Air Force offering cash prize for engine research

The Air Force is crowdsourcing its aircraft engine research.

The Air Force Research Laboratory is offering a $2 million prize to the first research team that can develop a newer, smaller, more fuel-efficient engine.

The contest is hosted by AFRL, based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

AFRL is hosting industry days on March 24 and 25 at the Wright Brothers Institute in Dayton and a location on the West Coast that has not yet been determined. Teams must register by March 16.

More information is available at www.airforceprize.com.

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