<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">FYI<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">AFWERX &lt;<a href="mailto:AFWERX@USAFAFWERX.dod.govdelivery.com" class="">AFWERX@USAFAFWERX.dod.govdelivery.com</a>&gt;<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">The Manufacturing Challenge is Now Open! Register for Upcoming Webinars.</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">June 4, 2025 at 12:01:47 PM EDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:alm@bavovna.ai" class="">alm@bavovna.ai</a><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; width: 629px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr bgcolor="#ffffff" class=""><td align="center" valign="top" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 0px; font-size: 1px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">The Manufacturing Challenge is Now Open! 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By uniting manufacturers, small businesses, academics, and government experts, it addresses critical gaps in the United States Air Force (USAF) and United States Space Forces’ (USSF) industrial base.<br class=""><br class="">Submissions will be managed through the<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.dodsbirsttr.mil%2Ftopics-app%2F%3Fbaa=DOD_SBIR_2025_P1_C5%26release=9%26utm_medium=email%26utm_source=govdelivery/1/010101973bad5fb8-6f2888db-6398-48ab-a963-e936e3b22429-000000/N8mRF-FDibSiMuqRmPmDj7SJAeLfzLPVl4NNyqjOeW8=408" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(29, 87, 130);" class="">Defense SBIR/STTR Innovation Portal (DSIP)</a>, with separate eligibility criteria for SBIR and STTR programs.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><em class=""><strong class="">The submission window closes on Wednesday, July 9</strong></em>.</p><div style="line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(15, 24, 45); font-family: helvetica; 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border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody class=""><tr id="abe-section-row-62110ce4-1a29-4059-a5fd-308f0fba1827" class="abe-section-row" bgcolor="#dddddd" style="background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221);"><td align="center" valign="top" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; font-size: 0px;" class=""><div id="abe-column-block-a4495914-902f-4167-a59f-566e31f5020b" class="abe-column-block" data-block-type="FancyBlockColumn" data-block-id="143014572" style="min-height: 5px; width: 300px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top;"><table width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="table-layout: fixed; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; border-spacing: 0px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="abe-column-block-padding" id="abe-column-block-a4495914-902f-4167-a59f-566e31f5020b-padding" style="padding: 15px;"><h3 align="center" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.2; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">AMA #1</h3><p align="center" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">Thursday, June 12<br class="">2 p.m. ET</p><table class="govd_button" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="padding-bottom: 15px;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" style="border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px auto;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="govd_button" align="center" bgcolor="#0F182D" style="background-color: rgb(15, 24, 45); border-radius: 0px; text-align: center; display: inline-block; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; padding: 15px; border: none;"><a href="https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fevents.teams.microsoft.com%2Fevent%2Fb308ee1d-75fe-4dfd-9442-a8ac81c2adee@f7d4b2aa-8df7-45f9-a4de-67c528dd4981%3Futm_medium=email%26utm_source=govdelivery/1/010101973bad5fb8-6f2888db-6398-48ab-a963-e936e3b22429-000000/3fgOIDHjv3ovJ06UDJA3m_W3auk-YYAOimPY80eWe8s=408" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration: none !important;" class=""><strong style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none;" class="">Register</strong></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><div id="abe-column-block-04e11479-b45b-488d-b9d1-be8efca4469a" class="abe-column-block" data-block-type="FancyBlockColumn" data-block-id="143014576" style="min-height: 5px; width: 300px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top;"><table width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="table-layout: fixed; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; border-spacing: 0px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="abe-column-block-padding" id="abe-column-block-04e11479-b45b-488d-b9d1-be8efca4469a-padding" style="padding: 15px;"><h3 align="center" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.2; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">AMA #2</h3><p align="center" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">Tuesday, June 17<br class="">1 p.m. ET</p><table class="govd_button" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="padding-bottom: 15px;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" style="border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px auto;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="govd_button" align="center" bgcolor="#0F182D" style="background-color: rgb(15, 24, 45); border-radius: 0px; text-align: center; display: inline-block; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; padding: 15px; border: none;"><a href="https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fevents.teams.microsoft.com%2Fevent%2Fbbf0218b-f00b-4c36-87f9-7e324ae5ac85@f7d4b2aa-8df7-45f9-a4de-67c528dd4981%3Futm_medium=email%26utm_source=govdelivery/1/010101973bad5fb8-6f2888db-6398-48ab-a963-e936e3b22429-000000/qWMoRyYGuw-1hDaq6yInySnjQ_f9s5jKxfhTVbc4qJ0=408" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration: none !important;" class=""><strong style="font-family: helvetica; 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