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Oct. 20, 2020
Awards ceremony honoring exceptional Air Force scientists and engineers to be livestreamed

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory will honor 20 scientists and engineers Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. for their outstanding career accomplishments during the 2020 Fellows and Science and Engineering Early Career Awards Ceremony. While the National Museum of the United States
Oct. 15, 2020
AFRL opens newest STAR Lab expansion

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory recently opened its newest expansion of “STAR Lab” at a ribbon cutting ceremony here September 25.The Special Test and Research Laboratory is a one-of-a-kind facility used for independent analysis, development, testing and
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
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. 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
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
Sept. 16, 2020
AFWERX announces EngageSpace, premier collaboration event for space industry

With its highly interactive format and diverse participants, this event is designed to revolutionize how the space ecosystem works, dismantle the walls between sectors and close the "believability gap" for what's possible in space.
Sept. 15, 2020
AFRL Technology traveling to Mars

The Red Planet, Mars, will soon be receiving more visitors when NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover accompanied by its flight companion, a 4-pound Mars Helicopter named Ingenuity, touches down in February 2021.
Sept. 11, 2020
AFRL’s Transformational Capabilities Office reaches Initial Operating Capability

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Air Force Research Laboratory Commander and Technology Executive Officer Brig. Gen. Heather Pringle announced Sep. 11 that the Transformational Capabilities Office, the group responsible for implementing the transformational component of the Air Force Science