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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 7, 2021    

Ten Ohio companies will spin new drone technology out of their portfolios and into the defense and commercial unmanned aerial systems (UAS) markets through the second cohort of the Dayton Region’s Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) Defense Accelerator.

The program seeks to help participating startups identify uses for their drone and UAS-focused technologies; move their technology products to market; position their companies to create jobs; and generate revenue and support growth of the regional economy.

The Accelerator is funded by the Departm

For immediate release: June 2, 2021 

Dayton, Ohio -- Research teams from Parallax Advanced Research and the Air Force Research Laboratory Autonomy Capability Team 3 (ACT3) are developing Opera, a multi-agent artificial intelligence system that simulates pandemic situations, represents affected entities, and tests pandemic variables to assess the spread of disease and its effects on a population.  

The system simulates groups of people over time, representing them by models called “agents.” Researchers investigate their simulated interaction to predict how variables that describe the

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 24, 2021

Dayton, Ohio -- Mark your calendars for the sixth annual Launch Dayton Startup Week on September 13-16, 2021 at the Dayton Arcade!

Startup Week brings together the thinkers, dreamers, doers, makers and entrepreneurs with resource providers, mentors, and peers. All experiences are welcome. Whether you’re a seasoned entrepreneur or new to the community, there is space for you to join.

This year, Launch Dayton Startup Week will be a blended conference that will offer both in-person and virtual attendance options. Sessions will be held in the Arcade

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 20, 2021

Dayton, Ohio -- Parallax Advanced Research and the Air Force Research Laboratory Autonomy Capability Team 3, or ACT3, are developing a novel computer-based machine learning technology named Detextron. The innovation extracts information from complex documents containing signatures, lines of text and images and processes and transcribes it into a readable report. Detextron will first be used by ACT3 customers, such as the U.S. Office of Information Policy for fulfilling Freedom of Information Act requests.

From layout to format to the type of content

For immediate release: May 3, 2021

MilesAhead Energy develops innovative fast-charging batteries to drive electric vehicles to the next level

DAYTON, OHIO — MilesAhead Energy, a company developing and commercializing solid-state batteries to power electric vehicles and enable electric aircraft, has been named the winner of the Early Risers Academy tech cohort pitch competition, held April 16, 2021. Early Risers Academy is a business-building bootcamp powered by Parallax Advanced Research on behalf of Launch Dayton, a collective of resource providers who support and promote entrepreneurs

Dayton, Ohio – Parallax Advanced Research and its Department of the Air Force program - the Academic Partnership Engagement Experiment, or Academic Partnership Engagement Experiment  - will host the Microelectronics Strategy Forum on May 11 through 13, 2021 in a virtual setting. The event is free of charge and sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory ( Air Force Research Laboratory ). The event aims to gather representatives from academia, industry and the government to promote policies and activities that increase the number and success potential of students from high school through college for careers in microelectronics and related disciplines and

Online database will foster inclusion by preparing first-time company founders to efficiently engage with region’s wealth of entrepreneurial resources

Dayton, Ohio -- Parallax Advanced Research was awarded $750,000 last week to create the Launch Dayton Digital Toolkit, an online database of interactive videos and documents that will prepare first-time founders of new companies to tap into the community’s many resources for entrepreneurs.

The U.S. Economic Development Administration designed the Scaling Pandemic Resilience Through Innovation and Technology (SPRINT) Challenge to harness

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 12, 2021 

Dayton, Ohio -- The winter 2021 Early Risers Academy general and tech cohorts will see 17 founders pitch their budding companies for prize money and support in the coming weeks.  

The Early Risers Academy program is managed by Launch Dayton partner Parallax Advanced Research with funding from the Department of Defense Office of Economic Adjustment & Ohio Third Frontier’s Entrepreneurial Services Provider program. 

“From Air Force and university research labs to urban kitchens and garages, innovation is a force in the Dayton region,” program

For Immediate Release: March 22, 2021

The Department of the Air Force partnership intermediary agreement Academic Partnership Engagement Experiment, or Academic Partnership Engagement Experiment  , program, administered by Parallax Advanced Research helped build and launch the Air Force and Space Force Tech Connect website with innovation idea submission tool to connect industry, small business and academic innovators with the Department of the Air Force 

DAYTON, Ohio -- In April 2019, the Department of the Air Force launched its Science and Technology 2030 Strategy which lays a path forward for the Department of the Air Force

Hilliard, Ohio – The City of Hilliard, GhostWave, Inc., LIFT Aircraft, and Parallax Advanced Research are discussing the potential implementation of a new, life-saving advanced air mobility (AAM) technology on Ohio’s first flying car. HEXA by LIFT Aircraft, which would allow emergency responders to safely arrive on scene more quickly. Beyond emergency responders and public safety groups, other potential beneficiaries include search and rescue and firefighters.

