We are the BRICC
The BRICC PIA helps our sponsors engage with the S&T community to collaborate on innovative technologies for the future force
Our Mission
The BRICC PIA helps Government teams partner more closely with Industry and Academia for technology transfer and transition
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What We Do
The BRICC serves as an intermediary for industry, academia, small business, Government, nonprofits, and other organizations wishing to collaborate on technology development. Our services help stakeholders work together more effectively on technology transfer and transition
January 02,2024
BRICC PIA Helps Enable SparkTank 2023
January 02,2024
HBCU Space Summit Presents Space Science Research Opportunities
January 02,2024
BRICC Hosted Forum Provides Valuable Discussion Regarding Women In S&T
January 24,2024
AFOSR Selects Special Topics for Bold Space Science Proposals
February 13,2024
NGA and NRO Join Together to Lower the Barrier of Entry for Small Busi
February 13,2024
AFOSR’s Support Enables Revolutionary Digital Filter Design
February 13,2024
AFOSR Invests in Silicon Vacuum Transistors for Extreme Electronic
January 02,2024
BRICC STEM Educators Provide Invaluable Mentorship to Local Students
January 24,2024
How to Engage with the AFRL Research Ecosystem: International Edition
February 13,2024
AFOSR Advances Science of Wound Healing Technology
February 14,2024
New Space Force Tech Accelerator Focused on Space Domain Awareness Sof
February 13,2024
COSMIC’s Construction Project Improves Innovation Capabilities
February 14,2024
AFOSR Transitions Practical Data Mining to Space Operations
February 13,2024
VT-ARC’s Robotics Camp Teaches Coding, Engineering, Teamwork
January 02,2024
VT-ARC's Isabel Zaru-Roque Coaches SparkTank 2022 Finalists
February 15,2024
LEGACY Comes to DC; Prepares Students for Tomorrow’s Air Force
February 15,2024
AFOSR Event Reaches Out to Historically Black Colleges and Universitie
February 15,2024
How to Engage with the AFRL Research Ecosystem: International Edition
Our Programs
BRICC
Supporting AFRL/AFOSR
The BRICC enables AFOSR to identify, investigate, and exploit research opportunities that will transform future Air Force and DoD capabilities. Focus Areas: TRL 1-3; STEM; Patents Analysis; IP Tracking; Market Research; Scientometrics; Data Analysis
AFWERX
Supporting AFWERX
In support of AFRL AFWERX, our team works to accelerate agile and affordable capability transitions by teaming innovative technology developers with Airman and Guardian. Focus Areas: Acquisition Innovations; SBIR/STTR; Data Engineering; Data Analytics
COSMIC
Supporting SSC COMSO
COSMIC supports the US Space Force COMSO in its mission to deliver expedited, game changing commercial technologies to the warfighter. Focus Areas: Commercialization; Acquisition Support; Industry Engagement; Market Research; Data Analytics
CASTLE
Supporting the NRO
CASTLE enables the NRO to interact more effectively in the unclassified world, expand outreach collaborations, investigate and procure targeted technologies in an environment that informs decisions of future capabilities. Focus Areas: TRL 5 technologies; STEM outreach; Workforce Development; community engagement; small and disadvantaged businesses; HBCUs and MSIs
F2C2
Supporting AFRL/RS
Established in 2021, F2C2 will help AFRL/RS accelerate arrival of the future force by providing strategic support, data analytics, and a collaborative environment to generate ideas, inform decision-making, and guide research to explore potential leap-ahead technologies Focus Areas: TRL 6+ technologies; wargames; operational concept development; operational analysis; mission engineering
Innovation Hub
Supporting SSC
The Space Force’s Space System Command (SSC) recently partnered with the Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation (VT-ARC) to establish the Innovation Hub at Garden of the Gods. Through this collaborative initiative, the Innovation Hub offers an environment and suite of services that support SSC’s vision to deliver commercial space capabilities to support global mission priorities and joint warfighters.
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