Jan. 31, 2020 Center acquires new executive aircraft TINKER AFB, OKLAHOMA (AFLCMC) – On January 30, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Commercial Derivative Aircraft Division, awarded a firm-fixed price sole source delivery order for two C-37B aircraft from Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, which will deliver by the end of FY21, expanding the
Jan. 31, 2020 Air Force partners with Google to improve IT security To continue to provide IT best practices to its users, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center here awarded a $2 million experimental Other Transaction Agreement to Google.
Jan. 31, 2020 Digital Directorate sets new pace for Phase II SBIR awards The Digital Directorate here recently employed an innovative approach to rapidly award seven Phase II Small Business Innovative Research Program, or SBIR, contracts, enabling startup recipients to advance technologies presented at two 2019 pitch days.
Jan. 29, 2020 AFRL Sensors Directorate hosts design challenge, sparks technology advances DAYTON, Ohio – For today’s warfighters, advances in technology are the key to remaining competitive. Design challenges generate competitiveness between teams that create cutting-edge products with real-world application. The Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate and Wright Brothers
Jan. 29, 2020 Air Force Research Laboratory satellite departing International Space Station An Air Force Research Laboratory satellite, called the Very Low Frequency Propagation Mapper, or VPM, will be released from the International Space Station Jan. 31.
Jan. 29, 2020 573rd CMXS keeps aircraft parts in supply at Robins, worldwide to keep mission in air Mechanics, machinists, plastic workers and more make up the more than 200-member team responsible for supporting weapon systems and manufacturing of parts on the F-15, C-5, C-17 and C-130 aircraft. Additionally, the squadron supports the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft
Jan. 28, 2020 State of Life Cycle Management Center address slated for 10 Feb Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) Commander Lt. Gen. Robert McMurry will be presenting a state of the center address during a luncheon sponsored by the Lexington-Concord Chapter of AFCEA Feb. 10. The event will start at 11:30 a.m. at the Burlington (Massachusetts) Marriot, One
Jan. 28, 2020 AFRL Researchers Honored by SPIE Society Recently SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, welcomed 72 new Fellows of the society, including the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Drs. Wellesley Pereira and Christopher Wilcox.
Jan. 28, 2020 C-17 fleet Completes Block 21 Upgrade ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – A team under the direction of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) C-17 Program Office completed Block 21 upgrades on the entire fleet of 275 C-17 aircraft operated by the U.S. Air Force and eight allied countries, meeting the Jan. 1, 2020 mandate
Jan. 28, 2020 AFRL and Blue Origin partner on test site for BE-7 lunar lander engine development EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Air Force Research Laboratory and Blue Origin are developing a new test facility for the Blue Origin BE-7 lunar lander engine at the AFRL rocket lab here.Capital improvements, funded by Blue Origin, will allow BE-7 testing in a simulated space-like environment.