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Oct. 9, 2020
711th Human Performance Wing receives AF Outstanding Unit Award

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – In an announcement from Air Force Materiel Command, the 711th Human Performance Wing, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory headquartered here, has been awarded the 2019 Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. The Wing, comprised of the Airman Systems
Oct. 8, 2020
Air Force Partners with academia, industry to host three-part Trusted AI Challenge series

Rome, N.Y. – The Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate is teaming up with academia, industry and government agencies to ensure the trustworthiness of future Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems.Innovare Advancement Center, in partnership with AFRL, The State University of New York
Oct. 5, 2020
SkyVision team wins AUVSI XCELLENCE Award

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The SkyVision team, a joint effort between the Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, the state of Ohio, and industry partners, has been selected as the first-place winner in the Technology & Innovation (Hardware – Platform)
Sept. 30, 2020
Palletized Munitions weapon system C2 demonstrated during ABMS Onramp #2

The Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation (SDPE) office successfully demonstrated the ability to command and control an experimental Palletized Munitions weapon system, while participating in the Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management Family of Systems (ABMS) Onramp #2
Sept. 29, 2020
AFLCMC awards Skyborg second phase

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has completed the second phase of awards for the Skyborg Prototyping, Experimentation and Autonomy Development (SPEAD) multiple indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. This round adds AeroVironment
Sept. 29, 2020
Air Force lab surpasses 130K COVID-19 tests in 6 months

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Since early March, approximately 130,000 COVID-19 samples have been tested and processed at the Air Force’s sole epidemiology reference laboratory housed in the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine here. This number equates to about 17% of all samples
Sept. 28, 2020
ROBOpilot Unmanned Air Platform returns to flight

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Center for Rapid Innovation (CRI) and DZYNE Technologies Incorporated resumed flight testing of the ROBOpilot unmanned air platform and completed a successful fourth flight test September 24 at Dugway Proving Ground,
Sept. 24, 2020
ABMS signs more companies post onramp

This most recent selections – the fourth round announced in as many months – support an ABMS acquisition strategy that spurs competition from a variety of traditional defense as well as commercial-focused sources and streamlines the contracting process to produce capability in roughly four month
Sept. 23, 2020
Nano-Bio Materials Consortium, AFRL release RFP for Smart MedTech innovations

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Nano-Bio Materials Consortium (NBMC), led by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in partnership with SEMI, have publicly released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for dual-use projects designed to accelerate Smart MedTech innovations in health
Sept. 23, 2020
AFRL repairs next generation composite materials with light

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory and Hanyang University are developing smart structural composites that are robust and photothermally responsive, enabling next generation composite materials that are repairable with the application of light