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Jan. 5, 2021
AFRL engineer award winner proclaims a first for the U.S. Space Force

Air Force Research Laboratory senior engineer Dr. Odell Reynolds received the 2019 Harold Brown award from Dr. Richard Joseph, the Chief Scientist of the Air Force, in a ceremony held on Dec. 16, 2020 at AFRL’s Starfire Optical Range (SOR) located on Kirtland Air Force Base.
Jan. 4, 2021
Ghost town provides high-tech testing for AFRL and others

In a dusty ghost town in southern New Mexico, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is conducting some of its most important testing.
Dec. 29, 2020
Newly-acquired AFRL test aircraft to aid personnel recovery research

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A small aircraft that is poised to make a big impact on military personnel recovery made a brief stop in the Dayton, Ohio, area on its way to St. Mary’s County, Maryland, where it will be used to test the Air Force Research Laboratory-developed Low Altitude
Dec. 28, 2020
AFMC Connect continues focus on resiliency, connectedness for 2021

The Air Force Materiel Command will continue to focus on resiliency in 2021 through the AFMC Connect program. The initiative, launched in January 2020, provides monthly training topics for leaders to use for facilitating deliberate and meaningful discussions with teams in an effort to increase unit
Dec. 28, 2020
AFOSR awards 17 quantum research grants from Million Dollar International Quantum U Tech Accelerator competition

ARLINGTON, Va. (AFOSR) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Air Force Office of Scientific Research recently awarded 17 quantum information science grants, with a focus on basic research, to scientists and engineers at institutions across the globe. These awards were fast-tracked following a
Dec. 22, 2020
AFRL spacecraft collects never before seen data

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) spacecraft has been operating since its launch in June 2019, conducting unique studies into the interactions of radio waves, space plasma and the radiation belts in near-Earth space. AFRL is studying how very low
Dec. 22, 2020
AFOSR selects special topics for bold space science proposals

With the world’s eyes focusing on the challenges of space more than ever before, the space domain is of utmost importance for the United States to maintain economic, technological, political, and military leadership. In support of the United States Space Force’s (USSF) long-term goals and science
Dec. 18, 2020
AFWERX outlines future opportunities to accelerate innovation

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – AFWERX Accelerate wrapped-up a weeklong virtual event featuring 179 speakers and 7,000+ registrants with discussions on the six new Prime sectors (energy, game, autonomy, supersonic travel, space and microelectronics), a statement on the newest AFWERX
Dec. 18, 2020
AFWERX Agility Prime announces “flying car” military airworthiness and infrastructure milestones

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – (AFRL) AFWERX Agility Prime announced Dec. 10 during the Accelerate event, a series of milestones for the “flying car” program and discussed new initiatives for 2021 including six sectors for potential “Prime” programs.“AFWERX Accelerate was a big week with
Dec. 16, 2020
AFRL researchers, partners uncover hidden features in two-dimensional materials

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE – Nanomaterials continue to amaze scientists and engineers with their astounding properties for future sensors and electronics, making them faster, better performing and wearable on a human. Nanomaterials that arrange into a single atom-thick sheet, known as