April 13, 2022 Electric rotary aircraft completes first Eglin flight Lift Hexa, an electric, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, flew for approximately 10 minutes and reached a height of about 50 feet.
April 13, 2022 Innovative ideas target of new ‘Pathway’ pilot Innovation is getting some innovation. A pilot project spearheaded by the Air Force Research Laboratory, titled the Innovation Pathway Initiative, is focused on clearing the path for pioneering Airmen, Guardians, and civilians.Under the initiative, the start-to-finish process for innovative ideas
April 11, 2022 AFRL completes series of 1 Newton ASCENT monopropellant thruster testing The Chemical Propulsion Flight Programs Group at the Air Force Research Laboratory has successfully completed the Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-toxic Propellant (ASCENT) monopropellant 1 Newton (1N) thruster testing in the Chemical in-Space Thruster Test and Research Site test facility.
April 4, 2022 Decommissioned Mach 8 tunnel removed to make room for future test opportunities The hardware making up the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Tunnel E facility has been scrapped, leaving behind a mostly empty room in the building that also houses Tunnel D at the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility at Arnold Air Force Base.It hasn’t been an active wind tunnel in years, so the
March 31, 2022 Four AFRL researchers honored for 2021 STEM accomplishments Four scientists and engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory earned accolades as winners of 2021 Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Awards. This prestigious honor from the office of the Air Force Chief Scientist Dr. Victoria Coleman and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science,
March 31, 2022 AFWERX Fellowship seeks innovative Guardians and Airmen AFWERX is now accepting applications for its summer 2022 fellowship program until May 9. Innovation enthusiasts of all ranks from the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force active duty, Reserve, Guard and government civilians may apply for the summer cohort.
March 24, 2022 AFRL to feature key programs, innovative technologies at National Space Symposium WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory will showcase space-related programs and technologies along with the Hack-a-Sat competition, ways to share ideas or capabilities with AFRL, and SpaceWERX, the U.S. Space Force affiliated arm of AFWERX during the 37th
March 23, 2022 AFRL/AFOSR conducts successful rocket launch at NASA Wallops for hypersonics research WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The BOLT II “In memory of Mike Holden” flight experiment, managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory/Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFRL/AFOSR), launched on the evening of March 21 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s
March 21, 2022 AFRL’s Cislunar Highway Patrol System seeks industry collaboration KIRTLAND AFB, New Mexico (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate is seeking partners to design and inform the capabilities of the Cislunar Highway Patrol System (CHPS) satellite, to provide space domain awareness beyond Geosynchronous orbit, in the region of
March 15, 2022 AFRL/AFOSR to conduct rocket launch at NASA Wallops for hypersonics research WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – A launch of a two-stage suborbital sounding rocket for the Air Force Research Laboratory/Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s BOLT II flight experiment is set to take place the evening of March 21 at the National Aeronautics and Space