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An innovation that helps speed the design of fishing rods, skis and cell phone electronics soon will help NASA do its work in space. Utah's AnalySwift LLC recently announced that they received a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant from NASA. The STTR award will help the company further develop its SwiftComp software, technology that provides efficient, high-fidelity modeling of deployable structures made of high-strain composites. AnalySwift will work with researchers at Purdue University to conduct the.... Read More

With 3D printing playing a part in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, the U.S. Air Force has taken it one step further by organizing an entire Olympic event around the technology. Hosted by the Air Force’s Rapid Sustainment Office (RSO), the Advanced Manufacturing Olympics Event invites different participants, from additive manufacturing companies and traditional defense contractors, to tech startups and universities, to compete in a number of design challenges.  By holding the event, the Air Force.... Read More

Air Force Material Command is recognizing the Air Force Sustainment Center Innovation Center Team for their many applications of technological advances by nominating the team for the national Gears of Government Award. “These guys are doing incredible things every day with this technology,” said Lt. Col. Christopher Blackwell, director of AFSC Innovation Centers. “It is exciting to see. I really think this is a strong candidate to go far.” The Gears of Government Award recognizes.... Read More