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MacDill Air Force Base, Florida – Senior Airman Brooks Dingman, 6th Operations Group air traffic controller, or ATC, uses Collaborative Low-Altitude Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Effort, or CLUE, June 6, 2024, to establish constraint to let small Unmanned Aircraft System, or UAS, operators know where ATC approval is required to fly drones at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. The Air Mobility Command, in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Information Directorate, is evaluating the AFRL CLUE UAS Traffic Management system on the base. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

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MacDill Air Force Base, Florida – The Air Mobility Command, in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Information Directorate, is evaluating the AFRL Collaborative Low-Altitude Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Effort, or CLUE, UAS Traffic Management, or UTM, system at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. The CLUE program, initiated in 2016, aims to prepare the Air Force and Department of Defense to use UAS on their installations. It provides air domain awareness, situational awareness and UTM operational capabilities for UAS operators, air traffic control personnel, Security Forces and others. (U.S. Air Force graphic / Keri Burkhart)

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AFRL Munitions Directorate fuels ‘Engine to Accelerate’ with induction of new commander

Col. Matthew Caspers assumes command of the Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate June 28, 2024, at a change of command ceremony at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. AFRL Commander Gen. Scott A. Cain officially inducted Caspers as the directorate’s new commander and director. “Right now, my top priority is getting to know the organization and the people doing the amazing work here at RW,” Caspers said. (Courtesy photo / Brian Mitchell)

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AFRL, University of Texas – Arlington collaboration yields break-through in thin film technology

From left: University of Texas in Arlington, or UT Arlington, team members Dr. Stathis Meletis, Dr. Jiechao Jiang, Enrique Ramirez, Dr. Joseph Ngai and Nonso Martin Chetuya gather for a photo at UT Arlington May 16, 2024 to celebrate the successful conclusion to a collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Sensors Directorate. The collaboration was made possible through the Minority Leaders Research Collaboration Program and resulted in a significant breakthrough in the development of thin film technology, as a potential lower-cost alternative to be used in infrared light detection. (Courtesy photo / Dr. Yi Shen)

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AFRL opens International Center at Rice University

Representatives from the Air Force Research Laboratory and Rice University in Houston, Texas, break for lunch during the kick-off meeting for the new International Research Innovation in Nanotechnology Center, May 9, 2024. The center is part of collaborative effort between the Air Force Research Laboratory, Rice University, India’s Defense Research Development Organization and the Indian Institute of Technology that seeks to strengthen U.S. scientific and manufacturing ties with India as well as increase availability of rare nanomaterials technology. (Courtesy photo / Vinod Veedu)

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AFRL opens International Center at Rice University

Dr. Sohini Bhattacharyya, second from left, a postdoctoral research associate at Rice University’s Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, discusses research activity on the processing approaches for two-dimensional nano-materials growth with researchers and students May 9, 2024, at the new International Research Innovation in Nanotechnology, or RISING Center at Rice University in Houston, Texas. The RISING Center, which opened May 9, 2024, is part of collaborative effort between the Air Force Research Laboratory, Rice University, India’s Defense Research Development Organization and the Indian Institute of Technology that seeks to strengthen U.S. scientific and manufacturing ties with India, as well as increase availability of rare nanomaterials technology. (Courtesy photo / Becca Zietler)

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AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing welcomes 39th USAFSAM commander

United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, or USAFSAM, Commander Col. (Dr.) Richard O. Speakman stands for a family photo with his spouse and four children shortly after assuming official command of USAFSAM at a ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, July 2, 2024. In his first remarks as USAFSAM’s newest commander, Speakman thanked his family for their support, service and patriotism. “There is a cost to service,” Speakman said, addressing his family, “and I don't forget that, together, we serve as Team Speakman.” (U.S. Air Force photo / Rick Eldridge)

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AFRL recognizes 2024 New Mexico Excellence in STEM at annual awards event

Col. Jeremy Raley, director of AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate speaks to Tech Engagement Office leadership and STEM Award winners at the 2024 New Mexico Excellence in STEM Awards ceremony held at Q Station, AFRL’s Tech Engagement Office’s collaborative facility, Albuquerque, N.M., June 21, 2024. The AFRL-sponsored event recognizes significant science, technology, engineering and math education endeavors throughout the state. (Courtesy photo)

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AFRL recognizes 2024 New Mexico Excellence in STEM at annual awards event

Gabe Mounce, director AFRL Tech Engagement Office, awards Dr. Spencer Olson, AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate Tech Engagement Office, the inaugural AFRL Mentor of the Year Award at the 2024 New Mexico Excellence in STEM Awards ceremony, Q Station, AFRL’s Tech Engagement Office’s collaborative facility, Albuquerque, N.M., June 21, 2024. The award was given to Olson as a cumulative recognition to the value of his work with the AFRL Scholars program since 2013. The AFRL-sponsored event recognizes significant science, technology, engineering and math education endeavors throughout the state. (Courtesy photo)

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AFRL recognizes 2024 New Mexico Excellence in STEM at annual awards event

Gabe Mounce, director of the AFRL Tech Engagement Office, speaks to Tech Engagement Office leadership and STEM Award winners at the 2024 New Mexico Excellence in STEM Awards ceremony held at Q Station, AFRL’s Tech Engagement Office’s collaborative facility, Albuquerque, N.M., June 21, 2024. The AFRL-sponsored event recognizes significant science, technology, engineering and math education endeavors throughout the state. (Courtesy photo)

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AFRL recognizes 2024 New Mexico Excellence in STEM at annual awards event

Col. Jeremy Raley, director of AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate speaks to Tech Engagement Office leadership and STEM Award winners at the 2024 New Mexico Excellence in STEM Awards ceremony held at Q Station, AFRL’s Tech Engagement Office’s collaborative facility, Albuquerque, N.M., June 21, 2024. The AFRL-sponsored event recognizes significant science, technology, engineering and math education endeavors throughout the state. (Courtesy photo)

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AFWERX officials to discuss advanced air mobility, small business support at EAA Airventure 2024

AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm and a directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory, will have a booth at EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2024 July 22-28 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jennifer Bryant)

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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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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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