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We know that everyone's phone or computer is packed with updates. In an effort to keep you up-to-date with the most relevant information, and so nothing gets lost in your feed, we are publishing this newsletter. Here you will see highlights from our team, ideas from Airmen, and other resources to keep you informed about the Air Force innovation ecosystem.

If you have been following us for a while now, you know we take a unique approach compared to most other military organizations to share our message. Now, this newsletter approach is an experiment: if you have any feedback, ideas, or want to tell us we are on the right track, please let us know! We are here to serve Airmen and connect you to the right resources.

Want to make an Air Force-wide impact? Aether Sprint has kicked off!

Tesseract is kicking off this year’s Aether Sprint competition, where frontline Airmen have the opportunity to share their perspectives to accelerate solutions!

Have you or your team of Airmen been thinking about a solution to a recurring problem? The Air Force logistics enterprise faces plenty of challenges on a daily basis. Aether Sprint is designed to identify specific problem sets and accelerate field driven solutions.

Please review the questions below and pick one challenge your team would like to pursue. After selecting your topics, answer their respective subset questions as part of this application. Over the next six months leading up to the?Logistics Officer Association?Symposium (LOA, March 2023), each team will work through unpacking the problem and identifying the most viable solution. As we get closer to LOA, each team will provide their solution to AF/A4L (details TBD; expect paper/video). From that engagement, finalists will be selected to brief the AF/A4 on stage at LOA (details TBD; expect briefer and supporting info).

Here are the questions for this year's competition:

1. How might we leverage commercial supply chain processes and open-source data to better influence material management, movement and positioning?
2. How might we augment or mitigate shortfalls in supply chain and organic repair/manufacturing so that we may enable more usability/versatility in Aerospace Ground Equipment and/or Aviation Support Equipment?
3. How might we refurbish or manufacture components in a disconnected and mobile environment?
4. How might we prepare/process cargo loads for an ACE environment using non-traditional delivery methods (Air Drops, Rocket Cargo, etc)?
5. How might we utilize advancements such as process improvement, distributed ledger technologies (Blockchain), or automation to mitigate supply chain risk and streamline supply chain operations?

Submission are due by 22 November 2022

Are you an Airman thinking about submitting an idea to Aether Sprint, but don’t have the experience to tackle these problem statements? We got you covered. Coaches from across our LNO Network are here to help you out.

Airmen won’t be alone as they evolve their ideas. Alongside Tesseract, each Aether Sprint team will have coaches from our LNO Network to help provide pointers, feedback, and valuable experience from their past projects across the Air Force innovation ecosystem.?

Here are the coaches for Aether Sprint 2023:

TSgt Christopher Anderson , RAF Mildenhall

TSgt Nick Cavanaugh , Lajes Field AB

MSgt Kareem A. Samuel, MBA , Moody AFB

TSgt Kevin A. , Moody AFB

TSgt Taylor Mogford, PMP, DSL, CSM , JBSA San Antonio

TSgt Joshua Nash , Eielson AFB

Aether Sprint Coaches have dedicated their time to deliver actionable solutions with teams to resolve big logistics problems. Together, we can make a difference.

You can listen to last year's Aether Sprint briefs on our podcast:

Want to join our team? We are hiring!

Are you an Airman who is eager to accelerate change across the United States Air Force? Do you want help lead the charge on Airmen?#innovation? For ???????????????? ?????? ???????????????? across Air Force ??????????????????, ??????????????????????, ?????????? ??????????????????????, ?????? ?????????? ????????????????????, we are?#hiring! We are accepting applications across Air Force active duty, the?US Air Force Reserve, and?Air National Guard.

We have six positions open in Concept Integration, Process Advancement, and Acquisitions. No matter your rank… apply and get a seat at the table.

To all potential applicants, please check out our website for more details. There you will find FAQ’s and our screening application. Applications will be due to our helpdesk on the Tesseract website on 31 October.

For those of you on the Summer ’23 Vulnerable to Move List (VML), you can also submit through that system by 19 October 2022 and our team will reach out for further information.

Know someone who might be interested? Let them know! APPLY HERE

Want to learn more about the Basing and Logistics Enterprise Strategy?

The Pentagon can make strategy a bit boring. Have you tried reading through any of those documents?! We took a different approach. Not only can you find this document on an easy to read PDF, we also recorded a podcast to talk about our logistics strategy.

In this episode we sat down with Colonel James Hartle, the Associate Director of Air Force Logistics. While we talked about topics as big as strategic competition, we brought it back to the tactical level and discussed what can be done as individual Airmen to contribute towards logistics as a strategic deterrent.

This is a can't miss episode for frontline Airmen across Air force Logistics. Through this podcast platform, we will continue to give Airmen at seat at the table to listen in on conversations across the Pentagon and all corners of the Air Force. Who else would you like to hear from?

Want to join our community? The LNO Network is here to connect you to the right people and resources.

Visit our website and request to join our Slack Channel. We have over 600 LNOs ready to help.