AF offering $M for disruptive tech

The Air Force is in the market for “disruptive” new science and technology capabilities, and is offering $14M for the best ideas. The service announced “Air Force Explore” as part of its "Science and Technology 2030" strategy, which wants to draw transformational ideas from across the country. The service anticipates awarding four to seven contracts, each worth $1M-to-$2M, for suggestions focused on “global persistent awareness; resilient information sharing; rapid, effective decision making; complexity, unpredictability, and mass; and speed and reach of disruption and lethality,” according to an AF media release. Submissions are due Nov. 11. Funds will be handed out by March 2020. (Source: AF Magazine 09/30/19)