AUiX Projects
Ongoing projects, opportunities, and issues
Doctrine, Operations, & Materials
Project Krayt
Project KRAYT provides mission solutions in support of Agile Combat Employment (ACE) technology maturation and risk reduction activities. Deliverables, in the form of prototype(s), will be used in training and exercises for the purpose of refining ACE doctrinal concepts. The Krayt Prototype is an easily deployable, mobile, and self-sustaining operational support solution with a minimal logistics footprint employed with minimal training or dedicated resources in support of ACE.
Education
Project Praxeum
Praxeum, a front-running AU Campus of the Future project, includes relevant technologies, software, scheduling considerations, and aesthetics. Auto-tracking cameras allow teachers to move around the classroom while students follow remotely. High-definition audio augments the virtual experience. Students can partake in virtual and augmented reality with others across the world. Students may supplement learning with podcasting, video, and storyboarding. Lastly, war gaming lends itself towards many aspects of the AU education mission.
Special Projects | Events & Outreach
Ledx Conference
The Leadership Educational Development eXperience series is a highly anticipated word-class professional conference featuring a diverse array of leaders from military, academic, industry and community sectors. Imagine being surrounded by a dynamic group of individuals from diverse backgrounds and professions, all eager to learn together. Come prepared to engage in thought-provoking discussions that inspire, inform and initiate new conversations and leave with valuable knowledge and insights, along with a newfound sense of community and camaraderie.
Education
CAP
This effort funds a Civil Air Patrol sponsored STEM program within local Montgomery River Region elementary schools. To date, the program has impacted over 60 teachers and 1,000 students. The CAP STEM program infuses STEM, STEM days, a STEM Career Week, and various STEM activities throughout the school year. Each teacher can join CAP as a teacher member, and then receives two (2) class sets of CAP STEM kits, Bee-Bot/Code & Go Mouse and a Let’s Go Code kit.
Doctrine, Operations, & Materials
Project BESCAR
AUiX Innovative Contracting System: Increases SPEED and Innovation throughput.
Education
AR/VR EDUCATION
Integrating AR/VR technology in the classroom provides interactive and immersive learning. These experiences increase exposure to emerging technologies, enhance engagement with educational content, and develop critical thinking skills.
Education
Project Mercury
Through the intentional recruitment, coaching, and development of diverse teams, Project Mercury helps foster innovation readiness that our nation and strategic partners need in order to maintain free and vibrant societies. By deliberately developing our human capital with knowledge, skill, and experience, the Air Force is building a network of capable innovators and innovation coaches to accelerate change across the Service.
Education
Project DAWG
Innovatrium and Air University joined forces to host a game design competition called DAWG (Developing Airmen With Games). Students were solicited to develop prototypes assessing fundamental Airman competencies such as decision making, leadership, and creating thinking. They competed in diverse teams to demonstrate skills in mobile game development, simulation networking/distribution, graphic design, simulation development, and training development.
DAWG is now sponsored by the Holmes Center at Air University.
Doctrine, Operations, & Materials
Refuel App
An AI backed Comprehensive Human Performance Center of Excellence App that enables Airmen, Guardians + Commanders to easily access evidence-based, comprehensive HP content, coaching, community + analytic tools designed to sustain resilience + readiness as they compete, deter and win.
Education
Blue Horizons
Blue Horizons is an Air Force Chief of Staff-chartered fellowship hosted by the Center for Strategy and Technology at Maxwell AFB. Our mission is to identify and mature radical pathways to victory across the warfighting domains. As our name implies, we focus on the intersection of strategy and technology which has often been the source of tremendous opportunity throughout military history. The class is a mixed cohort of both Intermediate and Senior Developmental Education selects from both the Air and Space Forces, usually 12-15 students in total.
Doctrine, Operations, & Materials
Redstart
Comparison of indices allows for innovation measurements amongst great power competitors allowing for strategic/recoursing decisions.
Doctrine, Operations, & Materials
MHE + HULK
Air University, in collaboration with The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University, sponsored an ACE technology maturation rapid prototyping project through MGMWERX. The Auburn Senior Design project identified ACE employment MHE capability gaps and rapidly produced a prototype using the discipline of mechanical engineering.
Education
Pella: Fly
Pella: Fly, a strategic initiative designed to deliver transformative aviation experiences to the youth of the Alabama River Region. Pella: Fly is a partnership program between AUiX and the Box Aviation. The initiative aimed to expose students to aviation through both manned and unmanned flight discovery and instruction. The program commenced with a concentrated Summer Session from July 24-Aug 4, 2023.