July 14, 2021 Rapid Dragon experimentation campaign evaluates delivering long-range strike weapons via military cargo aircraft at Northern Edge 21 EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFRL) – The Air Force Rapid Dragon Experimentation Program, along with partners from Air Force Special Operations Command, have successfully demonstrated beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) Command and Control of a Palletized Weapon System. This milestone was achieved while
July 1, 2021 World’s top security researchers qualify for Hack-A-Sat 2 Finals ROME, N.Y. – The Department of the Air Force, in collaboration with the security research community, returned for the second year in a row this month, inviting a global community of researchers to hack in an open and collaborative online environment with the goal of improving the security and
July 1, 2021 AFRL commended for life-saving collision avoidance technology; integrated air and ground system near transition WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – A congressionally mandated investigative report concerning military aviation safety has recognized the work of the Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology team from the Air Force Research Laboratory's Aerospace Systems Directorate. The National
July 1, 2021 Commission recognizes AFRL, AFLCMC and NAMRU-Dayton while emphasizing the importance of physiological monitoring WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A congressionally mandated investigative report concerning military aviation safety has recognized two organizations headquartered here, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, plus the
July 1, 2021 Second iteration of successful Vanguard incubation process approaches summit WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – As the Department of the Air Force stands up Rocket Cargo, its recently announced fourth Vanguard program, the WARTECH incubator process that birthed Rocket Cargo continues onward with the upcoming WARTECH 2.0 Summit July 15-16, where more future
June 30, 2021 AFRL holds high power electromagnetic wargaming event The Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate held its second in a series of wargaming, modeling, andsimulation events June 21 – 25 at Kirtland AFB.
June 29, 2021 Big Berthas used to measure laser power The HEL calibration supports the Laser Hardened Materials Evaluation Laboratory (LHMEL) of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at Wright Patterson AFB and the AFRL Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, NM.
June 17, 2021 Extensive renovation transforms 1950s-era lab into state-of-the-art AFRL facility WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A newly renovated Air Force Research Laboratory facility, Building 435, now enables scientists and engineers from a variety of multidisciplinary fields to access the same equipment and infrastructure for biotechnology and organic synthesis work. The existing
June 14, 2021 AFWERX SBIR/STTR event to help limit barriers of entry for small businesses working with the U.S. Air Force WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Tech Warrior Enterprise (TWE) – an AFWERX Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program - will host its free virtual Tech Warrior Medical OPS event for all qualified small businesses from July 19-23, 2021. TWE
June 8, 2021 AFRL’s THOR hammers drones in new video animation The Air Force Research Laboratory has created a new video animation that realistically depicts THOR (Tactical High-power Operational Responder) destroying swarms of enemy drones in a base defense scenario.