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Spark Tank finalists present their projects to Air Force Senior Leaders and other judges during the 2023 Air and Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colo., March 8, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Trujillo)

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Air Force Senior Leaders meet with Spark Tank Finalists during the 2023 Air and Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colo., March 7, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Trujillo)

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AFRL researchers contribute to prestigious scientific journal ACS Nano

The graphic illustrates how the high-energy electron beam from a scanning electron microscope is used to functionalize transition metal dichalcogenides, or TMDs. Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, researchers from the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate contributed this work to the February 2023 ACS Nano publication “Precision Modification of Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides via Environmental E‑Beam Patterning.” TMDs are a specific class of two-dimensional layered materials essential for the development of emerging sensing and electronic technologies for the Department of the Air Force and commercial market. The example shows hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms as they are added to TMD atomic layers consisting of sulfur (S), selenium (Se), Molybdenum (Mo) and tungsten (W) to functionalize them. The electron beam removes atoms from the TMD, causing a chemical reaction that emits light and heat which can be harnessed for use in sensing and other technologies. (U.S. Air Force graphic)

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AFRL researchers contribute to prestigious scientific journal ACS Nano

The image depicts a novel precision patterning method using the United States Department of the Air Force emblem on monolayer MoSe2, a two-dimensional material made of atomic layers. Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, researchers from the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate contributed this work to the February 2023 ACS Nano publication “Precision Modification of Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides via Environmental E‑Beam Patterning.” The publication introduced an innovative process of altering and tailoring the optoelectronic properties of transition metal dichalcogenides, or TMDs. Researchers can control and manipulate the atomic properties of these materials to draw lines, shapes and desired patterns to demonstrate how the material’s thermal and optical properties can be manipulated for sensing and other technologies. (U.S. Air Force graphic)

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AFRL celebrates 2022 achievements at annual awards ceremony

Awards statutes at the 2022 Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Annual Awards Ceremony at the Air Force Institute of Technology's Kenney Hall at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, March 2, 2023. The ceremony recognized the accomplishments of AFRL personnel over the previous year. (U.S. Air Force photo / Keith Lewis)

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AFRL celebrates 2022 achievements at annual awards ceremony

Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle, Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, commander and Abby Neal, Richard Neal’s daughter, present the Commander’s Cup Richard Neal Special Recognition Awards at the 2022 AFRL Annual Awards Ceremony at the Air Force Institute of Technology's Kenney Hall at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, March 2, 2023. The Richard Neal Special Recognition Awards recognize employees unable to compete in other award categories due to the sensitive nature of their work. (U.S. Air Force photo / Keith Lewis)

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AFRL celebrates 2022 achievements at annual awards ceremony

The Wright-Patterson Honor Guard performs at the 2022 AFRL Annual Awards Ceremony at the Air Force Institute of Technology's Kenney Hall at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, March 2, 2023. The ceremony recognized the accomplishments of AFRL personnel over the previous year. (U.S. Air Force photo / Keith Lewis)

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AFRL celebrates 2022 achievements at annual awards ceremony

Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle, Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, commander gives opening remarks at the 2022 AFRL Annual Awards Ceremony at the Air Force Institute of Technology's Kenney Hall at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, March 2, 2023. The ceremony recognized the accomplishments of AFRL personnel over the previous year. (U.S. Air Force photo / Keith Lewis)

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AFRL holds 10th annual Space Domain Awareness Leadership Workshop

The Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing site, or AMOS, Maui Space Surveillance Complex, or MSSC, sits on the summit of Haleakala on the island of Maui, Hawaii. The MSSC, operated under the 15th Space Surveillance Squadron, hosts several Department of the Air Force space domain awareness, or SDA, sensors. The site’s 3.6-meter telescope, seen in the image projecting a sodium guidestar beam, is the largest optical telescope in the Department of Defense. This telescope and the site’s other smaller telescope systems support the U.S. Space Force’s SDA mission. The AMOS site operates experimental research and development systems under the Air Force Research Laboratory. (U.S. Air Force photo / Dr. Robert Q. Fugate)

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AFWERX Refinery program accelerates Airman and Guardian initiatives

U.S. Air Force Airmen receive training for the Laser Foreign Object/Debris detection system at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Nov. 23, 2021. The LFOD detection system was developed through the partnership between contractors and F-15 Flight Safety NCO Tech. Sgt. Jacob Garcia, who credits the Refinery with the success of the project. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Jacob Wood)

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AFWERX to attend South by Southwest conference

All AFWERX divisions will attend the South by Southwest, or SXSW, conference March 10-19, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Agility Prime, an AFWERX program advancing electric vertical takeoff and landing technologies, will host a panel session while AFVentures and Spark representatives interact with attendees. AFWERX will also present the AFWERX 3.0 framework, introduce AFWERX Director Col. Elliott Leigh and discuss pathways toward alignment with the Secretary of the Air Force’s operational imperatives. (U.S. Air Force graphic)

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US Rep. Mike Turner visits Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, tours AFRL facility

Air Force Research Laboratory’s, or AFRL, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Director Darrell K. Phillipson, left, stands with Congressman Mike Turner at the Wright Brothers Institute in Riverside, Ohio, Feb. 13, 2023. Turner, a longtime supporter of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and other Ohio military installations, toured AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate the morning of Feb. 13, where he was welcomed by AFRL Executive Director Timothy Sakulich and representatives from AFRL’s Photonics, Electronics and Soft Matter Division. (U.S. Air Force Photo / Richard Eldridge)

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