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.
June 26, 2024 AFRL releases video footage of XQ-67A first flight The Air Force Research Laboratory successfully flew the first of a second- generation of Autonomous Collaborative Platforms known as the XQ-67A demonstrator, built and flown in the Off-Board Sensing Station, or OBSS, program Feb. 28, 2024.
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 Project Vanguard reinforces defense capabilities with investor capital Project Vanguard, a program delivered by the AFWERX Capital Initiatives division, represents that opportunity for warfighter and industry teaming, helping to buy down risk of the government customer's acquisition through the intervention of private capital.
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 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 15, 2024 AFRL Future Flag series grows in scope, size with new funding, alliances Future Flag is an experimentation series that aims to accelerate the development, demonstration and fielding of innovative capabilities for Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control, or CJADC2, Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence, and other capabilities needed for to deter potential future