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Dec. 4, 2020
AFRL-small business partnership offers help in tight situations

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – As nearly every homeowner or backyard mechanic knows, performing repairs in tight spaces can be tricky at best, and potentially dangerous at worst. For aircraft maintainers, the hazards can be much more complex. To help address these issues, the Air Force
Nov. 2, 2020
AFRL physician researcher named Aerospace Medical Association Fellow

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Aerospace Medical Association recently honored AFRL physician researcher Dr. (Brig Gen) James McEachen with the title of Fellow for his career-long accomplishments and professional dedication to aerospace medicine leadership, operations, education,
Oct. 20, 2020
Awards ceremony honoring exceptional Air Force scientists and engineers to be livestreamed

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory will honor 20 scientists and engineers Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. for their outstanding career accomplishments during the 2020 Fellows and Science and Engineering Early Career Awards Ceremony. While the National Museum of the United States
Oct. 9, 2020
711th Human Performance Wing receives AF Outstanding Unit Award

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – In an announcement from Air Force Materiel Command, the 711th Human Performance Wing, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory headquartered here, has been awarded the 2019 Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. The Wing, comprised of the Airman Systems
Sept. 29, 2020
Air Force lab surpasses 130K COVID-19 tests in 6 months

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Since early March, approximately 130,000 COVID-19 samples have been tested and processed at the Air Force’s sole epidemiology reference laboratory housed in the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine here. This number equates to about 17% of all samples
Sept. 23, 2020
Nano-Bio Materials Consortium, AFRL release RFP for Smart MedTech innovations

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Nano-Bio Materials Consortium (NBMC), led by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in partnership with SEMI, have publicly released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for dual-use projects designed to accelerate Smart MedTech innovations in health
Sept. 10, 2020
AFRL academic research partnership to investigate operational stressors on Airmen

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory is partnering with Wright State University to better understand stressors that affect pilots and the impacts they have on the mission and well-being of Airmen.The two research partners recently signed a Cooperative Research
Aug. 31, 2020
AFRL's human performance wing welcomes new commander

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Brig. Gen. Jeannine Ryder assumed command of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing during a virtual change of command ceremony Aug. 31, 2020 at the Air Force Institute of Technology here.Brig. Gen. James H. Dienst, the Wing’s
Aug. 20, 2020
AFRL awards $1M to first Grand Challenge for Biotechnology

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The first of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s three Biotechnology Grand Challenges was awarded August 14 to Debut Biotechnology, Inc. for its proposal on biosynthesis of monomers for aerospace thermosets.“The Debut Biotechnology, Inc. proposal provides a
Aug. 12, 2020
AFRL neurotechnology partnership aims to accelerate learning

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – It may sound like something straight out of a sci-fi movie, but an Air Force Research Laboratory team is turning science fiction into reality to help warfighters unlock the powers of the brain.The Individualized Neural Learning System, or iNeuraLS, is a new