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Aug. 29, 2022
Student interns present future technologies at AFRL summer poster session

Student interns from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate presented their research experiments to the public at the annual morning and afternoon poster sessions Aug. 4, 2022, in the cafetorium of building 653.
Aug. 25, 2022
AFRL partners with NASA, academia, industry on spacecraft flight experiment

The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate in collaboration with the Georgia Tech Research Institute, or GTRI, NASA and DuPont de Nemours, Inc., has a brand-new spacecraft materials experiment flying on the International Space Station.
Aug. 24, 2022
AFRL's Oscillating Heat Pipes are even cooler in space

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, has released the results from its Advanced Structurally Embedded Thermal Spreader Two, or ASETS-II. The AFRL experiment was 100% effective in testing the most recent version of the revolutionary Oscillating Heat Pipes, or OHPs, and the results of the more
Aug. 19, 2022
Deputy Secretary of Defense visits Air Force Research Laboratory

Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen H. Hicks traveled to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Aug. 17, 2022, where she visited an Air Force Research Laboratory thermal materials testing facility and was briefed on key areas including counter-directed energy weapons development, opportunities and
Aug. 12, 2022
AFRL Inspire event with TEDx-style talks to be livestreamed

AFRL Inspire, a three-hour special event presented by the Air Force Research Laboratory with eight TEDx-style talks, will be livestreamed from the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall, Aug. 23, 2022, at 1 p.m. EDT.
Aug. 9, 2022
JCO executes DRAGON Army Ops days to ensure commercial space integration

The Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations cell (JCO) hosts bi-weekly Defense Readiness Agile Gaming Online Network (DRAGON) Army Operations days in order to continuously develop, test and refine the organization’s operations.
Aug. 8, 2022
AFRL commander headlines digital summit in Dayton

The Department of the Air Force Digital Transformation office, in partnership with the University of Dayton Research Institute, Sinclair Community College and several Dayton area businesses, co-hosted the Dayton Digital Transformation Summit at Sinclair’s downtown Dayton, Ohio, campus Aug. 2-4,
Aug. 4, 2022
AFRL-developed cross-domain access system expands across federal government

SecureView, an Air Force Research Laboratory-developed cross-domain solution that provides access to multiple classified networks from the same device, now has more than 16,000 users throughout the federal government. First deployed in 2011, the user base of this operating system has doubled since
Aug. 2, 2022
New combat pod system wakes up with software updates during test

The operational assessment of the Angry Kitten Combat Pod electronic attack system in April demonstrated rapid reprogramming between flights. This combat pod, an updated version of the Georgia Tech Research Institute Angry Kitten pod, simulates enemy electronic attack signals during Air Force test
Aug. 1, 2022
AFRL nurse scientist selected as American Academy of Nursing fellow

Dr. Melissa Wilson, a nurse scientist and civilian executive officer to the vice director of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing (711HPW), has been selected as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. Induction into the academy is a significant milestone in a nurse