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NEWS RELEASE: Air Force selects first-ever ‘Visionary Q-Prize’ challenge cash-prize winners.
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. –
Twenty-six “Visionary Q-Prize” innovation challenge solutions submitted by non-traditional acquisition sources such as universities, individuals and small companies from 10 different countries were narrowed down to eight cash-prize winners in two categories last week, with the first-place winners in two categories receiving $20,000. Second through fourth place winners received $15,000, $10,000 and $5,000, respectively.
The first-ever VQ-Prize challenge, which ran from Oct. 29, 2018, through Jan. 15, was hosted by the Air Force Research Labs Space Vehicles Directorate and the Wright Brothers Institute, to encourage non-traditional sources with innovative products and ideas, to engage with military customers to develop solutions for safe and secure operations in space.
“Space is such a dynamic and complex environment that is becoming more and more congested and contested. We need to be able to display and interpret data faster and more accurately, so we can respond quickly and appropriately to any kind of threat, whether it’s adversarial, space debris or satellites in close proximity,” said Gen. Jay Raymond, Air Force Space Command and Joint Forces Space Component commander. “The VQ-Prize challenge is a prime example of how we’re thinking and sourcing, outside the box, to get after rapid, agile onboarding of new technology that will make space operations safer for everyone.”
https://www.afspc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1771285/news-release-air-force-selects-first-ever-visionary-q-prize-challenge-cash-priz/