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March 5, 2020
AFRL Sensors Directorate tech transfer program manager earns rookie of the year award

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Jack Owsley III, Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate Tech Transfer and Alliance Program Manager, was selected from among 300 federal laboratories to earn the 2020 Rookie of the Year Award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology
March 5, 2020
AFRL Sensors Directorate welcomes new director

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Ms. Jacqueline Janning-Lask, a member of the Senior Executive Service, assumed the role of Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate Director, Jan. 20, 2020 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.In this role, Janning-Lask ensures that
Feb. 28, 2020
Air Force promotes basic research capacity at DEPSCOR Day

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) joined forces with its Army and Navy counterparts at the Southern Regional meeting for the Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana February 20 to share best practices for
Feb. 26, 2020
Senior AFRL leaders receive prestigious awards

WASHINGTON – Two senior scientists from the Air Force Research Laboratory received the Presidential Rank Award (PRA) for Meritorious Professional Achievements. Dr. Alok Das, the director of AFRL’s Center for Rapid Innovation (CRI) and Dr. Paul Antonik, the chief scientist for AFRL’s Information
Feb. 26, 2020
Air Force announces Vanguard PEOs

The Air Force recently announced the Vanguard Program as part of its transformational science and technology portfolio identified in the 2030 strategy for the next decade. Vanguard programs will rapidly advance emerging weapon systems and warfighting concepts through prototyping and
Feb. 26, 2020
Air Force announces Vanguard Program Executive Offices

Eglin selected for Golden Horde
Feb. 25, 2020
AFRL creates safer-than-steel synthetic winch cable for cargo aircraft

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The C-17 Globemaster III aircraft fleet currently uses winch cables made of steel to pull pallets, vehicles and other items onto the aircraft from the ground via the aft ramp.The current steel cable experiences dangerous snapback upon breakage, which can
Feb. 24, 2020
AFRL Sensors Directorate research mathematician selected as Special Assistant to AF Chief Scientist

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Dr. Chad Waddington, a native of southern Michigan, grew up in small-town America surrounded by farm fields. He blossomed into a track star while attending Hanover-Horton High School. His running abilities lead him to attend college at Indiana Wesleyan
Feb. 18, 2020
AFRL, Masten Space Systems Inc., NASA, collaborate on successful testing of Methane Engine

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, and Masten Space Systems Inc. successfully tested a liquid methane rocket engine, the first of its kind tested at AFRL.AFRL and Masten signed a Cooperative Research and Development
Feb. 13, 2020
Air Force Research Lab’s famed YF-16 transfers to aviation museum

ROME, N.Y. – After using the airframe in various tests during the past 40 years, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Information Directorate transferred its famed YF-16 from the Antenna Measurement Research Facility in Newport, N.Y. to the Fort Worth Aviation Museum in Texas.Ultimately, this