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April 23, 2021
B.A.T.M.A.N. team’s support of SBIR project increases combat survival potential

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Battlefield Air Targeting Man-Aided Knowledge team, referred to as B.A.T.M.A.N., lent its effort to the Air and Space Forces’ Small Business Innovation Research program to make a few former Airmen’s dreams come true
March 30, 2021
Respiratory care practitioner career field named 2020 Chief Richard L. Etchberger Team of The Year

This year, the 2020 Chief Richard L. Etchberger award has been granted to the Air Force respiratory care practitioner career field for the incredible achievements made by the enlisted Airmen.The Department of the Air Force award, named after Medal of Honor recipient Chief Master Sgt. Richard L.
March 4, 2021
Life is too short to waste time on a bad cup of coffee – microbes can help with that

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – On the latest episode of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s podcast – Lab Life, Dr. Rajesh Naik and Dr. Justin Gallivan from AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing discuss the perfect cup of coffee, microbes, DNA sequencing, and AFRL’s Biotechnology Grand
March 4, 2021
AFRL launches collaborative biosensor effort to detect stress and fatigue biomarkers

The Air Force Research Laboratory recently kicked off a $2M partnership with Case Western Reserve University. The joint project will accelerate biosensor development, with an emphasis on the detection of biomarkers for stress and fatigue.
Feb. 24, 2021
AFRL partnership seeks to “engineer” improved human performance

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – For athletes, achieving peak performance takes more than skill and practice. Other important but less obvious factors — including nutrition, sleep, mental state, resilience, and more — are critical in maximizing potential. The Air Force Research
Feb. 23, 2021
AFRL to discuss human space flight with Dayton’s Boonshoft Museum of Discovery

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Human space flight will be the topic of a virtual conversation between the Air Force Research Laboratory and Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, February 25 at 1 p.m. hosted live on the museum’s Facebook page. Boonshoft Museum’s President and CEO Tracey
Feb. 9, 2021
AFRL scientist named national society fellow

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Dr. Brian Simpson, a research psychologist who specializes in auditory perception in the Air Force Research Laboratory, has been selected as a fellow by the Acoustical Society of America.Dr. Rajesh Naik, chief scientist of AFRL's 711th Human Performance Wing
Jan. 21, 2021
AFRL awards $3.5 million to Biotechnology Grand Challenge winners

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Biotechnology Grand Challenges have been awarded to four teams in effort to spearhead innovation among small businesses in the field of biotechnology for the Department of Defense. The challenges, each of which comes
Jan. 19, 2021
AFRL, AFLCMC laboratory collaboration addresses pilot oxygen concerns

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center have partnered to create a facility for investigation of in-flight oxygen issues, achieving operational capability with the first testing activity, the evaluation and
Dec. 29, 2020
Newly-acquired AFRL test aircraft to aid personnel recovery research

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A small aircraft that is poised to make a big impact on military personnel recovery made a brief stop in the Dayton, Ohio, area on its way to St. Mary’s County, Maryland, where it will be used to test the Air Force Research Laboratory-developed Low Altitude