First Lt. Jeremiah Williams, front, works in the “clean room” of the Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. Lt. Williams is a recipient of an Air Force Edison Grant, which allows active duty researchers to lead short, highly-focused projects, with their own money. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Ross)

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  • 711 HPW/RHW - Fights On - Published Content

    The listings below feature published content from AFRL's Warfighter Interactions and Readiness Division (RHW), including journal publications, conference proceedings, presentations, and more.

  • AFOSR - History

    A Brief Organizational HistoryDownload the AFOSR 60th Anniversary Monograph for a comprehensive history of AFOSR and its contributions to scientific advancement.The wide-ranging and highly successful United States Air Force basic research program that exists today was born out of the need to address

  • AFOSR - Information and Networks

    The Information and Networks Team within the Engineering and Information Science Branch is organized to support many U.S. Air Force and Space Force priority areas including autonomy, space situational awareness, and cyber security.

  • AFOSR - Physical Sciences

    The Physical Sciences Team leads the discovery and transition of foundational physical science to enable air, space, and cyber power.

  • AFRL - Wright Research Site Contracting

    This is your web connection for information on current business opportunities with the Air Force Research Laboratory's technical directorates located at the Wright Research Site (WRS), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The technical directorates supported by the Wright Research Site, R&D

  • AFRL/ACT3 - QuEST Talk Archives

    ACT3 is a group of experts within the Department of the Air Force leading the development of the Air and Space Force Cognitive Engine (ASCE), an AI network/business model with a single IT platform that operationalizes AI within the Air Force and Space Force. QuEST is focused on addressing the

  • AFRL/RIB Division and Branch Offices

    AFRL/RIB - Strategic Planning & Integration DivisionMission StatementLeads strategic planning for the Directorate.  Responsible for development and oversight of the Directorate's strategic vision.  Cultivates integration, transfer and transition of S&T through corporate partnerships.Contact

  • AFRL/RIE Division, Branch and Section Offices

    AFRL/RIE - Intelligence Systems Mission StatementTo lead the discovery, development, and integration of affordable products addressing intelligence community technology requirements for our air, space, and cyberspace force. The division also conducts selected acquisition programs for low-volume,

  • AFRL/RITQ - Integrated Photonics and Photon Qubits

    The mission of the AFRL's Quantum Information Processing Group is to generate, manipulate/process, distribute and analyze quantum entanglement both locally and distributed over processing nodes in a quantum network consisting of photon-based and memory-based quantum bits.

  • AFRL/RITQ - Quantum Algorithms

    The AFRL Quantum Algorithms group explores the design and application of quantum algorithms across research topics such as quantum optimization, algorithms, and quantum machine learning. The team also utilizes noisy, intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices.

  • AFRL/RITQ - Superconducting and Hybrid Quantum Systems

    The superconducting and hybrid quantum systems team at AFRL’s Information Directorate (RI) in Rome, New York seeks to develop novel superconducting architectures and cross-modality quantum interface hardware as building blocks for use in quantum networks.

  • AFRL/RITQ - Trapped Ions

    AFRL’s trapped ion team investigates quantum mechanics and quantum information science with the long-term goal of constructing a quantum network made for processing and transmitting quantum information. Quantum networks can be used for a variety of tasks including secure communication, a network of

  • AFRL/RQ Facilities

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE FACILITIES Advanced Instrumentation Lab Mach 3 High Reynolds Number Facility Aerospace Power Materials and Components (APMC) Lab Mach 6 High Reynolds Number Facility Combined Environment Acoustic Chamber (CEAC)

  • AFRL/RV - Atomic Clocks & Timing

    AFRL’s Quantum Sensing & Timing (QST) group looks into the development of advanced atomic clocks to further improve time measurements and investigates ways to use and distribute the precise time.

  • AFRL/RV - Levitated Optomechanics

    AFRL’s Quantum Sensing & Timing (QST) group seeks to use optically-levitated nanoparticles to develop solutions for critical problems in navigation and communication. The focus is on employing cutting-edge physics to develop sensors that are functional in a wide variety of situations.

  • AFRL/RV - Photonic Microcombs

    Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) will play a key role in transitioning quantum-enabled technologies beyond the laboratory. While photonic components in the telecommunication bands are relatively commonplace, the infrastructure supporting other wavelengths is relatively lacking. To advance this

  • AFRL/RV - UltraCold Atoms

    AFRL’s Quantum Sensing & Timing (QST) group seeks to take advantage of Nobel-Prize winning cold-atoms physics and related techniques to develop solutions for critical DoD problems in positioning, navigation and timing.

  • AFRL/RX - Junior Force Warfighter Operations (JFWORX)

    The Junior Force Warfighter Operations in RX (JFWORX) is a group of junior scientists, engineers and program managers who work together to create rapid solutions for near-term warfighter needs. Members learn from senior employee mentors and grow expertise as they solve real world operational

  • AFRL/RY - COMPASE - Modeling and Simulation

    MissionLeverage commercial video game technology to support the Air Force mission across all domains. VisionLeverage gaming technology to support campaign and mission level sensor performance analysis in conjunction with traditional M&S tools.M&SModeling and Simulation can be viewed as either a

  • AFRL/RY - COMPASE - Test and Evaluation

     The Sensor's Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/RY) is a nationally recognized leader in developing and supporting  sensor  technology. To promote and mature sensor exploitation technology research, AFRL has formed the COMPrehensive Assessment of Sensor Exploitation (COMPASE)

 
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