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Nov. 21, 2019
AFRL sponsors service academy and university design challenge

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – As a result of real-world-battlefield needs, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Center for Rapid Innovation is sponsoring the Service Academy and University Design Challenge.The SAC/UDC challenges tackle some of the Department of Defense’s top urgent needs
Nov. 20, 2019
Shahady to small businesses at AF TEO Pitch Day: Inventors make stuff, but innovators make history

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory and the Wright Brothers Institute hosted the first Air Force Technology Executive Officer Pitch Day Nov. 15 at the Steam Plant and the Wright Brothers Institute in Dayton.Powered by the Air Force Small Business Innovation
Nov. 13, 2019
Air Force Research Laboratory joins Quantum Economic Development Consortium

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory has announced that it is joining the Quantum Economic Development Consortium, established in 2018 as a direct result of the National Quantum Initiative Act.The mission of the QED-C is to identify gaps and support enabling
Nov. 13, 2019
AFRL, University of Dayton School of Law ink three-year Educational Partnership to provide patent training

DAYTON, Ohio – The University of Dayton School of Law and the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base have entered into a three-year educational partnership agreement for the School of Law to provide AFRL engineers and scientists legal training in the area of
Nov. 7, 2019
AFRL collaboration yields testing capability for additive manufactured heat exchangers

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – AFRL is turning up the heat! A state-of-the-art Air Force Research Laboratory testing capability for new additive manufactured heat exchangers (HX) is now up and running and is already providing AFRL’s Maturation of Advanced Manufacturing for Low-cost
Nov. 7, 2019
AFRL tests in-house, rapidly developed small engine

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory demonstrated a new and ultra-responsive approach to turbine engine development with the initial testing of the Responsive Open Source Engine (ROSE) on Nov. 6, 2019, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The Aerospace Systems
Nov. 6, 2019
AFRL honors scientists and engineers for exceptional career achievements

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory will honor 21 scientists and engineers Nov. 13 for their outstanding career accomplishments during the laboratory’s 2019 Fellows and Science and Engineering Early Career Awards Banquet at the National Museum of the United
Nov. 5, 2019
Head of Air Combat Command tours AFRL

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – What kind of emerging, game-changing technologies are being developed at the Air Force Research Laboratory that are vital for meeting our warfighters’ needs?That’s what Gen. James M. “Mike” Holmes, head of Air Combat Command, wanted to know during a recent
Nov. 5, 2019
Aspiring Air Force pilots: Don’t let height standards get in the way

Those who aspire to one day become a U.S. Air Force aviator must first meet several requirements, including height, before they are considered for pilot training. For those who fall outside of the Air Force’s height requirements, height waivers are available.
Nov. 5, 2019
AFRL personnel connect with creative thinking process to enhance problem solving

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Air Force Research Laboratory personnel recently participated in a course on design innovation to learn and practice creativity techniques for enhanced problem solving. Because road blocks often develop in thinking processes, it is helpful to try new methods