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AFRL celebrates unified science and technology enterprise

The Air Force Research Laboratory recognized the 25th anniversary of one AFRL at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Oct. 28, 2022. One AFRL refers to the 1997 coming together of four U.S. Air Force laboratory facilities, then called super labs, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under a unified science and technology organization. (U.S. Air Force photo / Justin Hayward)

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AFRL’s version of Academy Awards highlights present and past achievements

Air Force Research Laboratory Commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle, far left, and Chief Technology Officer Dr. Tim Bunning, far right, pose with the 2022 Early Career Award winners, from left to right, Dr. Nicholas Glavin, Dr. Daniel Dault, Dr. Candice Hatcher-Solis, Dr. Sean McDaniel, Dr. Andrew Metcalf, Dr. Sean Donegan, Dr. Joel Bixler and Dr. Stuart Benton at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Oct. 12, 2022, during the 2022 AFRL Fellows and Early Career Awards ceremony. The Air Force Research Laboratory honored scientists and engineers for outstanding career accomplishments during this annual event. (U.S. Air Force photo / Keith Lewis)

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AFRL’s version of Academy Awards highlights present and past achievements

Air Force Research Laboratory Commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle, far left, and Chief Technology Officer Dr. Tim Bunning, far right, pose with the 2022 Fellows, from left to right, Dr. Joseph Mabry, Dr. Jason Parker, Dr. David Mollenhauer, Mr. John Brausch, Dr. Tamara Chelette, Dr. Richard “Andy” McKinley, Dr. Greg Reich and Dr. Ashwani Sharma at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Oct. 12, 2022, during the 2022 AFRL Fellows and Early Career Awards ceremony. The Air Force Research Laboratory honored scientists and engineers for outstanding career accomplishments during the annual event. One 2022 Fellow, Dr. Dale Ferguson, is not pictured. (U.S. Air Force photo / Keith Lewis)

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AFRL upgrades rocket fabrication capabilities

Staff Sgt. Kevin Davis, a machinist with the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Aerospace Systems Directorate, operates one of AFRL’s new computer numerical control milling machines in the rocket fabrication shop at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Sept. 15, 2022. AFRL recently upgraded its fabrication capabilities with 20 new state-of-the-art machines for designing and manufacturing components for liquid rocket engines and solid rocket motors. The new equipment will increase accuracy, improve operator safety and save money. (U.S. Air Force photo / Joy Alich)

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AFRL’s Ascent satellite marks end of mission objectives

Air Force Research Laboratory technicians work on the Ascent spacecraft in the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate’s small satellite laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico in 2021. Ascent, which analyzed the survivability of electronics in geosynchronous Earth orbit, recently completed all its mission objectives and is currently performing extended operations. (U.S. Air Force photo / Capt. Sunderlin Jackson)

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AFRL, New York Air National Guard enter operational research partnership

From left: Lt. Col. Diego Uribe, 152nd Air Operations Group; Brig. Gen. Denise Donnell, New York Air National Guard; and Col. Fred Garcia, Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate, celebrate the partnership between their organizations in Rome, New York, Oct. 5, 2022. The new partnership between AFRL and the 152nd AOG will support U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command needs with state-of-the-art machine-intelligence research and enhanced command and control capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo / Albert Santacroce)

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Take the load off: Exoskeleton to enhance safety, retention for aerial porters, others

Brig. Gen. John Andrus, commander of 711th Human Performance Wing in the Air Force Research Laboratory, pushes a weighted sled while wearing the pneumatically-powered exoskeleton during an AFRL demonstration Oct. 6, 2022, at the Air Force Reserve Command’s 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. This technology, supported by AFRL’s Center for Rapid Innovation, was designed to assist aerial porters load and unload heavy cargo and is intended to minimize manpower needed as well as prevent injuries. (U.S. Air Force photo / Patrick O’Reilly)

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Take the load off: Exoskeleton to enhance safety, retention for aerial porters, others

Brig. Gen. John Andrus, commander of 711th Human Performance Wing in the Air Force Research Laboratory, dons the pneumatically-powered exoskeleton with assistance from Dr. Linus Park with ROAM Robotics during an AFRL demonstration Oct. 6, 2022, at the 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. This technology, supported by AFRL’s Center for Rapid Innovation, was designed to assist aerial porters load and unload heavy cargo and is intended to minimize manpower needed as well as prevent injuries. (U.S. Air Force photo / Patrick O’Reilly)

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Take the load off: Exoskeleton to enhance safety, retention for aerial porters, others

2nd Lt. Ian Casciola, special warfare electrical engineer with the 711th Human Performance Wing in AFRL, performs a squat while wearing a pneumatically-powered exoskeleton system, developed by ROAM Robotics, during an AFRL demonstration Oct. 6, 2022, at the 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. This technology, supported by AFRL’s Center for Rapid Innovation, was designed to assist aerial porters load and unload heavy cargo and is intended to minimize manpower needed as well as prevent injuries. (U.S. Air Force photo / Patrick O’Reilly)

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Take the load off: Exoskeleton to enhance safety, retention for aerial porters, others

The pneumatically-powered exoskeleton, developed by ROAM Robotics as part of a Direct to Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant, is displayed during an Air Force Research Laboratory demonstration Oct. 6, 2022, at the Air Force Reserve Command’s 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. This technology, supported by AFRL’s Center for Rapid Innovation, was designed to assist aerial porters load and unload heavy cargo and is intended to minimize manpower needed as well as prevent injuries. (U.S. Air Force photo / Patrick O’Reilly)

