STRIKEWERX News

May 14, 2025 STRIKEWERX celebrates five years of innovation By Sean Green | Facilitation and Outreach Manager BOSSIER CITY, La. — In just five years, the STRIKEWERX Innovation Hub has uncovered new solutions that can save hundreds of millions... Read article →

May 6, 2025 Global Strike, STRIKEWERX and Honeywell to test new mobile drone killer prototype   STRIKEWERX, the innovation hub for AFGSC Office of the Chief Scientist, and Honeywell test their prototype to counter small unmanned aerial systems in Georgia April 18, 2025. This prototype integrates kinetic... Read article →

Mar 20, 2025 CIC partners with AFRL and Global Strike to enhance communications A team from the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) Information Directorate installed a Permutable, Over-the-air Laboratory for Advanced Radio and Ionospheric Studies (POLARIS) node at the Cyber Innovation Center in... Read article →

Mar 4, 2025 CIC contracts with Celina Tent to protect Global Strike missile maintainers Celina Tent, Inc. has contracted with the Cyber Innovation Center to produce a custom, inflatable shelter that can pivot around the Advanced Extremely High Frequency Antenna in order to protect... Read article →

Feb 17, 2025 STRIKEWERX gains new director, deputy Russ Mathers, right, has been promoted to director of STRIKEWERX and William Weiford, left, has been named deputy director of STRIKEWERX. (Sean Green/Cyber Innovation Center) By Sean Green | Communications... Read article →

Feb 13, 2025 CIC and GS Engineering to redevelop maintenance equipment for the B-52  A rendering of the new design for the B-52 parachute drag stand. GS Engineering and the CIC have contracted to redevelop the Air Force Global Strike Command equipment to make... Read article →

Feb 5, 2025 Fellow exemplifies Global Strike, STRIKEWERX innovation process success  Norman Pritchard, a fellow in the Global Strike National Security Fellowship Program, pictured in STRIKEWERX at the Cyber Innovation Center, Bossier City, Louisiana, on Dec. 2. Pritchard had his project... Read article →

Jan 16, 2025 STRIKEWERX badge technology project funded for further development STRIKEWERX Project Manager Joshua Fisher showcases the IoT/AI PicoBadge technology to Air Force Global Strike Command staff Dec. 19, 2023, at the STRIKEWERX Innovation Hub in the Cyber Innovation Center,... Read article →

Jan 8, 2025 STRIKEWERX Design Sprint seeks to improve Global Strike fuel sampling  From left, U.S. Air Force Lt. Krystal Diaz, U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Olivia Newman, and Hannah Beene craft a rough prototype during a STRIKEWERX design sprint Dec. 3-5 at the Cyber... Read article →

Jan 6, 2025 Striker Airmen Coders graduate CIC with coding, data analytics skills   Striker Airmen Coder participants presented their software prototype and data analytics results to Air Force Global Strike Command stakeholders on Nov. 22 in STRIKEWERX at the Cyber Innovation Center, Bossier... Read article →

Dec 4, 2024 AFGSC Chief Scientist and STRIKEWERX set up new way for Airmen to share, explore tech ideas Air Force Global Strike Command Chief Scientist Dr. Donna Senft listens to discussions during the command’s first Consortium for Digital Innovation held Nov. 5, 2024, at the Cyber Innovation Center... Read article →

Nov 20, 2024 New B-52 engine cover prototype testing protects Minot’s bomber fleet Air Force Global Strike Command Office of the Chief Scientist supported tests of engine covers for a B-52 at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, July 11, 2023. The tests... Read article →