Aug. 2, 2024 AFRL Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems Laboratory officially opens The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate celebrated the opening of the Manufacturing, Industrial Technologies and Energy Division’s Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems, or CAMS, Laboratory during a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 23, 2024.
June 4, 2024 AFRL equipment donation helps prepare emerging STEM workforce The Air Force Research Laboratory recently signed an Educational Partnership Agreement with Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, to donate an ultra-high vacuum scanning tunneling microscope to the Corbett Research Group.
May 16, 2024 AFRL honors its newest senior scientist at induction ceremony The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, hosted a promotion and pin-on ceremony to honor its newest senior scientist Dr. Mark Benedict, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, May 9, 2024.
April 5, 2024 AFRL receives $4M grant to build Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Research Center The Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate was recently awarded a $4 million Office of Secretary of Defense Centralized Laboratory Investment Program award to build the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Research Center Capability Project.
Feb. 14, 2024 AFRL engineer awarded Military Additive Manufacturing Lifetime Achievement Award Dr. Mark Benedict, Additive Manufacturing lead for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s, or AFRL, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate and chief technical adviser at America Makes, was the 2023 recipient of the Military Additive Manufacturing, or MILAM, 3D Printing Lifetime Achievement Award.
Nov. 7, 2023 AFRL showcases workforce talent, ingenuity, passion at 2023 Inspire event The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, showcased a sampling of some of its best and brightest minds at the seventh iteration of its recurring AFRL Inspire event, held at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall Oct. 26, 2023. This year’s program featured 10 distinguished speakers
Oct. 20, 2023 AFRL grant launches Center of Excellence at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering With a $3 million research grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, and its basic research directorate, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, or AFOSR, a university-led Center of Excellence, or CoE, has been established at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering with a focus on
Oct. 17, 2023 AI research robots key to ‘democratizing and revolutionizing science’, world-class AFRL researcher says Internationally acclaimed Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, researcher Dr. Benji Maruyama and his team are seeking industry and academic partners to help them transition open-source autonomous experimentation software, known as Educational ARES OS, to public school classrooms across the nation
Oct. 12, 2023 AFRL workforce's talent, innovation and passion will be on display at 2023 AFRL Inspire event The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, will host its recurring AFRL Inspire event at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall, Oct. 26, 2023. Virtual attendees can view the three-and-a-half-hour special event via livestream on AFRL’s YouTube channel beginning at noon EDT here, while
Oct. 5, 2023 USAF partners with GM Defense to successfully power aircraft with Electric Ground Power Unit The Air Force Research Laboratory collaborated with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command headquarters and General Motors Defense to successfully power a KC-135 tanker aircraft with GM Defense’s Electric Ground Power Unit at Edwards Air Force Base, California.