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Project Vanguard reinforces defense capabilities with investor capital

At the SpaceWERX Innovate to Accelerate (I2A) Expo Day, companies from the spring 2024 Tactical Responsiveness Space award cohort showcased their capstone projects to the public in El Segundo, California, April 24, 2024. As a result of their connections made through Project Vanguard at I2A, 11 of these companies are now fundraising. (U.S. Air Force photo by Breana Isley)

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AFRL equipment donation helps prepare emerging STEM workforce

From left: Miami University students Carter Wade, Lakshan Don Manuwelge Don, Nate Price and Dr. Joseph Perry Corbett, test the newly installed ultra-high vacuum scanning tunneling microscope at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio on, May 30, 2024. The microscope was donated by the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate to the Corbett Research Group as part of a recently signed Educational Partnership Agreement with Miami University. Corbett, who leads the group, is an assistant professor of physics at Miami University, and is a former AFRL materials research scientist. (Courtesy photo / Rannet Manning)

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C-STARS simulation center aims to modernize training, strengthen community partnerships

Dr. Timothy Pritts, left, chief of Trauma Critical Care and General Surgery and a trauma surgeon at the University of Cincinnati and UC Health, and Col. Richard Strilka, Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills, Cincinnati, research director, stand in the simulated Surgical Intensive Care Unit, or SICU, military aircraft room in the SICU at UC Medical Center – Cincinnati, Feb. 24, 2023. The Air Force’s 711th Human Performance Wing, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, partnered with the University of Cincinnati to develop a state-of-the art simulation center for the Critical Care Air Transport team at the Center for Sustainment of Trauma Readiness at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, in order to modernize training and strengthen community partnerships. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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AFRL’s C-STARS Cincinnati honored at 2024 Heroes of Military Medicine

From left: Maj. Gen. Jeannine M. Ryder, commander of the Air Force Medical Agency and chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps; Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Davis, retired U.S. Army; Col. (Dr.) Valerie Sams, director, Center for Sustainment of Trauma Readiness, or C-STARS, Cincinnati at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center Division of Trauma Critical Care; and Dr. Joseph Carvalho, president and CEO of Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, stand together to honor Sams on behalf of C-STARS Cincinnati’s, May 9, 2024, in Washington, D.C., at the 2024 HJF Heroes of Military Medicine Award ceremony. The C-STARS program is part of the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, which falls under the Air Force’s 711th Human Performance Wing and the Air Force Research Laboratory. The C-STARS Cincinnati location at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Ohio serves as the platform for the critical care air transport-advanced training. (Courtesy photo / ImageLink Photography)

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AFRL’s C-STARS Cincinnati honored at 2024 Heroes of Military Medicine

The audience applauds as civilian and military personnel are honored for their contributions to the medical field May 9, 2024, during the 2024 Henry M. Jackson Foundation, or HJF, Heroes of Military Medicine Award ceremony in Washington, D.C. Col. (Dr.) Valerie Sams, director, Center for Sustainment of Trauma Readiness, or C-STARS, Cincinnati at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center Division of Trauma Critical Care, was honored as the 2024 Hero of Military Medicine Ambassador on behalf of the C-STARS Cincinnati team. The C-STARS program is part of the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, which falls under the Air Force’s 711th Human Performance Wing and the Air Force Research Laboratory. (Courtesy photo / ImageLink Photography)

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AFRL’s C-STARS Cincinnati honored at 2024 Heroes of Military Medicine

Col. (Dr.) Valerie Sams, director, Center for Sustainment of Trauma Readiness, or C-STARS, Cincinnati at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center Division of Trauma Critical Care, speaks to the audience at the 2024 Henry M. Jackson Foundation, or HJF, Heroes of Military Medicine Award ceremony on May 9, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Sams received the award, on behalf of the C-STARS Cincinnati team, as the 2024 Hero of Military Medicine Ambassador, honoring their contributions to the medical field. The C-STARS program is part of the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, which falls under the Air Force’s 711th Human Performance Wing and the Air Force Research Laboratory. (Courtesy photo / ImageLink Photography)

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AFRL scientists, engineers promote STEM careers at WPAFB Spring Job Shadow Day

Students visiting Wright-Patterson Air Force base March 11, 2024, for the base’s spring Job Shadow Day had the opportunity to tour a Headquarters Flight Test Operations facility, where participating mentors demonstrated how small, Unmanned Aircraft Systems such as Raytheon’s Silver Fox, the Bix3 and DJI S1000 Panini (pictured) are used by AFRL’s Sensors Directorate when flight-testing sensors. WPAFB’s Educational Outreach Office offers two job shadow days per year every spring and fall to high school juniors and seniors in an effort to showcase and promote STEM- and non-STEM-related career opportunities on base. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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AFRL scientists, engineers promote STEM careers at WPAFB Spring Job Shadow Day

