July 10, 2020 AFAF Campaign resumes for 2-week period WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The 47th annual Air Force Assistance Fund campaign at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base resumes July 13 and ends July 24, adding much-needed funds to multiple entities in need.The annual AFAF campaign, using the theme of “Taking Care of Our Own,” raises funds
July 10, 2020 AFRL engineer earns first place in COVID-19 Virtual Hackathon WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – An Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate employee recently earned joint first place in the COVID-19 Virtual Hackathon hosted by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory – the science program inside UK national security.Leslie
July 9, 2020 Phase II SBIR partnership leads to improved resource access The Communications, Navigation, Surveillance and Air Traffic Management Center of Excellence here is using a collaborative approach to enhance access to resources for aircraft program offices, avionics engineers and budget planners across the Air Force. Through a Phase II Small Business Innovation
July 8, 2020 AFMC to host Digital Campaign Virtual Industry Exchange Day The Air Force Materiel Command will host a Digital Campaign Virtual Industry Exchange Day, July 30, to gather input and feedback from academia and industry on the newly-launched priority effort.“We need to streamline the design, development, acquisition and testing to get technology to our
July 8, 2020 DoD launches effort to collect 8,000 units of COVID-19 convalescent plasma The Defense Department has begun an effort to collect 8,000 donated units of plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID-19 to support the development of an effective treatment against the disease.
July 8, 2020 Eglin test squadron makes transport module 'air worthy' Testers certify the Negatively Pressurized Conex Lite for operational use on AF C-130 fleet.
July 7, 2020 National Museum USAF adds new GPS, DSP Satellite Exhibit New exhibits detailing the Air Force’s involvement in managing Global Positioning System (GPS) and using Defense Support Program satellites are now on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.Originating in the early 1960s as a military navigation and missile targeting tool, GPS is
July 7, 2020 Q & A with the new Wright-Patt commander WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The new commander of the 88th Air Base Wing and the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base installation is a self-described reality TV “junkie,” acted as a grass-skirt-and-coconut-wearing Luther Billis in a production of “South Pacific” and isn’t one for standing
July 7, 2020 Urgent Acquisition Effort Provides Safe COVID-19 Patient Transport in 95 Days The Air Force, Air Mobility Command and U.S. Transportation Command have a new capability to bring large numbers of COVID-19 patients home via airlift without putting associated flight crews at risk — and the solution arrived quicker than expected.
July 7, 2020 Hanscom team supports NASA, plays role in SpaceX launch When SpaceX and NASA successfully launched the Crew Dragon Demo-2 spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, May 30, a team from the Digital Directorate here was on-site to defend assets from potential aerial threats posed by unmanned aircraft.