US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Joins inno360 Alpha Program for Next-Generation Open Innovation

US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Joins inno360 Alpha Program for
Next-Generation Open Innovation
Global leader in air, space and cyberspace warfighting joins STCI/inno360
ecosystem in highly innovative public-private partnership

OLD GREENWICH, Conn., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- inno360 LLC, a leading online
platform for next-generation open innovation, today announced the US Air Force
Research Laboratory (AFRL) has joined as a founding member its Alpha program.
The US Air Force has been a leader in collaborative, open innovation since the
onset of air-based weaponry. AFRL manages over $4 billion in annual R&D
spending, of which 60% is spent through outside partners. inno360's Alpha
program unites global pioneers to co-develop the next-generation open
innovation platform.

Alok Das, Senior Scientist for Design Innovation at AFRL, says, "inno360 helps
us reach out to unusual and unexpected places for breakthrough technology, so
the US Air Force can continue to keep America and the world safe from threats.
We have always worked in partnership with leading aerospace innovators in the
private sector, but we look forward to a platform that will help us find
common cause with a broader range of partners from industry and academia,
including the most innovative startups and academic pioneers."

AFRL is engaging with inno360 through a unique public-private partnership with
the Wright Brothers Institute (WBI). Located in Dayton OH near the
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, WBI operates as a neutral place for
multidisciplinary (government, industry, and academia) teams to come together
in intense collaborations focused on complex problems or challenges. Using
the inno360 platform, WBI will assist the AFRL to find and work with leading
innovators in the US and globally.

Bart Barthelemy, Associate Director of WBI, says, "The internet was originally
created for the Department of Defense as a collaboration capability. Over the
years, it's become so big that we need tools to help with that collaboration.
inno360 provides some of that help, and lets us use the internet for
collaboration far beyond what was initially imagined."

"We're excited to welcome the AFRL into our customer community given their
strategic mission, experience and commitment to open innovation," says Glenn
Wienkoop, CEO of inno360. "With their rich culture of public-private
collaboration and their focus on solving real-world challenges under demanding
conditions, they will be valuable partners in guiding and improving our
world-leading innovation platform. We look forward to working with them for
years to come."

About inno360
inno360 LLC provides the leading global software and service platform for open
innovation. A Member Firm of Spencer Trask Collaborative Innovations LLC
(STCI), inno360 enables clients to build their own proprietary innovation
ecosystems. The platform includes access to millions of global innovators and
leading-edge technology. The inno360 technology assists with problem
definition, Innovator Relationship Management (IRM), innovation campaigns,
internal collaboration, deal management, dashboards and metrics. Together,
these capabilities and communities provide an unparalleled foundation for
organizations to drive top-line growth by tapping the global brain.

About Spencer Trask Collaborative Innovations LLC (STCI)
STCI is focused on a single, overarching goal -- to fundamentally change the
way clients do business by embracing global, interconnected communities of
intelligent, imaginative and innovative people. By channeling the raw power of
human intelligence and creativity in more efficient ways, our clients seize
market opportunities, create business value and drive positive societal
change. We call this the 'Innovation Effect'(TM) -- driving economic growth
and societal gains. Founded by visionary venture capital firm Spencer Trask &
Co. and some of the world's leading visionaries and pioneers in open
collaboration, STCI and its Member Firms are designed to bring the
collaborative innovation revolution to fruition at the world's leading
corporations, and government organizations. For more information, see
www.stcinnovations.com.

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jwinsper@winsperinc.com