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AFVentures releases annual report, details efforts to expand defense industrial base, fight COVID-19
March 24, 2021 — AFVentures, the Department of the Air Force’s commercial investment group, has released its fiscal year 2020 annual report... MORE

AFVentures, the Department of the Air Force’s commercial investment group, has released its fiscal year 2020 annual report. The report details AFVentures’ successes in fulfilling its mission of expanding and maintaining the Air Force’s innovative capabilities by matching operator needs with private-sector solutions.

New equipment could save AMC millions
January 4, 2017 — An operational evaluation of new synthetic tiedowns and winch cables for the C-17 Globemaster III took place here Nov. 28 and 29. Tiedowns are ropes, cords, straps or chains that secure items during airlift operations. Winch cables help adjust the tension on tiedowns, securing the load.These prototypes were designed to help reduce aircraft gross... MORE

A High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle was tied down with both the existing tiedowns and new synthetic tiedowns to conduct a side by side demonstration during an operational evaluation on Joint Base Charleston, Nov. 28 and 29. The evaluation was a culmination of an Air Force Research Labs, Advanced Power Technology Office, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, initiative to reduce aircraft weight by almost 1,000 pounds for better fuel efficiency.