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Dec. 4, 2020
AFRL-small business partnership offers help in tight situations

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – As nearly every homeowner or backyard mechanic knows, performing repairs in tight spaces can be tricky at best, and potentially dangerous at worst. For aircraft maintainers, the hazards can be much more complex. To help address these issues, the Air Force
Dec. 1, 2020
Air Force Research Laboratory interns win prestigious awards

Two Air Force Research Laboratory summer scholars were named the recipients of the Directed Energy Professional Society’s prestigious graduate scholarships.
Nov. 30, 2020
AFRL physicist hopes new invention will project a splash on commercial market

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The concept of getting high-tech results for a significant discount has always been attractive to the military. For Air Force Research Laboratory physicist and innovator Joshua Lentz, it all comes down to something as simple as a child’s toy.“I view the idea generation
Nov. 24, 2020
AFRL set to co-host two-day virtual Quantum Collider 2.0

ROME, N.Y. (AFRL) – A free, virtual quantum event will be held Dec. 1–2, 2020, and will feature live workforce development and supply chain management panels. The Virtual Quantum Collider 2.0 will highlight the pillars of the Air Force Research Laboratory Quantum Strategy along with key components
Nov. 16, 2020
Air Force Test Center, Air Force Research Laboratory collaborate during annual Summit

The Air Force Materiel Command has built the most powerful Air Force in the world, and our nation is depending on us to build the Air Force we need to secure our nation’s future. Add on a pandemic and let’s face it, collaborating on various platforms has been either a success or successfully
Nov. 12, 2020
AFWERX announces virtual Accelerate Event from Dec. 7 to 11

ARLINGTON, Va. (AFWERX) – AFWERX is announcing the inaugural Accelerate event being held virtually Dec. 7 to 11. The event will highlight how AFWERX is institutionalizing air and space innovation across the Department of the Air Force. It has grown from three successful innovation experiments into
Nov. 5, 2020
AFOSR awards grants to 36 scientists and engineers through its Young Investigator Research Program

ARLINGTON, Va. (AFOSR) – The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) today announced it will award approximately $16.1 million in grants to 36 scientists and engineers from 27 research institutions and businesses who submitted winning research proposals through the Air Force's Young
Nov. 4, 2020
Air Force ups the ante on supersonic rain erosion testing

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE Base, Ohio (AFRL) - The Supersonic Rain Erosion Test Rig (SuRE) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is experiencing a full control system replacement and upgrade to provide pinpoint control and unmatched testing value. The SuRE is used in the evaluation of structures and
Nov. 3, 2020
AFRL’s newest lab to boost nation’s space capabilities

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 29 to celebrate the completion of its newest construction project, the Deployable Structures Laboratory, or DeSel, for short. Construction of the $4 million,
Nov. 2, 2020
AFRL physician researcher named Aerospace Medical Association Fellow

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Aerospace Medical Association recently honored AFRL physician researcher Dr. (Brig Gen) James McEachen with the title of Fellow for his career-long accomplishments and professional dedication to aerospace medicine leadership, operations, education,