The Detect and Avoid system (DAAS) was developed by Ghostwave Inc., a Hilliard-based startup

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 18, 2021 

DAYTON – Kathleen Gilpin, PhD, joins Parallax Advanced Research as director of national engagement for the Academic Partnership Engagement Experiment ( Academic Partnership Engagement Experiment  ): a first-of-its-kind program designed to improve the connections between the Department of the Air Force, academia and industry across the U.S. to result in a major leap forward for defense technology development. 

Academic Partnership Engagement Experiment  , a $49 million partnership intermediary agreement, was awarded to Parallax in 2019. Parallax is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit established in 2011 to tackle global challenges by

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 15, 2021

Parallax Advanced Research’s Launch Dayton team, which works to support and connect entrepreneurs across the Dayton region to business-building resources, will move into their new office in The Hub at the Arcade this week.

“Our moving to a central location in the heart of Downtown Dayton’s startup ecosystem and our neighboring with other entrepreneurial-support organizations at The Hub is going to allow out team to better help entrepreneurs realize their dreams,” said John Owen, Parallax program manager for Launch Dayton.

The Launch Dayton

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 11, 2021

DAYTON, Ohio – Parallax Advanced Research has expanded its Department of the Air Force program, the Academic Partnership Engagement Experiment, or APEX, to the U.S. Southwest, comprised of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma. Academic Partnership Engagement Experiment  program managers deployed a national engagement effort to locate academics and small businesses with science and technology capabilities sought by the Department of the Air Force and introduce them to the Department’s programs of potential interest. APEX’s Southwest Regional Liaison, Kelly Stafford, is based in

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 8, 2021

DAYTON, Ohio – Parallax Advanced Research announced updates on new contracts and projects that involve modeling COVID-19 response in Ohio; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), artificial intelligence and machine learning innovations; and innovation ecosystem development via academia, industry and government collaborative engagement across Ohio and the Nation.

Research and Development

At its core are the organization’s thriving research and development programs that support the Air Force Research Laboratory and other U.S. Department of Defense agencies

For Immediate Release: March 2, 2021 

Academics, small business innovators and government personnel can learn about and get certified in the Department of the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer programs 

The Parallax Learning Hub – a new learning content management system – is now live!!! Access the Parallax Learning hub here.

The Parallax Learning Hub will be the central repository for all training, education, learning, and development products sponsored by Parallax Advanced Research (including its programs). The first launch of training content is

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 22, 2021

DAYTON, OHIO — Parallax Advanced Research signed a collaborative agreement with Idea Connection Systems® (ICS) of Rochester, New York to support the U.S. Air Force Academic Partnership Engagement Experiment (APEX) partnership intermediary program, which is managed by Parallax. ICS will provide Academic Partnership Engagement Experiment  a key suite of customized services to help transition and commercialize defense technology and boost collaboration among universities, businesses and the government.

ICS is a global innovation consulting firm with decades of experience helping organizations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 17, 2021  

Parallax Advanced Research program seeks to make it easier for medical technology research to develop into local companies

Applications are open for the second round of funding through the new MedTech Launch Fund, which aims to pump a total of $550,000 into MedTech startups across the Dayton Region. The MedTech Launch Fund will accelerate the development of medical technology opportunities in the Dayton Region by funding alpha prototype development to validate and advance a technology’s commercial viability and move it towards commercialization

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 17, 2021

DAYTON, OHIO – Dr. Darrell Lochtefeld joins Parallax Advanced Research as the director of technology pull and transfer for the Academic Partnership Engagement Experiment (APEX). Academic Partnership Engagement Experiment  is a first-of-its-kind program designed to improve the connections between academia and the U.S. Air Force and industry across the U.S. with the goal of creating a major leap forward for U.S. Air Force defense technology development.

Academic Partnership Engagement Experiment  cultivates innovation by expanding the American research enterprise for the U.S. Air Force by engaging, connecting and enabling