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April 23, 2019
Air Force Transition Accelerator demonstrates fast, smart approach to partnering with small businesses

DAYTON, Ohio – The team behind the Air Force’s Transition Accelerator hosted its first-ever Demo Day Pitch event April 5, featuring a group of eight technology companies pitching their innovative solutions to real Air Force problems to a live audience.The event, held at the Steam Plant, an authentic
April 22, 2019
AFRL engineer publishes wargaming textbook

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – When Matthew B. Caffrey Jr. began writing about the history of wargaming in 1988, his goal was to turn his master’s thesis into a journal article and perhaps write a textbook. Some 31 years later, the Naval War College Press has published his book “On
April 22, 2019
Air Force Research Laboratory scientists, engineers to highlight technology advancements at DOD Lab Day

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Scientists and engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory will highlight technology advancements in 13 different research areas in various stages of maturity during the third biennial Department of Defense Lab Day April 25, 2019, in the Pentagon center
April 11, 2019
Air Force Research Laboratory seeks basic research funding proposals through new announcement

ARLINGTON, VA — The Air Force Research Laboratory's Air Force Office of Scientific Research released a new open call April 10 seeking funding proposals from higher education and industry in nearly 40 scientific areas with relevance to the future U.S. Air Force mission.Using a carefully balanced
April 10, 2019
AFRL engineer-novelist draws inspiration from history, military service

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Air Force Research Laboratory materials engineer Dr. TJ Turner’s recently-released novel is a journey back to a tumultuous period in American history—a time of national divide, bitter resentments, and the impending clash between North and South. But more than
March 29, 2019
US senior research materials engineer wins international award

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The Jaap Schijve Award is an international award presented by The Netherlands Aerospace Centre NLR and Delft University of Technology to promote the disciplines of fatigue and damage tolerance for aerospace applications. Dr. Adam Pilchak of the Air Force
March 29, 2019
AFRL leads Pro-Bowl Sprint to enhance contract award process

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Contracting, financial and technical personnel from across the Air Force awarded more than 160 contracts to small businesses valued at $58 million during a five-day Pro-Bowl Sprint led by the Air Force Research Laboratory at the AFWERX Innovation Hub in
March 28, 2019
AFRL team wins Laureate Award for life-saving aircraft technology

WASHINGTON – The Air Force Research Laboratory's Automatic Integrated Collison Avoidance System team, along with Lockheed Martin and the Office of the Secretary of Defense, were awarded the 2019 Aviation Week Laureate Award for safety in the defense category during a formal ceremony here Mar
March 26, 2019
Skyborg program seeks industry input for artificial intelligence initiative

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force office of Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation at the Air Force Research Laboratory is working on fielding a prototype Autonomous, Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle as an Early Operational Capability as early as 2023.The program is known
March 26, 2019
STEM 3.14 Fest at Wright-Patt brings students science, math fun to students

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- An event held last year at the Youth Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in celebration of theoretical physicist Albert Einstein’s birthday and Pi Day March 14 was so successful, organizers decided to hold a “sequel” – STEM 3.14 Fest 2.0.Pi Day is an