July 7, 2022 Hanscom team accelerates change, trains contracting personnel on robotic processes More than 50 contracting personnel from across Air Force Materiel Command participated in a robotic process automation workshop at Hanscom AFB to provide exposure to RPAs through guided training and access to professional developers, June 20-24.
July 7, 2022 Simple scanner helps 75th LRS speed up deployment processing Deploying Airmen out the door involves a lot of paperwork, cargo and equipment and the 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s is ready to support the movement of it all successfully and efficiently. In a continued effort to improve their processes, the squadron’s Individual Protective Equipment Flight
July 7, 2022 A-10 Thunderbolt IIs conduct ACE training on Rogers Dry Lake Bed The 412th Operations Support Squadron hosted four A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 355th Wing out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, and small team of Airmen from the 821st Contingency Response Squadron out of Travis Air Force Base, California, to conduct ACE training on Rogers Dry Lake Bed on
July 7, 2022 Minotaur II+ explodes shortly after liftoff A Minotaur II+ rocket exploded approximately 11 seconds after launching from Test Pad-01 at 11:01 p.m. Wednesday.
July 6, 2022 AFRL launches online library to advance digital transformation The Air Force Research Laboratory launched the first Digital Accelerator for Research Transformation effort, or DART 1.0, via the internal AFRL Digital War Room during a hybrid event, June 30, 2022. DART is an online library with new products, capabilities and solutions offered to the workforce on a
July 6, 2022 Aerospace Vehicle Survivability Facility set to meet anticipated National Defense Strategy demands The new National Defense Strategy set to be released later this year will focus on the building of a more lethal military force, the strengthening of U.S. alliances while establishing new partnerships, and reforming the way the Department of Defense does business to accomplish its objectives.The
July 6, 2022 AFRL spacecraft Recurve launches on Virgin Orbit Space Force mission The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate spaceflight experiment Recurve was launched July 2, 2022, from the Mojave Air and Space Port on the Virgin Orbit space system in California.
July 5, 2022 AFNWC directorate key to managing modernization of weapons generation facilities Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center program managers and engineers, along with Air Force Global Strike Command representatives, recently visited the construction site at F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, for the first-of-its-kind Air Force weapons generation facility.
July 5, 2022 New technologies drive Tyndall’s Installation of the Future rebuild The Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Natural Disaster Recovery Division has been at the forefront of implementing new technologies to reshape the installation into a model of adaptability, efficiency and sustainability for the Department of the Air Force and Department of Defense.
July 2, 2022 Team seeks to improve coordination between geospatial intelligence systems, Air Force aircraft A key factor in the operational success of U.S. Air Force aircraft is the use of data from geospatial intelligence information systems – operated by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA).The data provides key information related to location, navigation and the environment, that allow