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  • Air Force expands civilian employee assistance program

    JOINT BASE SAN-ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The Department of the Air Force expanded its Employee Assistance Program Oct. 1, following a recent contract award by the Air Force Installation and Contracting Center.The program, required by the Air Force Chief of Staff, provides a variety of services and

  • AFRL nano team takes lead in building stronger ties with India

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory is working to increase availability of rare nanomaterials and strengthen U.S. scientific and manufacturing ties with India.Nanomaterials are thin – about 1/100,000th of the thickness of a human hair.AFRL and its

  • Innovative contract method speeds up weapons procurement

    The Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract or EWAAC is a multiple award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract focused on digital acquisitions, agile processes, open system architecture, and enterprise analytics.

  • Sweet success: Vanilla Unmanned completes 8-day record flight

    The Vanilla Unmanned aircraft continues to make history on Edwards Air Force Base, California, following the success of an eight-day long continuous flight, Oct. 2. The official flight time was 8 days, 50 minutes, and 47 seconds, and covered 12,200 miles in continuous flight, breaking the world

  • AFRL presents results from DSX spacecraft experiments

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – Fifty scientists from Department of Defense laboratories, industry and research universities met virtually September 22 – 23, to discuss the initial findings from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) spacecraft that

  • Scott AFB breaks ground on new Joint ops & mission planning center

    Scott Air Force Base broke ground on a new joint operations and mission planning center, Sept. 30. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center provided design and planning for the JOMPC project and will oversee construction, ensuring the project delivers on time and within budget. 

  • Makerspace allows Airmen to accelerate change

    "A makerspace is a place in which Airmen, military or civilian, with shared mindsets, especially in computing or technology, can gather to work on projects while sharing skills and knowledge,” said Britney Reed, 412th Test Wing Plans and Operations, Continuous Process Improvement Manager.