AFWERX Prime
Abstract
AFWERX Prime is a new acquisition approach that uses government-specific resources to reduce risk in emerging technology markets while partnering with investors, industry, interagency, and international partners for accelerated, affordable, and agile commercial and military capability. These Prime efforts are led by a Chief Commercialization Officer whose key responsibility is to accelerate technology commercialization for fielding of military capability. Agility Prime is the first effort in the series and will provide research, development, testing, and evaluation to field transformative vertical flight technology in 2023. These systems may incorporate non-traditional electric or hybrid propulsion for manned or optionally manned missions, with onboard, remote, or eventually autonomous control. Agility Prime will leverage commercial investment in technologies that support mobility and sustainment in benign or contested environments to enable agile, lower-cost distributed logistics, humanitarian operations, or disaster response operations. AFWERX Prime will also explore associated technologies and potential follow-on Prime initiatives. Future Prime initiatives will use the same paradigm to leverage commercial technology and investment for high returns on government participation in this sector, achieving advanced, agile, and accelerated fielding of commercial and military capability bolstering national security and domestic technological dominance. NOTE: This is a continuation of a FY 2021 congressional add titled Agility Prime in PE 0603211F Aerospace Technology Development and Demonstration, Project 634920 Flight Vehicle Tech Integration. This effort was moved to PE 0604858F, new BPAC 0604858F AFWERX Prime due to maturation of technology and in order to better align Department of the Air Force objectives across appropriate PEs. This is not a new start. This program element may include necessary emergent or unanticipated civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver Tech Transition - AFWERX Prime for emergent or unanticipated weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605831F.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- 640858_0604858F_4_3600_PB_2022
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