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Dec. 14, 2022
AFRL/AFOSR awards $25 million via Young Investigator Research Program

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research, or AFOSR, the basic research arm of the Air Force Research Laboratory, will award approximately $25 million in grants to 58 scientists and engineers from 44 research institutions and businesses in 22 states under the fiscal year 2023 Young Investigator
Dec. 13, 2022
2023 Innovation Industry Days open for registration

Registration is now open for the 2023 Innovation Industry Days in San Antonio.
Dec. 13, 2022
AFRL, AFTC collaborate on future technology via weeklong autonomy summit

Leaders and personnel from Air Force Materiel Command organizations collaborated virtually during the fall Air Force Research Laboratory-Air Force Test Center, or AFRL-AFTC, Summit Nov. 14-18, 2022, to discuss the future of autonomy.
Dec. 12, 2022
AFRL Airmen, Guardians honor U.S. flag during Retreat ceremony

Thirty-two active-duty Airmen and Guardians from the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, conducted a Retreat ceremony Dec. 5, 2022 at 5 p.m. in front of AFRL headquarters, building 15 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Col. Joel Luker, AFRL vice commander, led the formation for
Dec. 8, 2022
AFRL celebrates new high-powered microwave laboratory

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Dec. 7, 2022, for the opening of the new High-Power Electromagnetic, or HPEM, Effects and Modeling Facility, a 12,000-square-foot, $6 million project.
Dec. 5, 2022
Connecting warfighters at the edge with a RIPL

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, demonstrated its robust information provisioning layer, or RIPL, a cybersecurity tool that securely manages information across a network like ripples in the water, Sept. 8, 2022, at the Stockbridge Experimental Facility, a 300-acre site southwest of Rome,
Dec. 5, 2022
AFWERX Refinery supports Airman and Guardian innovators

The Refinery program, an initiative of AFWERX’s Spark division, will host its seventh cohort of Airmen and Guardians for a four-week, hybrid Accelerator program in February 2023 to target grassroots efforts within the Department of the Air Force and rapidly advance innovative projects that directly
Dec. 5, 2022
AFRL, CNM Ingenuity shift innovation to next level at Hyperdrive Space Summit

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, partnered with CNM Ingenuity, or CNMI, the economic development arm of Central New Mexico Community College, to hold the 2022 Hyperdrive Space Summit in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Nov. 15-17, 2022.
Dec. 1, 2022
AFRL accepting applications for fully funded graduate internship program

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, is accepting applications now through Jan. 20, 2023, for a fully funded, world-class graduate student internship program here. Applicants must U.S. citizens who are currently enrolled full-time in a graduate-level Master of Science or Ph.D. program at an
Nov. 30, 2022
Department of the Air Force announces Spark Tank 2023 semifinalists

The sixth annual Spark Tank 2023, or ST23, quarterfinals were held Nov. 9, 2022, at the Basic Research Innovation and Collaboration Center in Arlington, Virginia, with the top 15 ideas selected to advance to semifinals.