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    AFRL’s Aerospace Systems Directorate granted patent for innovative control surfaces technology

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Researchers from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Aerospace Systems Directorate recently secured a patent for their control surface technology after successfully developing and demonstrating additively manufactured, multi-material conformal control surfaces for aircraft wings.  “This technology is a method
  • Graphic representation of Arachne, the first solar power beaming experiment for the Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research project. (AFRL Courtesy Photo)

    AFRL offers university satellite program

     KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s University Nanosatellite Program (UNP) request for proposals (RFP) will be open until October 1. UNP funds U.S. university students and programs to design, build, launch, and operate small satellites with the primary goal to train the next generation of space
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    MAJBAWG bridges gap between Air Force, installation barrier analysis efforts

    To bridge the gap between Air Force and installation-level efforts, the Air Force Materiel Command has established a Major Command Barrier Analysis Working Group as part of ongoing efforts to drive greater diversity and inclusion across the enterprise.
  • AFRL’s new equipment, a Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar system, measures stress at high strain rates and helps analyze material behavior under severe conditions. Engineers from AFRL’s Rocket Propulsion Division at Edwards Air Force Base, California will use the system to test and gather data from solid propellants and space-bound materials. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joy Alich)

    AFRL extends capability for testing solid rocket motors with new equipment

    EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory's Rocket Propulsion Division has a new capability, a Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar system, also known as a Kolsky bar, that measures stress at high strain rates and helps analyze material behavior under severe conditions. “This system will give AFRL a new and unprecedented
  • This group of high school students interned in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Gaming Research Integration for Learning Laboratory or GRILL as part of the Wright Scholar Research Assistant Program. The summer internship, now in its 20th year, offers research opportunities and paid work experiences to students interested in science, technology, engineering and math or STEM fields. (U.S. Air Force photo/Debbie Miller)

    Student internship program celebrates 20th year

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO (AFRL) – Sixty interns from 31 high schools nationwide recently completed the Wright Scholar Research Assistant Program despite the continued challenges posed by COVID-19. The summer internship, now it is 20th year, offers research opportunities and paid work experiences to high school students interested in
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    Air Force medics partner with University of Nebraska to sharpen biocontainment care skills

    Lt. Gen. Robert I. Miller, U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, visited the Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills Omaha program on August 18, receiving updates on the program’s Principles of Biocontainment Care course and the Air Force’s partnership with Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska.
  • AFRL Munitions Directorate Commander, Col. W. Tony Meeks cuts the ceremonial ribbon for the new Ordnance Science Innovation Center on Eglin AFB, Fla. He is flanked on the left by Integration and Operations Division Chief, Jaime Pinto, and to the right by Ordnance Division Chief, Segrid Harris, followed by former Director, Col Garry Haase. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Leake)

    AFRL Munitions Directorate opens new collaborative facilities for faster technology development

    EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate recently opened two new jointly constructed facilities here, designed to serve as adaptable and collaborative workspace environments. These facilities will encourage rapid, cross-disciplinary interactions and cultivate an inspiring, creative, and innovative
  • Tech. Sgt. Robert Van Aken, an instructor and medical technician with the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, speaks to trainees Aug. 12 from the 88th Medical Group at Wright-Patterson Medical Center. The training equipped these medics with proper skills to load and unload injured patients. (U.S. Air Force photo/Richard Eldridge)

    USAFSAM provides deployment training to medics at Wright-Patt Med Center

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Aeromedical evacuation instructors from the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine provided an all-day deployment training on patient movement Aug. 12 to a team of 14 medics from the 88th Medical Group who currently work at the Wright-Patt Medical Center. The training consisted of classroom
  • U.S. Space Force 1st Lieutenants John Valentine, left, and Nicole Quattrociocchi, both Portfolio Architect Mission Innovation officers, work on their computers during the first inaugural Space Force Pitch Day Aug. 18, 2021, at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. This year, SFPD was entirely virtual and featured two days of innovative collaboration between the Air and Space Forces and space industry companies from within the innovation ecosystem. (U.S. Space Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Andrew Moore)

    SpaceWERX ready to propel space innovation

    LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFRL) – SpaceWERX officially lifted off Aug. 19 during the virtual Space Force Pitch Day. The event closed with 19 small businesses securing Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contracts to advance their cutting-edge space technologies.The newly launched SpaceWERX will play a vital role in pursuing
  • One AFRL-born enterprise preparing to make the leap to the private sector is the Networked Integrated Tactical Environment, which is being led by Dr. Leah Rowe. While in her role as a Science and Technology Advisor for Continuous Learning in AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing, Dr. Rowe and a team of SMEs, engineers, and behavioral scientists created NITE -- a technology and training package that provides a “train like we fight” regime for joint Department of Defense warfighters who deploy on a regular basis. NITE resulted from research set out to address training needs of Air Force Unmanned Aerial Systems operators and their leaders. (Courtesy photo)

    Entrepreneur Opportunity Program helps turn AFRL people and ideas into new private sector businesses

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Entrepreneurial Opportunities Program is turning scientists and engineers into business owners to speed emerging technology to warfighters.“AFRL is great at innovating new technologies, but unless someone, somewhere decides to produce them, nobody benefits,” said
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