June 10, 2024 Department of the Air Force launches NIPRGPT Department of the Air Force chief information officer and the Air Force Research Laboratory is accelerating initiatives to provide the Air Force and Space Force with the ability to responsibly experiment with Generative AI.
June 5, 2024 AFRL modifies rescue device to improve first responder safety An Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Center for Rapid Innovation, or CRI, concept to help military first responders lift heavy objects and quickly exit contested environments went from idea to field testing in about four months.
June 4, 2024 AFRL equipment donation helps prepare emerging STEM workforce The Air Force Research Laboratory recently signed an Educational Partnership Agreement with Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, to donate an ultra-high vacuum scanning tunneling microscope to the Corbett Research Group.
June 4, 2024 C-STARS simulation center aims to modernize training, strengthen community partnerships The Air Force’s 711th Human Performance Wing, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, partnered with the University of Cincinnati to develop a state-of-the art simulation center for the Critical Care Air Transport team at the Center for Sustainment of Trauma Readiness at the University of
May 21, 2024 AFRL scientists, engineers promote STEM careers at Spring Job Shadow Day Scientists and engineers from across the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, helped to inspire the next generation of STEM professionals at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Spring Job Shadow Day, March 11, 2024.
May 21, 2024 AFRL, NASA unlock innovation, propel universities forward as 2nd year of Mission Concept Program takes off The program, sponsored by AFRL's Space Vehicles Directorate and which falls under the University Nanosatellite Program, or UNP, began in 1999 and has collaborated with 53 universities and 8,000 students since its inception.
May 20, 2024 AFWERX safeguards American interests through due diligence AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force and a directorate within the Air Force Research Laboratory, employs a thorough due diligence process at the core of its investment strategy for safeguarding national security interests.
May 16, 2024 AFRL honors its newest senior scientist at induction ceremony The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, hosted a promotion and pin-on ceremony to honor its newest senior scientist Dr. Mark Benedict, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, May 9, 2024.
May 13, 2024 AFRL chief scientists welcome HBCU partners to advance tactical autonomy Chief scientists from technical directorates across the Air Force Research Laboratory hosted the Department of the Air Force’s first-ever Historically Black Colleges and Universities-led University Affiliated Research Center at Eglin Air Force Base on April 2, 2024. The event initiated collaborative
April 15, 2024 AFRL-developed physiological monitoring system undergoes flight tests An Air Force Research Laboratory-developed physiological monitoring system for pilots completed a series of F-16 flight tests March 4-17, 2024, at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, or TPS, at Edwards Air Force Base, California.