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March 1, 2024
DAF successfully tests new agile aircraft power lightcart

The Department of the Air Force, or DAF, completed testing of the 400Hz Aircraft Power Lightcart, or 400 APL in January 2024. The tests, which were conducted with the 174th Attack Wing at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, New York, saw the prototype successfully power an MQ-9, or
Feb. 29, 2024
AFRL’s XQ-67A makes 1st successful flight

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Aerospace Systems Directorate successfully flew the XQ-67A, an Off-Board Sensing Station, or OBSS, uncrewed air vehicle Feb. 28, 2024, at the General Atomics Gray Butte Flight Operations Facility near Palmdale,
Feb. 28, 2024
AFWERX to highlight its mission with American entrepreneurs at South by Southwest

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force, will showcase its mission and programs with innovators, entrepreneurs and small businesses at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, March 8-10, 2024. The event will take place
Feb. 22, 2024
AFIMSC spearheads AI innovation at industry forum

More than 120 industry, academic and government officials gathered Feb. 20-21 at the University of Texas at San Antonio Downtown Campus for the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Artificial Intelligence Industry Forum.
Feb. 22, 2024
Starfire Optical Range's 3.5m telescope marks 30th anniversary of 'First Light'

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) — The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, marked a milestone in space exploration Feb. 10, 2024, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the “First Light” images captured by the 3.5-meter telescope at the Starfire Optical Range, or SOR, Kirtland Air Force
Feb. 16, 2024
AFWERX showcases innovation at AFA Warfare Symposium; Spark Tank Finalist voting open until March 21

AURORA, Colo. (AFRL) – Booth 703 was the place to be Feb. 12-14, 2024, as a constant stream of Airmen, Guardians and industry leaders stopped by to learn about the latest AFWERX innovations during the Air and Space Forces Association’s Warfare Symposium at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention
Feb. 14, 2024
AFRL engineer awarded Military Additive Manufacturing Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. Mark Benedict, Additive Manufacturing lead for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s, or AFRL, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate and chief technical adviser at America Makes, was the 2023 recipient of the Military Additive Manufacturing, or MILAM, 3D Printing Lifetime Achievement Award.
Feb. 13, 2024
Allvin: 'This is our time of consequence'

Allvin’s keynote remarks at the AFA Warfare Symposium put the ambitious reoptimization in historical terms, linking it in significance to the consequential eras preceding well known shifts in Air Force history.
Feb. 12, 2024
DAF leaders lock arms, present plan to reoptimize Air Force, Space Force

DAF leaders outlined 24 specific decisions during a panel discussion at the AFA Warfare Symposium. The decisions will position the services to better confront China and maintain the hard-won superiority in air and space.
Feb. 9, 2024
AFRL helps NASA wrap up equipment testing for Artemis II mission

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include human testing of the suit and seat from the article originally published May 30, 2023, click here to view.