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Dec. 19, 2024
AFWERX Refinery accelerates Air Force innovation with new cohort

AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force, completed its 15th Refinery cohort Dec. 4. The six-week course, held in Warner Robins, Georgia, focused on bridging the gap between Air Force requirements and Airmen innovation.
Dec. 19, 2024
Arnold AFB Innovation Lab reopens its doors

The Innovation Lab at Arnold Air Force Base is once again open for business.The lab, being reintroduced following a recent renovation, gives Arnold team members a venue outside of the office to brainstorm concepts, work to improve processes, test ideas, collaborate and innovate.Located in Building
Dec. 18, 2024
AFMC Civilians should prep now for Academic Year 26 Civilian Development

Program applications will be accepted starting Jan. 8 for Academic Year 2026 Civilian Development.
Dec. 17, 2024
AFRL hosts ribbon-cutting ceremony at new FORTRESS facility

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Radiation Tolerance Research on Electronics for Space and Strategic Systems, or FORTRESS, building here. FORTRESS, a Space Vehicles Directorate facility, will
Dec. 16, 2024
AIAA class of 2025 fellows includes four AFRL engineers

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, or AIAA, announced their selections for their class of 2025 Associate Fellows in a news release Sep. 23, 2024. The 2025 list of honorees includes four engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Aerospace Systems
Dec. 10, 2024
CSO, CMSSF announce Guardian Arena winners

Guardian Arena winners during the Space Force Association Spacepower Conference in Orlando.
Dec. 6, 2024
AFMC announces appointment of Integrated Development Office director

Air Force Materiel Command officials announced on Dec. 2 the appointment of Amanda Gentry as the director of the command’s new Integrated Development Office.
Nov. 27, 2024
AFRL, AEDC celebrate 10th anniversary of partnership at Arnold AFB

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. — Leaders of the Air Force Research Laboratory and test enterprise recently gathered at Arnold Air Force Base to acknowledge a 10-year partnership advancing high-speed systems development.Air Force Test Center Commander Maj. Gen. Scott Cain asserted to those assembled
Nov. 25, 2024
927th ARW drives innovation for agile combat employment

Fostering a culture of continuous improvement, innovation and effective communication is a strategically aligned priority within the 927th Air Refueling Wing alongside training and sustaining combat ready warfighters and caring for Airmen and their families.
Nov. 25, 2024
Revolutionizing space-based thermal systems: AFRL’s SPIRRAL launch on SPX-31

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, launched the Space Power InfraRed Regulation and Analysis of Lifetime, or SPIRRAL, experiment, Nov. 4, 2024. SPIRRAL, flown by AFRL through the DOD Space Test Program, will characterize the performance of Variable Emissivity Materials, or VEMs, an approach