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  • The Masten 25k lbf thrust Broadsword rocket engine. (Masten Space Systems photo/Matthew Kuhns)

    AFRL, NASA, industry achieve successful liquid methane engine test

    EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, and Masten Space Systems Inc. successfully tested a liquid methane rocket engine, the first of its kind tested at AFRL.AFRL and Masten signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement in December 2018. The agreement enabled Masten

  • Air Force partners with Google to improve IT security

    To continue to provide IT best practices to its users, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center here awarded a $2 million experimental Other Transaction Agreement to Google.
  • Digital Directorate sets new pace for Phase II SBIR awards

    Digital Directorate sets new pace for Phase II SBIR awards

    The Digital Directorate here recently employed an innovative approach to rapidly award seven Phase II Small Business Innovative Research Program, or SBIR, contracts, enabling startup recipients to advance technologies presented at two 2019 pitch days.
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    AFMC, ACC expand weapons system collaboration

    Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel Command and Gen. Mike Holmes, commander, Air Combat Command, signed a memorandum of agreement establishing the Lead Wing Collaboration Program during the Technology and Acquisition Sustainment Review Conference, Jan. 29 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.
  • Air Force Research Laboratory and Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source personnel collaborate at the Functional Materials Beamline of the Materials Solution Network section of CHESS. (Courtesy photo)

    AFRL, partners develop innovative tools to accelerate composites certification at new materials research facility

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – In partnership with industry, a team of Air Force Research Laboratory/Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) personnel are developing the capability to accelerate certification of advanced manufactured composite structures.The Materials Solutions Network will drive composite manufacturing into a
  • Gary Beach and Thymes Givings work on disassembling an F119 intermediate case.

    Propulsion Pitch Day looks to source vital engine parts

    First flown more than 60 years ago, the TF33 engine continues to be a vital part of the Air Force’s mission as more than 1,000 engines continue to power the nation’s fleet of B-52 bombers, E-3 AWACS and other mission-critical aircraft.Yet while the engine continues to remain an integral part of powering the Air Force, the parts that maintain the
  • Hanscom hosts rapid acquisition panel

    Industry shares perspectives on rapid acquisition

    Engagement and collaboration were key topics during a panel here Jan. 22 that discussed rapid acquisition topics from an industry perspective.
  • Members of the Advanced Tactical Acquisition Corps Team 7 on Capitol Hill for meetings with government leaders. ATAC selects talented acquisition professionals for leadership development, training and the opportunity to work as a team to find solutions to Air Force and Department of Defense challenges.

    Next-generation gaming capabilities to augment integration, training

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Advanced Tactical Acquisition Corps (ATAC) in partnership with AFWERX, is assisting the Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability Office (AFWIC) in its search for the next-generation gaming technology that will help improve joint warfighter integration and combat capabilities.AFWIC is looking for
  • Hanscom Air Force Base will no longer host an on-base tax center beginning in 2020. Alternative options are still available to assist military personnel in filing, such as Military OneSource, which offers access to a no-cost online tax filing service.

    Military OneSource offers free tax prep

    MilTax kicks off on Military OneSource Jan. 22, offering electronic filing via do-it-yourself software and personalized support from a tax consultant.
  • A recent X-60A hot fire test, conducted at Cecil Spaceport in Jacksonville, Florida. The X-60A, developed through an Air Force Research Laboratory Small Business Innovation Research contract, is an air-launched rocket designed for hypersonic flight research. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    X-60A program conducts integrated vehicle propulsion system verification test

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s X-60A program achieved a key developmental milestone with the completion of integrated vehicle propulsion system verification ground testing.The X-60A is an air-launched rocket designed for hypersonic flight research. It is being developed by Generation Orbit Launch
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