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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
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
Oct. 24, 2019
Air Force senior leaders share science and technology perspectives on Lab Life podcast

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Senior leaders from across the Air Force visited the Air Force Research Laboratory’s “Lab Life” podcast booth during the Air Force Association’s Air, Space, and Cyber Conference Sept. 16-18, sharing what the future of science and technology for the service
Oct. 23, 2019
Air Force Demonstrates Rocket Engine Preburner for Advanced Liquid Rocket Engines

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Air Force Research Laboratory has successfully tested a state-of-the-art rocket engine preburner to elevate the U.S. technology base for high performance oxygen-rich staged combustion.The preburner was designed, developed, and tested under the AFRL Hydrocarbon
Oct. 17, 2019
AFRL center maintains excellence as Agent of the Security Control Assessor

Rome, N.Y. – The Air Force Research Laboratory Integration Test & Evaluation Center (ITEC) renewed its Agent of the Security Control Assessor (ASCA) licenses and will maintain its status as a trusted agent for the Air Force Enterprise Security Control Assessor.“This renewal confirms ITEC’s standing
Oct. 11, 2019
Air Force awards grants to 40 scientists and engineers through young investigator research program

ARLINGTON,VIRGINIA – The Air Force Office of Scientific Research — the basic research component of the Air Force Research Laboratory — today announced it will award approximately $17.8 million in grants to 40 scientists and engineers from 30 research institutions and businesses who submitted winning
Oct. 8, 2019
AFRL reimagines tech development with virtual reality

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – In a move the Wright Brothers likely never anticipated but surely would approve, the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate is using a bicycle to demonstrate how virtual and augmented reality could revolutionize aircraft maintenance, as

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AFRL collaboration yields testing capability for additive manufactured heat exchangers

AFRL tests in-house, rapidly developed small engine

AFRL honors scientists and engineers for exceptional career achievements

Aspiring Air Force pilots: Don’t let height standards get in the way

AFRL personnel connect with creative thinking process to enhance problem solving

Air Force senior leaders share science and technology perspectives on Lab Life podcast

Air Force Demonstrates Rocket Engine Preburner for Advanced Liquid Rocket Engines

AFRL center maintains excellence as Agent of the Security Control Assessor

Air Force awards grants to 40 scientists and engineers through young investigator research program

AFRL reimagines tech development with virtual reality