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
March 15, 2022 Physics of Flying project brings 700+ to Wright-Patt booth at The Big Hoopla's STEM Challenge DAYTON, Ohio (AFRL) – Nearly 700 children and their families visited the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Educational Outreach booth at The Big Hoopla’s STEM Challenge March 13 at the Dayton Convention Center. The children, age’s kindergarten thru eighth grade, were given model airplane kits as well
March 15, 2022 Equipping Space Force operators through innovation U.S. Space Force organizations at Kirtland AFB led the 2nd Annual Delta Innovation Summit held in February.
March 10, 2022 Tech Connect bridges student aerospace organization with AFRL mentorship Penn Jet Propulsion, a student aerospace club at the University of Pennsylvania recently obtained subject matter expert support and mentorship from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Aerospace Systems Directorate Aerospace Propulsion Outreach Program.
March 9, 2022 AFRL program advances unmanned air system used for training U.S. fighter pilots WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research contract to Blue Force Technologies to develop an unmanned air vehicle that supports adversary air (ADAIR) training missions. The Bandit
March 9, 2022 USAF School of Aerospace Medicine inducted into San Antonio Aviation Hall of Fame SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) was inducted into the San Antonio Aviation Hall of Fame during the Dee Howard Foundation’s 2022 San Antonio Aerospace Hall of Fame awards banquet held at the Boeing Hangar
March 9, 2022 Air Force Research Laboratory chemists collaborate with MIT on nanomaterial advancement with flow chemistry Chemical research scientist and a member of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Dr. Luke Baldwin, is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to utilize a new synthetic chemistry tool to produce and improve new reactions on carbon derived
Feb. 28, 2022 AFRL selects two universities for participation in pilot Regional Research Hub network WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory has selected two universities as partners in the creation of a new science and technology ecosystem that will also include both large and small businesses, other government agencies, and venture capitalists. The
Feb. 25, 2022 AFRL awards contract for drone killer, Mjölnir; brings new “hammer” to the fight KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) -- The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a contract for Mjölnir, a next-generation counter electronics weapon system, to defend against adversarial drone activity, to Leidos Inc. Building upon the success of the Tactical High-Power Operational Responder