Nov. 26, 2019 AFRL, AEDC teams earn Laureate award WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Two groundbreaking Air Force Materiel Command teams have been recognized with the 2020 Aviation Week Network Laureate Award in the category of Defense.The Medium Scale Critical Components team has been honored in the Propulsion subcategory. Comprising
Nov. 25, 2019 Hill Air Force Base to host 5G testing and experimentation In an effort to demonstrate innovative prototypes that use commercial 5G technologies as a way to augment future military capabilities, the Department of Defense chose Hill Air Force Base and three other U.S. military bases as a testbed for 5G technology.
Nov. 21, 2019 AFRL sponsors service academy and university design challenge WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Center for Rapid Innovation is sponsoring a Service Academy and University Design Challenge.The SAC/UDC challenges tackle some of the Department of Defense’s top urgent needs while focusing on highly visible and challenging
Nov. 20, 2019 AF TEO Pitch Day: Inventors make stuff, but innovators make history WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory and the Wright Brothers Institute hosted the first Air Force Technology Executive Officer Pitch Day Nov. 15 at the Steam Plant and the Wright Brothers Institute in Dayton.Powered by the Air Force Small Business Innovation
Nov. 8, 2019 AFIMSC announces topics for I-WEPTAC 2020 The topics have been selected and the chairpersons will be on board this month. What remains is determining who will fill the ranks of the four Mission Area Working Groups charged with tackling some of the Air Force’s biggest Agile Combat Support challenges at the 4th Annual Installation and Mission
Nov. 6, 2019 Big wins for small business expected at Air Force Space Pitch Day During Air Force Space Pitch Day, small businesses and startups pitch to a specific Air Force space mission set in hopes of scoring a contract with the Air Force.
Oct. 11, 2019 Chief Data Office announces capabilities for the VAULT Data Platform The VAULT Platform now has a set of tools to support a full lifecycle of data exploitation activities. It is now possible to ingest data, manage storage, manage metadata, manipulate, cleanse and experiment with data and visualize analytics results.
Sept. 18, 2019 Roper: Air Force of the future is faster, smarter, bolder “To become a more competitive acquisition system, the Air Force needs to be aware of trends in technology,” Roper said. “The world is changing, we have to change with it. The key is to decide which technology will be successful and being able to act on those trends with a system that is leaner,
Sept. 10, 2019 AFIMSC seeking to transform AF environmental program with latest UAS technology The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is leveraging the latest unmanned aerial system technology to transform the Air Force environmental program.
Aug. 29, 2019 New product developed in part by AFRL provides F-16 pilots with better visibility during rainstorms WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – An Air Force Research Laboratory-developed product that repels water from aircraft transparencies will soon be available to the entire United States Air Force F-16 community. The product, called HydroSkip, addresses the issue of limited visibility caused by