March 23, 2021 AFRL Directed Energy Industry Days— rolling out new rapid contracting vehicle KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) - The Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate will host a Virtual Briefing for Industry to introduce the new Directed Energy Technology Experimentation Research (DETER), Advanced Research Announcement (ARA) April 13 – 14 from 10 a.m. to noon
March 19, 2021 AFVentures releases annual report, details extensive efforts to expand defense industrial base, fight COVID-19 virus WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – AFVentures, the Department of the Air Force’s commercial investment group, has released its fiscal year 2020 annual report.The new report details AFVentures’ successes in fulfilling its mission of expanding and maintaining the Air Force’s innovative
March 19, 2021 AFWERX crowns 2021 Spark Tank winner at Virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Master Sgt. Justin Bauer from the 355th Fighter Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona was awarded the prestigious AFWERX Spark Tank trophy after his innovative method for C-130 wheel repair was selected as the Spark Tank 2021 winner February
March 18, 2021 AFRL breaks ground on state of the art space environment laboratory KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate broke ground on a new facility named the Skywave Technology Laboratory March 16. The 3,500 square foot, $3.5 million lab will be located in a remote area on Kirtland Air Force Base. “The Skywave Lab
March 12, 2021 AFRL exchange officer leads international Space collaboration LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (AFRL) – Air Force Research Laboratory exchange officer to the United Kingdom Capt. Jacob Singleton, plays an important role in promoting international cooperation in military research, development and acquisition among the United Kingdom (UK), United States and other North
March 10, 2021 AFRL collaborates with Purdue University on autonomy challenge project WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Air Force Research Laboratory researchers are collaborating with Purdue University students on an autonomy challenge project, projected for completion in May 2021.“Collaboration with Purdue is an on-going effort that began in 2020 when AFRL established
March 5, 2021 AFRL completes Golden Horde Collaborative Small Diameter Bomb second flight demonstration EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFRL) – The Air Force Golden Horde Vanguard program successfully completed a second flight test of its collaborative weapon technologies using four Collaborative Small Diameter Bombs Feb. 19. A CSDB is a Small Diameter Bomb modified with networked collaborative autonomy
March 4, 2021 Life is too short to waste time on a bad cup of coffee – microbes can help with that WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – On the latest episode of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s podcast – Lab Life, Dr. Rajesh Naik and Dr. Justin Gallivan from AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing discuss the perfect cup of coffee, microbes, DNA sequencing, and AFRL’s Biotechnology Grand
March 4, 2021 AFRL launches collaborative biosensor effort to detect stress, fatigue biomarkers The Air Force Research Laboratory recently kicked off a $2 million partnership with Case Western Reserve University. The joint project will accelerate biosensor development, with an emphasis on the detection of biomarkers for stress and fatigue.
March 2, 2021 To train medics to save lives, fuselage travels to WPAFB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The fuselage of a Boeing 767 is being delivered from Wilmington Air Park in Wilmington, Ohio, to the 711th Human Performance Wing’s U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine around 2 p.m. on March 3. After its three-day journey through Greene and