Dec. 19, 2024 2024 AFMC Year in People Step into the highlights of 2024 with our Air Force Materiel Command "Year in People" photo spread!
Dec. 17, 2024 AFRL hosts ribbon-cutting ceremony at new FORTRESS facility The Air Force Research Laboratory recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Radiation Tolerance Research on Electronics for Space and Strategic Systems, or FORTRESS, building. FORTRESS, a Space Vehicles Directorate facility, will primarily be used to develop technical solutions for
Dec. 16, 2024 AIAA class of 2025 fellows includes four AFRL engineers The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, or AIAA, announced their selections for their class of 2025 Associate Fellows. The 2025 list of honorees includes four engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Aerospace Systems Directorate.
Nov. 27, 2024 AFRL, AEDC celebrate partnership 10th anniversary A decade ago, leveraging an existing relationship, a partnership between the Air Force Research Laboratory and Arnold Engineering Development Complex was forged with the objective of maintaining and advancing Air Force technological supremacy.
Oct. 21, 2024 AFRL marks 20th anniversary of DOD WPAFB STARBASE program STARBASE Wright-Patt is a K-12 DOD STEM outreach program managed by the Wright-Patterson Education Outreach Office, primarily targeting fifth-grade students. Wright-Patterson was among the first active-duty bases to launch a STARBASE program.
Sept. 23, 2024 Small Business Summit - AFRL on track to exceed 2023 small business performance metrics The Air Force Research Laboratory is on track to meet or exceed its small business performance metrics from the previous fiscal year, according to Brian McJilton, director of the AFRL Small Business Office, who recently spoke at the enterprise-wide Small Business Summit held at Dayton Tech Town
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.
July 8, 2024 AFRL, University of Texas – Arlington collaboration yields break-through in thin film technology The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, recently saw the highly successful conclusion to a collaboration with the University of Texas in Arlington, or UT Arlington, which yielded a significant breakthrough in thin film technology used in infrared light detectors.
July 5, 2024 AFRL opens International Center at Rice University The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, held a kickoff meeting for the new International Research Innovation in Nanotechnology, or RISING, Center at Rice University in Houston, Texas, May 9.
July 2, 2024 2024 AFRL Commander’s Challenge kicks off; 2 teams entrusted to deliver low-cost solutions by year’s end The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, has handpicked some of its most gifted junior force military members and DOD civilians to develop and deliver low-cost solutions to counter slow-moving, high-altitude aerial targets by the end of 2024.