Sept. 11, 2023 AFRL Regional Hub Networks for the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest regions awarded 2-year contract extension The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, announced a two-year contract extension and $15 million increase in funding for each of the Regional Hub Networks. The two pilot programs are based at Cornell University, Mid-Atlantic, and Purdue University, Midwest.
Sept. 11, 2023 Partnership agreement furthers safety of Advanced Aircraft Mobility in low-altitude conditions AFWERX Prime and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Architecture and Integration Weather office have signed a memorandum of agreement allowing them to collaborate on efforts to reduce the impact of low-altitude weather on Advanced Air Mobility platforms.
Sept. 5, 2023 NDSEG hosts successful 4th annual STEM conference The Air Force Research Laboratory’s, or AFRL, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, or AFOSR, hosted a STEM-focused conference July 31 to Aug. 3, 2023, for the Department of Defense National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship program, or NDSEG, at the Hilton Palacio del Rio in
Aug. 30, 2023 First autonomous flight advances AI proving ground forward This event was the start and demonstration of a testbed that allows autonomy and AI software developers to quickly flight test their algorithms with ADAx on Eglin’s range. That mission falls under Autonomy Prime Environment for Experimentation or APEX, a subset of ADAx.
Aug. 30, 2023 Popular AFRL invention supports joint military needs with mobile medical documentation A mobile medical documentation tool developed by Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, researchers, has been selected as the joint integrated electronic health record for point-of-injury and en route care by the Joint Operational Medicine Information Systems, or JOMIS
Aug. 28, 2023 AFWERX hosts first in-person Collider event since COVID-19 pandemic More than 20 industry partners attended the first in-person AFWERX Collider event in over three years at Fed Supernova in Austin, Texas.
Aug. 22, 2023 AFWERX Spark hosts Crossflow events AFWERX Spark held five Crossflow events at strategically situated locations throughout the world in 2023, all focused on the development, collaboration and growth of Spark Cells in each region.
Aug. 18, 2023 New platform IGNITEs defense innovation AFWERX has launched IGNITE, a platform where defense users can search for and easily interact with thousands of small businesses that have secured previous Department of the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research or Small Business Technology Transfer awards
Aug. 17, 2023 AFWERX reaches out to academia for new technologies AFWERX, the innovation arm for the Department of the Air Force, met with entrepreneurs, educators and researchers at a recent Academia Days outreach event in Dayton, Ohio, to hear about their dual-use and defense-specific technologies.
Aug. 16, 2023 Recipients of Harold Brown Award 2021, 2022 honored at Pentagon ceremony Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall hosted an award ceremony at the Pentagon for recipients of the 2021 and 2022 Harold Brown Award, Aug. 8.