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Take the load off: Exoskeleton to enhance safety, retention for aerial porters, others

Chief Master Sgt. Sean Storms, aerial port manager with the Air Force Reserve Command’s 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio pushes oversized cargo across the floor of a C-17 Oct. 6, 2022, during an Air Force Research Laboratory demonstration of a pneumatically-powered exoskeleton system developed by ROAM Robotics. This technology, supported by AFRL’s Center for Rapid Innovation, was designed to assist aerial porters load and unload heavy cargo and is intended to minimize manpower needed as well as prevent injuries. (U.S. Air Force photo / Patrick O’Reilly)

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AFRL’s version of Academy Awards to highlight present and past achievements

The winners of the 2022 Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Science and Engineering Early Career Awards are, from left to right, top to bottom: Dr. Stuart Benton, Dr. Joel Bixler, Dr. Daniel Dault, Dr. Sean Donegan, Dr. Nicholas Glavin, Dr. Candice Hatcher-Solis, Dr. Sean McDaniel and Dr. Andrew Metcalf. AFRL will honor these professionals for outstanding career accomplishments, Oct. 12, 2022, from 2:30-4 p.m. at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. (Courtesy photo / U.S. Air Force)

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AFRL’s version of Academy Awards to highlight present and past achievements

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Fellows program recognizes outstanding scientists and engineers in three categories: research achievements, technology development and transition achievements, or program and organizational leadership. The 2022 AFRL Fellows are, from left to right, top to bottom: Mr. John Brausch, Dr. Tamara Chelette, Dr. Dale Ferguson, Dr. Joe Mabry, Dr. Richard "Andy" McKinley, Dr. David Mollenhauer, Dr. Jason Parker, Dr. Gregory Reich and Dr. Ashwani Sharma. AFRL will honor these professionals for outstanding career accomplishments, Oct. 12, 2022, from 2:30-4 p.m. at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. (Courtesy photo / U.S. Air Force)

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AFRL commander moderates future of propulsion panel at AFA Air, Space, Cyber Conference

Air Force Research Laboratory Commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle moderates a future of propulsion panel Sept. 21, 2022, during the Air and Space Force Association’s, Air, Space and Cyber Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. The panel included Director of AFRL’s Aerospace Systems Directorate, Dr. Michael Gregg; Chief of AFRL’s Rocket Propulsion Division, Dr. Shawn Phillips; and the Director of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Propulsion Directorate, John Sneden. (U.S. Air Force photo / Cherie Cullen)

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AFRL commander moderates future of propulsion panel at AFA Air, Space, Cyber Conference

From left: Director of AFRL’s Aerospace Systems Directorate, Dr. Michael Gregg; Chief of AFRL’s Rocket Propulsion Division, Dr. Shawn Phillips; and the Director of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Propulsion Directorate, John Sneden, discuss the future of propulsion Sept. 21, 2022, during the Air and Space Force Association’s, Air, Space and Cyber Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. (U.S. Air Force photo / Cherie Cullen)

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AFRL commander moderates future of propulsion panel at AFA Air, Space, Cyber Conference

From left: Air Force Research Laboratory Commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle moderates a future of propulsion panel with Director of AFRL’s Aerospace Systems Directorate, Dr. Michael Gregg; Chief of AFRL’s Rocket Propulsion Division, Dr. Shawn Phillips; and the Director of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Propulsion Directorate, John Sneden, Sept. 21, 2022, during the Air and Space Force Association’s, Air, Space and Cyber Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. (U.S. Air Force photo / Cherie Cullen)

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DOD's largest telescope receives mirror recoat, preserves space domain awareness

Workers strip and wash the Advanced Electro-Optical System’s primary mirror at the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing site, Maui, Hawaii, in preparation for a recoat. AMOS is part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the AEOS telescope supports the U.S. Space Force with the nation’s space domain mission to operate freely in space. (Courtesy photo / Boeing)

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DOD's largest telescope receives mirror recoat, preserves space domain awareness

The Advanced Electro-Optical System's primary mirror cell, which contains the mirror substrate, moves from its telescope location at the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) site, Maui, Hawaii, to the unit's mirror coating facility, where it will undergo a mirror recoating. AMOS is part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the AEOS telescope supports the U.S. Space Force with the nation’s space domain mission to operate freely in space. (Courtesy photo / Boeing)

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DOD's largest telescope receives mirror recoat, preserves space domain awareness

The Boeing team poses with the Advanced Electro-Optical System, or AEOS, primary mirror following a recoat at the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) site, Maui, Hawaii. This was the second recoat of the mirror since AEOS’s initial installation in 1997. AMOS is part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the 3.6-meter AEOS telescope supports the U.S. Space Force’s space domain awareness mission. (Courtesy photo / Boeing)

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DOD's largest telescope receives mirror recoat, preserves space domain awareness

The 3.6-meter, 75-ton Advanced Electro-Optical System, or AEOS. telescope, shown with the mirror recoat team, is the largest optical telescope in the Department of Defense. The mirror received its second recoat since the installation of AEOS at the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing site in 1997. AMOS is part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, and keeping the mirror in prime condition is key to the U.S. Space Force’s space domain awareness mission. (Courtesy photo / Boeing)

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