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June 11, 2020
Department of Defense and NextFlex sign new cooperative agreement

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory and NextFlex recently settled on a seven-year funding agreement worth up to $154 million that includes funding from the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Manufacturing Technology program.The agreement focuses on defense
June 9, 2020
Special Tactics Wing, AFRL develop smartphone app to mitigate COVID-19 risk

Medical and Preservation of the Force and Family team members of the 24th Special Operations Wing, headquartered at Hurlburt Field, Florida, teamed up with the Air Force Research Lab to develop a way to monitor ST operators’ health status during the pandemic straight from their smartphones.
June 9, 2020
AFRL brings the “heat” to COVID-19

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory is fighting a new enemy with a proven weapon, as it investigates heating aircraft interiors to eliminate the threat of COVID-19 and other biological contaminants on board military planes.Researchers from the AFRL 711th Human
June 8, 2020
Virtual bootcamp trains new test engineers

Held virtually for the first time due to COVID-19 restrictions
June 3, 2020
Secretary of the Air Force visit to Kirtland AFB includes two AFRL organizations

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. - As the nation prepared for the long Memorial Day weekend, Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett visited Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. on May 20-21. She met with Kirtland senior leaders and learned how they continue to keep the nation secure as they also meet the
June 3, 2020
AFRL Aerospace Systems Directorate engineer earns 40 Under 40 achievement

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Dr. Kerianne Hobbs, a research aerospace engineer with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Aerospace Systems Directorate, recently earned the 40 Under 40 award from the International Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
June 2, 2020
AFRL rolls-out new rapid contract award tool for space technology research

The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate here is using a rapid acquisition capability called Space Technology Advanced Research (STAR) that accelerates contract award times.
June 1, 2020
AFRL's Aerospace Systems Directorate hosts virtual reconnection workshop

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate senior leadership held a virtual workshop May 21, facilitated by Dr. Karen Townsend, owner of KTownsend Consulting, to discuss and learn strategies to re-engage, re-connect and reunite the workforce
June 1, 2020
AFRL centrifuge part of NASA’s history-making launch

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, who ascended into space May 30 in a history-making launch, were two of the 10 astronauts to undergo testing in early November 2018 in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s centrifuge.“It’s exciting that our centrifuge
May 27, 2020
AFOSR awards grants to 42 scientists, engineers through Young Investigator Research Program

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Air Force Office of Scientific Research, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, today announced it will award approximately $19.2 million in grants to 42 scientists and engineers from 31 research institutions and businesses who submitted winning research proposals through