In an effort to further educate U.S. airmen in software engineering, Denver's Galvanize announced Wednesday that it was awarded a training contract with the United States Air Force.
With this contract, Galvanize will work with the USAF and AFWERX, the Air Force's technology accelerator and innovation hub, in a pilot to integrate Galvanize's accelerated learning technology and training to upskill active-duty airmen.
"Just as large companies face existential threats from competitors and new technologies, our nation's military faces similar threats from new technology and foreign adversaries," Bill Blackstone, EVP operations of Galvanize, said in a statement. "We're excited to be selected by the United States Air Force to assist them in accelerating their technical readiness in software engineering."
The Phase I SBIR contract is designed to accelerate the software engineering technical readiness of the Air Force.
This is isn't the first collaboration Galvanize has had with the U.S. military, having graduated hundreds of veterans through its coding and data science bootcamps.
In October, it announced a collaboration with the government's Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses (VET TEC) to provide tech education to veterans.
With the program, veterans can enroll in remote learning as well as campus programs, using Veterans Administration (VA) benefits. Benefits cover tuition and housing for veterans in the program, and if a veteran does not secure a job within six months of graduating, the cost of the education is refunded to the VA.
