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AFRL, CNM Ingenuity shift innovation to next level at Hyperdrive Space Summit

Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, senior engineer Gabe Mounce provides opening remarks at the 2022 Hyperdrive Space Summit in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Nov. 15, 2022. Mounce leads the AFRL Technology Outreach Office at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico and is the deputy director of SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force. The summit was a joint event between AFRL and CNM Ingenuity, an economic development arm of Central New Mexico Community College. More than 150 space technology small businesses, academia, government and others from the space community participated this year. (Courtesy photo)

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AFRL accepting applications for fully funded graduate internship program

Graduate student intern Brittani Huegen works in the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Liquid Metals Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Nov. 29, 2022, preparing an electromyography measurement using liquid metal-based electrodes. Huegen, a fifth-year Duke University Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering, began her internship with AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate in September 2022. AFRL is accepting applications for this fully funded graduate student internship program Dec. 1, 2022 through Jan. 20, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jonathan Taulbee)

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AFRL teams with industry to expand alternative natural rubber supply

The initial planting of Kok-saghyz dandelion, commonly known as TK, is shown at the Amherst Greenhouse in Harrod, Ohio, July 28, 2022. The Air Force Research Laboratory kicked off a multimillion-dollar, multiyear program in spring 2022 with BioMADE, Farmed Materials and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to develop a domestic source of natural rubber from this dandelion species. (U.S. Air Force Photo / Jonathan Taulbee)

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AFRL teams with industry to expand alternative natural rubber supply

The Kok-saghyz dandelion species, captured July 28, 2022 at the Amherst Greenhouse in Harrod, Ohio, accumulates rubber in its roots which can be extracted for further use. The Air Force Research Laboratory entered a multimillion-dollar, multiyear program in spring 2022 with BioMADE, Farmed Materials and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to develop a domestic source of natural rubber from this species of dandelion for use in the production of U.S. Department of the Air Force aircraft tires. (U.S. Air Force Photo / Jonathan Taulbee)

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AFRL joins New Mexico national labs in postdoc speech competition

Maj. Joshua Reding of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Directed Energy Directorate presents Tessily Hogancamp, a chemist from Sandia National Laboratories, or SNL, a trophy as the first-place winner of the Rio Grande Research SLAM, a postdoctoral speech competition in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Nov. 5, 2022. Reding, who stepped in at the last minute as the master of ceremonies and whom the organizers called “amazing,” presided over the event that included postdoctoral researchers from AFRL, SNL, Los Alamos National Lab and the New Mexico Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. (Courtesy photo)

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AFRL joins New Mexico national labs in postdoc speech competition

Twelve postdoctoral researchers representing the Air Force Research Laboratory, Sandia National Labs, Los Alamos National Lab and the New Mexico Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research compete in the inaugural Rio Grande Research SLAM, a postdoctoral speech competition in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Nov. 5, 2022. The event spotlighted the research performed in New Mexico and provided professional development opportunities. (Courtesy photo)

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AFRL’s Computed Tomography lab enhances efficiency with state-of-the-art infrastructure improvements, imaging capability

Air Force Research Laboratory Commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle receives a tutorial from ARCTOS contractor and Computed Tomography, or CT, operator Chad Schmidt inside the new CT suite Nov. 9, 2022, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, while AFRL Technical Lead John Brausch and Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Director Darrell Phillipson, far right, observe. The Computed Tomography Laboratory was recently renovated to include an additional CT machine and a brand-new CT suite in which to house the equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jonathan Taulbee)

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AFRL’s Computed Tomography lab enhances efficiency with state-of-the-art infrastructure improvements, imaging capability

Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle, left, surveys the newly-renovated Computed Tomography Laboratory, Nov. 9, 2022, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, while John Brausch, center, Ryan Mooers and Steve Thompson, far right, welcome Pringle to the facility. The lab, part of AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, supports non-destructive testing of 3D-printed materials for the Department of Defense’s internal and external customer base. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jonathan Taulbee)

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AFRL breaks ground on new FORTRESS space lab

Leaders from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate, Army Corps of Engineers, and QA Construction, LLC break ground on the agency’s new Facility for Radiation Tolerance Research on Electronics for Space & Strategic Systems at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Nov. 16, 2022. The facility will enable researchers to develop solutions for trusted, high-performance electronic components with necessary space and strategic-hardening to ensure the survivability of key U.S. Space Force and Air Force systems. (U.S. Air Force photo / Lt. Nina Rogers)

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AFRL breaks ground on new FORTRESS space lab

Erin Pettyjohn, the deputy director of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate, speaks at a ground-breaking ceremony for the new Facility for Radiation Tolerance Research on Electronics for Space and Strategic Systems at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Nov. 16, 2022. The facility will enable researchers to develop solutions for trusted, high-performance electronic components with necessary space and strategic-hardening to ensure the survivability of key U.S. Space Force and Air Force systems. (U.S. Air Force photo / Lt. Nina Rogers)

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ML-RCP Summer 2022 Interns

Summer 2022’s slate of Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL Minority Leaders – Research Collaboration Program interns vsit a C-17 at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. AFRL summer internships grant access to specialized research equipment and laboratory space to engage in ongoing research projects and augment the recruitment pipeline for the next generation of leaders in science, technology, engineering and math (U.S. Air Force photo).

