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.
Aug. 30, 2023 AFRL named 2023 Google Cloud Customer Award winner in government category Google Cloud confers this honor annually upon select government organizations that demonstrate outstanding use of data-driven solutions and secure cloud platforms to improve agile communication and internal collaboration with their citizens.
Aug. 8, 2023 AFRL’s new joint-use Secure Corporate Facility increases collaboration, communication The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, hosted a ribbon-cutting event for AFRL’s new joint-use Secure Corporate Facility July 28, 2023. The facility, conceptualized in 2015 and housed within AFRL’s Aerospace Systems Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, resulted from collaborative
June 15, 2023 AFRL demonstrates new augmented reality capability to improve DAF nondestructive inspections The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, has developed an augmented reality capability to assist in accomplishing nondestructive inspections, or NDI, for safety critical applications in military aircraft. Research engineers in AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate designed the Augmented
May 23, 2023 AFRL’s scientific achievement award winners guest star on Lab Life podcast Dr. Matthew Dickerson and Dr. Lisa Rueschhoff of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, are the featured guests on episode 74 of AFRL’s “Lab Life” Podcast titled “Hot Topics in Ceramics.”
May 12, 2023 AFRL eyes development of next-generation textile for DAF uniforms The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, has partnered with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Cornell University, Ohio-based contractor UES, Inc. and the Palmer Muskox Farm in Palmer, Alaska to explore the use of synthetic muskox wool keratin fibers in textiles for military-grade