FirePoint Innovations Center

Honored to receive the Catalyst award today at the 5th annual Innovation Awards hosted by @WichitaState and @wsuventures! We’re excited for everything to come ✈️

Our team attended the Association of the United States Army annual meeting this week. The Annual Meeting delivers the Army’s message by highlighting the capabilities of organizations and presenting a wide range of industry products and services. #AUSA2023 #USARMY

Winners of our SPARC Challenge Murphy Ownbey and Greg Heiman from #WichitaState spoke with @KSNNews about their winning #software innovations. Check out the interview here. bit.ly/45dYVcE

The MOSA Summit and Expo is the perfect platform to showcase their accomplishments, network with industry leaders, and gain inspiration for future endeavors. We are excited to be part of this journey with our winning teams!

Our Technical Director presented a brief at the AH-64 Apache Conference yesterday on #AdvancedManufacturing and how the future will be tied together through a digital thread and how we should prepare for this #DigitalTransformation transformation that is happening around us.

Huntsville, Alabama is where our new Applied Innovation Center (AIC) is opening! The AIC will allow Army Aviation to collaborate with cutting edge, emerging #technology companies who are tailoring solutions for #Army #Aviation. Learn more here. bit.ly/3PfcGmC

We had a blast at our annual pickleball tournament with our Future Innovators and FirePoint Interns. Congratulations to the winners! #internship

Our very own Hunter Spoon and three other Wichita State University students modified an all-terrain wheelchair for Sutton, a 9-year-old boy who outgrew the chair’s previous dimensions as part of their project for Accessible Design (Engineering 302). #engineering #innovation

The FirePoint Aviation Innovation Center (AIC) is officially open!! The AIC is a dedicated testbed environment and collaboration facility located in Huntsville Alabama focused on accelerating innovation and technology adoption within Army Aviation. #technology #innovation

Get ready for an exciting journey! Our brand new video series is about to drop and we can't wait to share it with you. Stay tuned for sneak peeks. #VideoSeriesRelease #ComingSoon #StayTuned"

Happy 248th Birthday to the @USArmy

Our Executive Director, Stephen Cyrus, was awarded the Patriot Award this week!

Shape the future of software architecture. Teams of university students across the country are invited to participate in FirePoint Innovations Center Student Practical Architecting Challenge (SPARC). More info at firepoint.info/sparc #softwarearchitecture #challenge

Thanks @FirePointIC for taking time to talk with our scholars during #techtalkthursday today.

We had a blast at our annual pickleball tournament last night with our Future Innovators and FirePoint Interns. Congratulations to Jarrell and Mark for taking home the trophies this year! #innovation #internship2022 #networking

We are excited to be a sponsor of the Hacking for Defense class @WichitaState. Students will be part of an interdisciplinary team to research, design, and propose a solution for a real national security challenge presented by one of the course’s sponsors.

This past weekend the FirePoint interns enjoyed breakfast with a view, getting up close and personal with aviation past and present at Stearman Field in Benton, KS.  Joining them is FirePoint’s Steve Cyrus and Mark Torline. #StearmanField #innovation #aviation

NIAR WERX Lab at @WichitaState receives $2.1 million from @US_EDA to purchase and install new equipment in the Flight Test Research Center and MRO facility - ultimately providing 400+ jobs for full-time staff and students over the next 10 years. wichita.edu/research/NIAR/…

Wishing everyone a Happy Fourth of July from us here at FirePoint! #fourthofjuly

FirePoint had the opportunity to visit @BuhlerCrusaders and witness their C3 project come to life and hear the innovation behind the idea! #innovation #C3challenge #unmannedvehicle #drones #uav #armytechnology

FirePoint interns in Wichita for the summer had the opportunity to visit DOC, one of only two flying B-29 Superfortresses left.  Look for more adventures from the interns as they spend their summer in “The Air Capital of the World”. #innovation #wichita