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  • Dr. Benji Maruyama is the Air Force Research Laboratory team lead for Autonomous Materials and the Autonomous Research System also known as ARES. ARES OS, an open-source software program, is now available online as a free download, thanks to a new licensing agreement. The product, 10 years in the making, aims to transform the research process by exploiting artificial intelligence and autonomy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Karen Schlesinger)

    Open-source software enables scientists to expedite research

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Autonomous Research System, an open-source software program developed by Air Force Research Laboratory scientists, is now available online as a free download, thanks to a new licensing agreement. ARES OS, a product 10 years in the making, aims to transform the research process by exploiting
  • The Air Force Research Laboratory will showcase several areas including Department of the Air Force Vanguard programs, COVID-19 response efforts, innovative capabilities for base defense and palletized munitions plus several avenues for sharing ideas or capabilities with the lab during the Air Force Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 20-22, 2021. (Courtesy graphic)

    AFRL to showcase key programs, processes to provide warfighters with innovative technologies at Air, Space & Cyber Conference

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory will showcase several areas including Department of the Air Force Vanguard programs, COVID-19 response efforts, innovative capabilities for base defense and palletized munitions plus several avenues for sharing ideas or capabilities with the lab during the Air Force
  • The Air Force Research Laboratory held a groundbreaking event Sept. 8, 2021 at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. announcing the construction of the Wargaming and Advanced Research Simulation (WARS) Laboratory. The facility is in support of AFRL’s Directed Energy and Space Vehicles Directorates located on Kirtland. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tyrell Etsitty)

    AFRL breaks ground on high-tech wargaming facility

    The Wargaming and Advanced Research Simulation (WARS) Laboratory will house the Directed Energy Wargaming and Simulation Branch and the Space Vehicles Simulation and Analysis Branch.
  • Maj. Gen. Heather L. Pringle, commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, addresses attendees and those tuned in via virtual connections during the Space Foundation's 36th National Space Symposium Aug. 26, 2021 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. “When it comes to science and technology, I take our role very seriously, and I believe that it’s non-negotiable that we pursue game-changing technologies for both Airmen and Guardians," Pringle said. "We are one lab supporting two services. As Secretary Kendall says, ‘It’s one team, one fight.’” (Courtesy photo)

    AFRL promotes ‘One lab, two services’ at Space Symposium

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AFRL) – Air Force Research Laboratory Commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle and other AFRL subject matter experts gathered to connect with the space community at the Space Foundation’s 36th National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs August 23-27. Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer, retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral

  • AFRL offers university satellite program

     KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s University Nanosatellite Program (UNP) request for proposals (RFP) will be open until October 1. UNP funds U.S. university students and programs to design, build, launch, and operate small satellites with the primary goal to train the next generation of space
  • AFRL’s new equipment, a Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar system, measures stress at high strain rates and helps analyze material behavior under severe conditions. Engineers from AFRL’s Rocket Propulsion Division at Edwards Air Force Base, California will use the system to test and gather data from solid propellants and space-bound materials. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joy Alich)

    AFRL extends capability for testing solid rocket motors with new equipment

    EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory's Rocket Propulsion Division has a new capability, a Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar system, also known as a Kolsky bar, that measures stress at high strain rates and helps analyze material behavior under severe conditions. “This system will give AFRL a new and unprecedented
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    Air Force medics partner with University of Nebraska to sharpen biocontainment care skills

    Lt. Gen. Robert I. Miller, U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, visited the Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills Omaha program on August 18, receiving updates on the program’s Principles of Biocontainment Care course and the Air Force’s partnership with Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska.
  • AFRL Munitions Directorate Commander, Col. W. Tony Meeks cuts the ceremonial ribbon for the new Ordnance Science Innovation Center on Eglin AFB, Fla. He is flanked on the left by Integration and Operations Division Chief, Jaime Pinto, and to the right by Ordnance Division Chief, Segrid Harris, followed by former Director, Col Garry Haase. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Leake)

    AFRL Munitions Directorate opens new collaborative facilities for faster technology development

    EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate recently opened two new jointly constructed facilities here, designed to serve as adaptable and collaborative workspace environments. These facilities will encourage rapid, cross-disciplinary interactions and cultivate an inspiring, creative, and innovative
  • Tech. Sgt. Robert Van Aken, an instructor and medical technician with the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, speaks to trainees Aug. 12 from the 88th Medical Group at Wright-Patterson Medical Center. The training equipped these medics with proper skills to load and unload injured patients. (U.S. Air Force photo/Richard Eldridge)

    USAFSAM provides deployment training to medics

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Aeromedical evacuation instructors from the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine provided an all-day deployment training on patient movement Aug. 12 to a team of 14 medics from the 88th Medical Group who currently work at the Wright-Patt Medical Center. The training consisted of classroom
  • One AFRL-born enterprise preparing to make the leap to the private sector is the Networked Integrated Tactical Environment, which is being led by Dr. Leah Rowe. While in her role as a Science and Technology Advisor for Continuous Learning in AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing, Dr. Rowe and a team of SMEs, engineers, and behavioral scientists created NITE -- a technology and training package that provides a “train like we fight” regime for joint Department of Defense warfighters who deploy on a regular basis. NITE resulted from research set out to address training needs of Air Force Unmanned Aerial Systems operators and their leaders. (Courtesy photo)

    Entrepreneur Opportunity Program helps turn AFRL people, ideas into new private sector businesses

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Entrepreneurial Opportunities Program is turning scientists and engineers into business owners to speed emerging technology to warfighters.“AFRL is great at innovating new technologies, but unless someone, somewhere decides to produce them, nobody benefits,” said
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