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May 5, 2021
Skyborg ACS has Successful First Flight

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – The Skyborg leadership team conducted a two-hours and ten minute flight test April 29 of the Skyborg autonomy core system (ACS) aboard a Kratos UTAP-22 tactical unmanned vehicle at Tyndall AFB, Florida. Termed Milestone 1 of the Autonomous Attritable Aircraft
May 4, 2021
Space Security Challenge 2021: Hack-A-Sat 2 registration opens, qualification round date announced

ROME, N.Y. (AFRL) – The U.S. Air and Space Forces in collaboration with the security research community opened registration May 4 for the qualification round of the second annual Space Security Challenge: Hack-A-Sat satellite hacking challenge.This virtual competition enables security researchers of
March 10, 2021
She’s proud to serve and says to women – “Be Strong”

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) - “I wanted to do something noble with my life,” 1st Lt. Kyra Schmidt began when talking about her reason for joining the military. The U.S. Air Force Academy graduate is a developmental engineer assigned to the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles
March 5, 2021
Striking a balance between nice and assertive is difficult says AFRL engineer

MAUI, Hawaii (AFRL) - Air Force Research Laboratory aerospace engineer Capt. Tara Crouch joined the military because she wanted to work for an organization that has a higher goal than profit. “I appreciate that the military takes a holistic view of the person’s value-added performance and does not
Dec. 15, 2020
Successful attritableONE (XQ-58 Valkyrie) return to flight test enables formation flight with fifth-generation fighters

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory, along with partner Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., completed the successful fifth flight test of the XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned air vehicle demonstrator on Dec. 9, 2020, at Yuma Proving Ground,
Dec. 7, 2020
SpaceWERX launches during day one of AFWERX Accelerate

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Today AFWERX kicked-off its inaugural Accelerate event with an exciting announcement on the formation of SpaceWERX, a new entity that will focus on technologies for the United States Space Force. “As we approach the first anniversary of our newest
Oct. 5, 2020
SkyVision team wins AUVSI XCELLENCE Award

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The SkyVision team, a joint effort between the Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, the state of Ohio, and industry partners, has been selected as the first-place winner in the Technology & Innovation (Hardware – Platform)
June 18, 2020
Science diplomacy in action: Researchers collaborate to improve COVID-19 projections in U.S. and Chile

ARLINGTON, Va. -- A new international research effort that combines the expertise of a computational biologist in Santiago, Chile and the computing power of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory could help leaders in both countries better understand the spread of the novel coronavirus and project
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 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