Organization

The Academic Partnership Engagement Experiment has the mission to connect universities, businesses and the government; build collaborations between these sectors; identify their transformational operational defense solutions and capabilities; and advance defense technology development for the Department of the Air Force. The APEX mission supports the United States Air Force Science & Technology 2030 Strategy. APEX is a Partnership Intermediary Agreement between the Department of the Air Force and Parallax Advanced Research.

Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) technology, known commonly as drone technology, is fast transforming industries while creating new ones in virtually every sector of our economy: industrial production, agriculture, commerce, transportation, retail, and logistics. Ohio understands that a state willing to invest in the research and infrastructure needed to take part in this transformation will see those investments rewarded with jobs, business investment and economic growth. In 2013, the State of Ohio recognized the value of unmanned aircraft and formed the Ohio UAS Center. Since its formation

DriveOhio is a collaboration between government, research and private industry partners to build Ohio's infrastructure for smart mobility and to facilitate smart mobility innovations. LEARN MORE. OHGO: Real-Time Traffic and Road Status Information.

Ohio Life Sciences is Ohio’s only statewide membership organization supporting the bioscience community. It represents nearly 300 members that employ over 100,000 Ohioans—from Ohio’s largest employers to emerging start-ups, schools and universities, research institutions, students, and individuals. Ohio Life Sciences is proud to support and salute the work of Ohio’s bioscience community.

Navy Medicine's research and development laboratories are engaged in a broad spectrum of activity from basic science in the laboratory to field studies at sites in remote areas of the world to operational environments. The capabilities and the geographical locations of the laboratories reflect the broad mission of Navy Medicine's Research and Development Enterprise.

University of Dayton is a top-tier Catholic university with offerings from the undergraduate to the doctoral levels.

Founded in 1964, Cleveland State University is a public research institution with nearly 16,000 students, 10 colleges and schools and more than 175 academic programs.

Bowling Green State University provides experiences that enhance lives. Students are prepared for lifelong career growth, lives of engaged citizenship and leadership in a global society. U.S. News and World Report names BGSU as one of the top public universities nationwide with a strong commitment to first-year programs that lead to success.

The Air Force recently launched Agility Prime, a non-traditional program seeking to accelerate the commercial market for advanced air mobility vehicles (i.e., "flying cars"). Leveraging unique testing resources and revenue generating government use cases for distributed logistics and disaster response, the government plans to mitigate current commercial market and regulatory risks. Agility Prime also aims to bring together industry, investor, and government communities to establish safety and security standards while accelerating commercialization of this revolutionary technology.

The Wright Brothers Institute (WBI) is a cutting-edge center for innovation and technology commercialization. WBI provides breakthrough solutions to US Air Force's most complex initiatives by leveraging resident experts, unique facilities, disruptive innovation processes and extensive networks.