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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. 19, 2022
Modified X-62 helps accelerate tactical autonomy development

The Air Force Research Laboratory Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation office has invested $15 million upgrading a decades-old workhorse to make it relevant for 21st century warfighter challenges.
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. 9, 2022
‘Power Hour’ all-call set for Aug. 25

The Air Force Materiel Command will host a virtual “Power Hour” all-call with the organizational leadership team, Aug. 25 at 1:30 p.m. EDT on Microsoft Teams LIVE.
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 Sensors Directorate hosts Air Camp students

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Sensors Directorate staff recently hosted 44 Air Camp students to tour their facility and learn about science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, careers within AFRL.