Jan. 21, 2021 WeaponONE demonstrates Digital Twin technologies that deliver software-defined weapon capabilities to the battlefield EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate recently hosted a demonstration of the Team Eglin Weapons Digital Enterprise WeaponONE (W1) program at the Virtual Warfare Munitions Simulator. The demonstration highlighted the significant progress made in the past
Jan. 20, 2021 AFRL’s Starfire Optical Range discovers asteroid satellite KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) - “I was wrong,” said Air Force Research Laboratory researcher, Dr. Jack Drummond, when looking back to his early research on asteroids and their orbiting moons. Drummond is an astronomer at AFRL’s Directed Energy Directorate Starfire Optical Range (SOR) located
Jan. 19, 2021 AFRL, AFLCMC laboratory collaboration addresses pilot oxygen concerns WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center have partnered to create a facility for investigation of in-flight oxygen issues, achieving operational capability with the first testing activity, the evaluation and
Jan. 15, 2021 AFOSR Funding Opportunity: International partnership to spark bold new quantum research ALEXANDRIA, Virginia -- The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFRL/AFOSR), the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), and the Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) this week announced a joint solicitation
Jan. 15, 2021 New AFRL, NSF INTERN program opens aperture for recruiting top talent ALEXANDRIA, Virginia -- The Air and Space Forces will start 2021 with a fresh new partnership between the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) designed to advance the scientific and innovation skills of the United States and draw a whole new generation of
Jan. 13, 2021 AFRL commander discusses unicorns, Space Guardians and more on Lab Life podcast WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Air Force Research Laboratory commander Brig. Gen. Heather L. Pringle is the latest guest of AFRL’s Lab Life podcast hosted by Michele Miller and Kenneth McNulty of AFRL’s Public Affairs office.The Lab Life podcast provides listeners with insight into the
Jan. 13, 2021 AFRL measures first superconducting quantum bits (qubit), first-ever demo for a DOD service lab ROME, N.Y. – Researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate here have measured the energy relaxation and coherence times of superconducting quantum bits (qubits), two important characteristics that determine how long qubits can retain quantum information. This achievement
Jan. 8, 2021 AFRL completes successful precision airdrop flight test WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Researchers with the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate reached new heights during a precision airdrop (PAD) flight test, Nov. 16-19, 2020, in Yuma, Arizona.This flight test studied AFRL’s precision airdrop design with optimized cargo
Jan. 7, 2021 AFRL demonstrates first-ever collaborative weapon technologies EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The Air Force Golden Horde Vanguard program completed the first-ever Air Force flight demonstration of collaborative weapons Dec. 15 using technology developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Scientific Applications & Research Associates (SARA). A team
Jan. 5, 2021 AFRL engineer award winner proclaims a first for the U.S. Space Force Air Force Research Laboratory senior engineer Dr. Odell Reynolds received the 2019 Harold Brown award from Dr. Richard Joseph, the Chief Scientist of the Air Force, in a ceremony held on Dec. 16, 2020 at AFRL’s Starfire Optical Range (SOR) located on Kirtland Air Force Base.