Sept. 20, 2021 Brown presses case for speed, innovation, culture change across the Air Force Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. attended the 2021 Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference at National Harbor, Maryland, to deliver his “Accelerate Change to Empowered Airmen” speech, Sept. 20.
Sept. 15, 2021 Edwards AFB chaplains to test CAP partnership, virtual services 412th Test Wing leadership announced a partnership with the Civil Air Patrol to provide more chaplains to the Wing and to test a new virtual reality-based counseling platform at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Sept. 10.
Sept. 15, 2021 AFMC We Need program facilitates Café 100 renovation After being closed for more than nine months, Café 100 is once again open in Building 100 at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., headquarters of Arnold Engineering Development Complex.
Sept. 15, 2021 Open-source software enables scientists to expedite research WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Autonomous Research System, an open-source software program developed by Air Force Research Laboratory scientists, is now available online as a free download, thanks to a new licensing agreement. ARES OS, a product 10 years in the making, aims to
Sept. 14, 2021 AFWERX Agility Prime partner, Moog Aircraft Group, creates prototype eVTOL vehicle AFWERX Agility Prime Partner, Moog Aircraft Group, has created a prototype electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle (eVTOL), the SureFly S250, which seeks to explore the potential of eVTOL utility in unmanned flight applications. With this development, the U.S. Air Force will be able to test
Sept. 10, 2021 AFIMSC seeks challenging I&MS topics for I-WEPTAC The deadline to submit ideas to help shape the future of combat support is soon approaching. Submissions for the 2022 Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference are due Sept. 15.
Sept. 8, 2021 Metals Technology Airmen reduce two year wait time to two month critical part production On, July 6, 2021, Airmen from the 366th Maintenance Squadron’s (MXS) Metals Technology section began production on a critical structural beam within the main landing gear wheel, known as a trunnion beam. A trunnion beam houses the main landing gear strut in which the gear pivots when lowering and
Sept. 3, 2021 AFWERX drives innovation through flightline ops challenge TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Innovators and thought leaders from industry, academia and the federal government gathered at the AFWERX Innovation Hub in Las Vegas, Nevada, late last month to review technologies that will be a part of the Revolutionizing Flightline Operations AFWERX Challenge. This
Sept. 3, 2021 AFRL’s Aerospace Systems Directorate granted patent for innovative control surfaces technology WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Researchers from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Aerospace Systems Directorate recently secured a patent for their control surface technology after successfully developing and demonstrating additively manufactured, multi-material conformal control surfaces
Sept. 2, 2021 SWEG welcomes new software facility Leaders at Hill Air Force Base cut the ribbon for a new $15 million software support facility at a Sept. 2 ceremony. The new facility, affectionately called TINA, or Trailer in the North Area, will be home to teams from the 309th Software Engineering Group, whose mission is one of the base’s top