April 7, 2025 University students to present new aerospace propulsion concepts at Air Force Museum APOP is a partnered outreach program for engineers who are entering the workforce. It allows university engineering students an opportunity to work with Air Force engineers and challenges them to modify small gas turbine engines and innovate on current turbine engine designs.
April 4, 2025 AFMC top performers set the standard for excellence Air Force Materiel Command honored its top performers during the 2024 Annual Excellence Awards virtual ceremony at AFMC headquarters.
March 18, 2025 Eglin engineers bring innovation to combat A select group of Eglin AFB Airmen gathered at the Emerald Spark Incubator March 10-14 to collaborate in the first-ever Combat Innovation Cohort.
March 13, 2025 AFWERX, SpaceWERX helping small business innovators transition technology from prototype to operational use AFWERX and SpaceWERX, the innovation arms of the Department of the Air Force and U.S. Space Force, respectively, have selected 23 small businesses with Phase II contracts awarded within the last two years to apply for funding through a Program Year 2025.1 Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) annual
Jan. 14, 2025 Cutting-Edge Microvane Technology Ready to Modernize C-17 Fleet Developed through a collaborative effort involving the Air Force Research Laboratory, private industry and the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, microvanes will improve operational capabilities across the Department of the Air Force and increase the effectiveness of the USAF C-17 fleet.
Dec. 19, 2024 2024 AFMC Year in People Step into the highlights of 2024 with our Air Force Materiel Command "Year in People" photo spread!
Dec. 17, 2024 AFRL hosts ribbon-cutting ceremony at new FORTRESS facility The Air Force Research Laboratory recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Radiation Tolerance Research on Electronics for Space and Strategic Systems, or FORTRESS, building. FORTRESS, a Space Vehicles Directorate facility, will primarily be used to develop technical solutions for
Dec. 16, 2024 AIAA class of 2025 fellows includes four AFRL engineers The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, or AIAA, announced their selections for their class of 2025 Associate Fellows. The 2025 list of honorees includes four engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Aerospace Systems Directorate.
Nov. 25, 2024 Revolutionizing space-based thermal systems: AFRL’s SPIRRAL launches on SPX-31 The Air Force Research Laboratory launched the Space Power InfraRed Regulation and Analysis of Lifetime, or SPIRRAL, experiment, Nov. 4, 2024. SPIRRAL, flown by AFRL through the DOD Space Test Program, will characterize the performance of Variable Emissivity Materials, or VEMs, an approach toward
Nov. 7, 2024 AFRL recognizes 2024 Fellows and Early Career honorees The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, recognized 17 of its scientists and engineers for the 2024 AFRL Fellows and Science and Engineering Early Career Awards, or ECA, program at an award ceremony held at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 24, 2024.