomenal’ energy

It also resulted in 51 discovery phase SBIR contracts.

Mar 14, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Air Force, F-35 Lightning II Arrival — One Air Force airman directs the pilot of an F-35 Lighting II while another places chocks around the aircraft’s wheel at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, on March 6, 2013. (U.S. Air Force / Lawrence Crespo)

Air Force’s March pitch day is a bid to ‘move at the speed of relevance’

Here's what the March 6 event will look like.

Feb 27, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Alex Kendall of Wayve on Centre Stage during the PITCH Final during day three of Web Summit 2018 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by Diarmuid Greene/Web Summit via Sportsfile)

Air Force wants startups to answer the call for $40M

The pitch competition will offer startups the chance to win small awards on the same day.

Jan 11, 2019 By Neil Fotre