July 15, 2024 AMC, AFRL pioneer UAS Traffic Management system at MacDill Air Force Base This assessment marks a significant milestone as MacDill Air Force Base became the first Department of the Air Force, or DAF, installation to use UTM capabilities within controlled airspace assigned to Department of Defense air traffic controllers. This ensures the safe operations of unmanned aerial
July 15, 2024 AFWERX Ventures division launches Notice of Opportunity for air and space applicable technology submissions AFWERX AFVentures, the commercial investment arm of the Department of the Air Force, has issued a Notice of Opportunity within the Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) program for air and space projects.
July 8, 2024 AFRL, University of Texas – Arlington collaboration yields break-through in thin film technology The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, recently saw the highly successful conclusion to a collaboration with the University of Texas in Arlington, or UT Arlington, which yielded a significant breakthrough in thin film technology used in infrared light detectors.
July 5, 2024 AFRL opens International Center at Rice University The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, held a kickoff meeting for the new International Research Innovation in Nanotechnology, or RISING, Center at Rice University in Houston, Texas, May 9.
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