Setting the Scene:Innovation in the Royal Air Force

Air-RIX@mod.gov.uk

RAF Innovation Exchange (RIX)

Rapid Capability Office (RCO)

Air Information Experimentation (AiX)

• An agile approach to information experimentation and

application development

• AiX objectives

• Initial test case

• Projects in the pipeline

– interoperability with USAF AOC

– recruit to training optimisation

– developing a cloud based data-platform

Royal Air Force Experimental (RAFX)

BIG WINS!

• RAFX Innovation Day

• OPTIMUS

• Amazon Locker/ Rapid

Parcel Delivery System

• ISTAR AX Flt Work

• Office 365 Licenses

• H4D / ACSC

• Digital Upskilling

• 3D Printing – Fighting

Sticks

• Giant Voice Tannoy

ACTIVITY (Ongoing)

• RAF Leeming Smart Station

• Digital Twinning

• ATAK & STRATOBOOSTER

• Project Wings

• Anti Drink/Drugs &

Arrivals/Clearance

• E-Vehicles (BlueSky)

• Talent Management

• Blue-Scape development

• VR Hawk Simulator

INNOVATION

ECOSYSTEM

• Big Data Analytics

Community of Interest (Col)

• Cabinet Office API Col

Developed

• RAFX Innovation Day

initiated engagement

between, MOD, Academia

and Industry in order to

grow RAF-led Innovation

Ecosystem

To unleash, empower and enable

our people to reach their full

potential and create the next

generation Air Force

Bottom-Up Innovation

• RAF Bioprocesing

Top-Down Innovation

• Swarming Drones

• ARTEMIS

Air-RIX@mod.gov.uk