Students visiting the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate as part of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s spring Job Shadow Day March 11, 2024, got a closer look at the world of non-destructive inspection, and a better understanding of how robots like Boston Dynamic’s SPOT are being integrated into that work. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s Educational Outreach Office offers two job shadow days per year to high school juniors and seniors every spring and fall, in an effort to showcase and promote STEM- and non-STEM-related career opportunities on base. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Space Dynamics Laboratory Internship Experience

University student participants pose for a group photo after completing a Space Dynamics Laboratory internship experience as part of the new Mission Concept Program in July 2023 in Albuquerque, NM. AFRL and NASA first announced their collaboration with eight universities for the Mission Concept Program in 2023. The program, sponsored by AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate, was held under the University Nanosatellite Program, which started in 1999 and has collaborated with 53 universities since its inception. (Courtesy photo)

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Leadership and staff with the Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA and college students pose for a group photo

Leadership and staff with the Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA and college students pose for a group photo at the final event of the inaugural Mission Concept Program, Sheraton Uptown, Albuquerque, NM, in July 2023. AFRL, and NASA announced their collaboration with eight universities for a new Mission Concept Program that ran from May 15 to July 28, 2023. The program, sponsored by AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate, was held under the University Nanosatellite Program, which started in 1999 and has collaborated with 53 universities since its inception. (Courtesy photo by Tarlton University Multimedia Department)

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Air Force Research Laboratory staff stand with university students

Air Force Research Laboratory staff stand with university students and their professors from a variety of academic institutions across the nation in front of Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Merrit Island, Florida in May 2023. AFRL and NASA announced their collaboration with eight universities for a new Mission Concept Program that ran from May 15 to July 28, 2023. The program, sponsored by AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate, was held under the University Nanosatellite Program, which started in 1999 and has collaborated with 53 universities since its inception. (Courtesy photo)

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AFRL honors its newest senior scientist at induction ceremony

Darrell Phillipson, director of AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, presents Dr. Mark Benedict with the senior executive pin during a ceremony to mark his induction into the Scientific and Professional Cadre of Senior Executives at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, May 9, 2024. Benedict officially accepted the role of senior scientist for convergent (digital) manufacturing at the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate in February. U.S. Air Force photo / Sarah Perez

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AFRL honors its newest senior scientist at induction ceremony

Air Force Research Laboratory Executive Director Timothy Sakulich publicly administers the oath of office to Dr. Mark Benedict at a ceremony to mark his induction into the Scientific and Professional Cadre of Senior Executives at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, May 9, 2024. Benedict officially accepted the role of senior scientist for convergent (digital) manufacturing at AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate in February. U.S. Air Force photo / Sarah Perez

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AFRL Future Flag series grows in scope, size with new funding, alliances

The Army's 10th Mountain Division's Division Artillery Commander, Col. Thomas Goettke, became the first signatory of the Northeast Multi-Domain Operations Alliance, or NEMDO Alliance April 22, 2024, in Rome, N.Y. The Air Force Research Laboratory's Information Directorate is organizing an event called Future Flag in upstate New York in summer 2024. The event is aimed at accelerating the fielding of new military technologies and aircraft for the warfighter. Around 150 participants from various United States military branches will attend. (U.S. Air Force photo / Albert Santacroce)

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Innovate to Accelerate expo day attendees socialize during a break in El Segundo, California, April 25, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Breana Isley)

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The SpaceWERX team and guest speakers gather for a photograph in El Segundo, California, April 25, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Breana Isley)

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Arthur Grijalva, SpaceWERX Director, welcomes guests during opening remarks at the inaugural I2A Expo Day event in El Segundo, California, April 25, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Breana Isley)

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AFRL chief scientists welcome HBCU partners to advance tactical autonomy

Chief scientists from technical directorates across the Air Force Research Laboratory met with the Department of the Air Force’s first-ever Historically Black Colleges and Universities -led University Affiliated Research Center, or UARC, to initiate collaborative efforts relating to tactical autonomy at the Doolittle Institute in Niceville, Fla., April 2, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo / Chris Quinlin)

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Building Allied partnerships

Royal Air Force Flight Lt. Alexander O’Rourke takes a moment for a photo with a member of the Air Force Security Forces Center Logistics Detail at Fort Bliss, Texas. (Courtesy photo)

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AFWERX Spark Crossflow event spurs innovation and collaboration

Staff Sgt. Joshua Nash, left, and Master Sgt. Dakota Belcher, AFWERX Spark coordinators, use Design Thinking methods to create conditions for lively participation and peak creativity of thought at the Western Crossflow event in Spokane, Washington, from April 23-25, 2024. Crossflows annually bring together Spark Cells from around the world with innovation partners from the Department of Defense to upskill our innovation network, share lessons learned, and cultivate the powerful Spark culture. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kacey Napier)

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