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AFRL’s Additive Manufacturing Laboratory celebrates newly renovated facility, addition of custom 3D-printing system

Air Force Research Laboratory Commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle and AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Director Darrell Phillipson cut a ribbon during a ceremony celebrating the reopening of the Additive Manufacturing Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Nov. 9, 2022. Technical Lead John Brausch and Research Materials Engineer Dr. Edwin Schwalbach, far right, oversaw extensive facility renovations and the addition of state-of-the-art equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jonathan Taulbee)

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AFRL encourages public sector collaboration, insight at New Mexico Cyber and Space Symposium

Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, senior engineer Joseph "Dan" Trujillo, the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate's Space Cyber Resiliency lead and organizer of the New Mexico Cyber and Space Symposium in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Oct. 12-14, 2022, holds a CubeSat miniature of a satellite. The CubeSat contains all the components of a satellite and allows AFRL to study vulnerabilities in a space vehicle to develop solutions for protection against cyberattack. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tyrell Etsitty)

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AFRL encourages public sector collaboration, insight at New Mexico Cyber and Space Symposium

Col. Jeremy Raley, Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Phillips Research Site commander and the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate director, provides the keynote address at the New Mexico Cyber and Space Symposium in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Oct. 12-14, 2022. AFRL, in partnership with Deloitte and Central New Mexico Community College hosted the event for more than 150 attendees from across the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, industry, commercial and private businesses and academia. (U.S. Air Force photo / Sara Telano)

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AFRL Innovation Awards recognize excellence in tech transfer

Col. Clark Allred, acting director of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Directed Energy Directorate presents Dr. Andreas Schmitt-Sody, the Directed Energy Directorate assistant chief scientist, an Innovation Award at the technology transfer awards ceremony in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Oct. 20, 2022. AFRL established these awards to recognize and inspire the laboratory’s inventors and collaborators who develop technologies in support of the nation’s defense and whose research promotes the transfer of technology to partners, academia and the private sector. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jeanne Dailey)

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AFRL Innovation Awards recognize excellence in tech transfer

Quentin Dierks, Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Space Vehicles Directorate chief engineer, presents Dr. Wellesley Pereira, Space Vehicles Directorate senior scientist and mission lead, with a 2022 Innovation Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer at AFRL’s Innovation Awards ceremony in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Oct. 20, 2022. AFRL established these awards to recognize and inspire the laboratory’s inventors and collaborators who develop technologies in support of the nation’s defense and whose research promotes the transfer of technology to partners, academia and the private sector. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jeanne Dailey)

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AFRL Innovation Awards recognize excellence in tech transfer

Quentin Dierks, Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Space Vehicles Directorate chief engineer, presents Dr. Wellesley Pereira, Space Vehicles Directorate senior scientist and mission lead, with a 2022 Innovation Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer at AFRL’s Innovation Awards ceremony in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Oct. 20, 2022. AFRL established these awards to recognize and inspire the laboratory’s inventors and collaborators who develop technologies in support of the nation’s defense and whose research promotes the transfer of technology to partners, academia and the private sector. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jeanne Dailey)

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Project Arc team works to make technical Airmen more operationally relevant

Project Arc Engineer 1st Lt. Andrew Foor welds together supporting parts for the hardening of a low-cost threat emitter Oct. 18, 2022, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Foor, an electrical engineer by trade, worked with his teammate to help Luke Air Force Base modernize its ranges with emerging, high-impact technologies. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Project Arc team works to make technical Airmen more operationally relevant

Project Arc Engineer 2nd Lt. Jacob Geil takes a measurement on the ram air scoop fan assembly Sept. 22, 2022, as part of an initiative to embed engineers at operational wings to solve technical problems. As part of the Project Arc program, Geil and his teammate were stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, for six months to help develop, test and transition Airmen and commercial solutions. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Christopher Tam)

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Project Arc team works to make technical Airmen more operationally relevant

Project Arc Engineer 1st Lt. Kevin Tran tests an early prototype of a corrosion prevention system for space launch infrastructure Sept. 21, 2022, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, Florida. Tran and his teammate were stationed at Cape Canaveral with a mission to test and integrate technologies that will enable assured access to space for the 45th Space Launch Delta. The corrosion prevention tool would save $300K a year at Space Launch delta alone and is currently in the Spark Tank quarterfinals. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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