Aug. 2, 2024 AFRL Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems Laboratory officially opens The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate celebrated the opening of the Manufacturing, Industrial Technologies and Energy Division’s Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems, or CAMS, Laboratory during a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 23, 2024.
Feb. 22, 2024 AFIMSC spearheads AI innovation at industry forum More than 120 industry, academic and government officials gathered Feb. 20-21 at the University of Texas at San Antonio Downtown Campus for the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Artificial Intelligence Industry Forum.
Feb. 9, 2024 AFMC’s digital transformation efforts aim to unleash the potential of AI innovation In an era where technological advancements are reshaping defense and security, the Air Force Materiel Command is actively pursuing new, innovative ways to accelerate mission processes.
Jan. 31, 2024 At Altitude: Col. Tucker Hamilton Col. Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton, 96th Operations Group commander at Eglin AFB and Air Force AI test and operations chief, discusses the current state of AI within the Air Force, ongoing research, development and testing and AI’s place in building the force of the future.
Nov. 8, 2023 Secretary Kendall attends EADS CBC2 success, modernization milestone The event marked a pivotal milestone in the service’s modernization of tactical command and control capabilities as part of the Advanced Battle Management System portfolio of efforts.
Nov. 7, 2023 DAF-MIT AI Accelerator calls for Cohort 10 phantom fellowship applications The Department of the Air Force-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Accelerator announced today via MyFSS the open call for applicants for the upcoming Cohort 10 of the Phantom fellowship that will take place from Jan 22, 2024 to Jun 14, 2024.
Oct. 17, 2023 AI research robots key to ‘democratizing and revolutionizing science’, world-class AFRL researcher says Internationally acclaimed Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, researcher Dr. Benji Maruyama and his team are seeking industry and academic partners to help them transition open-source autonomous experimentation software, known as Educational ARES OS, to public school classrooms across the nation
Aug. 30, 2023 First autonomous flight advances AI proving ground forward This event was the start and demonstration of a testbed that allows autonomy and AI software developers to quickly flight test their algorithms with ADAx on Eglin’s range. That mission falls under Autonomy Prime Environment for Experimentation or APEX, a subset of ADAx.
Aug. 22, 2023 Latest Hackathon uses AI modeling for test planning Focused on ways of using generative AI models, combined with existing test documentation, to augment various test processes.
Aug. 2, 2023 AFRL artificial intelligence agents successfully pilot XQ-58A Valkyrie uncrewed jet aircraft The Air Force Research Laboratory led a successful three-hour sortie, July 25, 2023, demonstrating the first-ever flight of artificial intelligence agents (algorithms) controlling an uncrewed jet aircraft – the XQ-58A Valkyrie.