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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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SDPE’s Rapid Dragon capability demonstrated in Norway

A palletized effects system falls from the cargo hold of a 352d Special Operations Wing MC-130J Commando II during a live-fire demonstration for ATREUS 22-4 at Andøya Space Defense Range, Norway, Nov. 9, 2022. This is the first time Rapid Dragon, a precision effects capability for medium-sized or larger cargo aircraft that allows U.S. and NATO forces a flexible rapid response option, has been employed in the U.S. European Command theater. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire)

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SDPE’s Rapid Dragon capability demonstrated in Norway

A palletized effects system falls from the cargo hold of a 352d Special Operations Wing MC-130J Commando II during a live-fire demonstration for ATREUS 22-4 at Andøya Space Defense Range, Norway, Nov. 9, 2022. This is the first time Rapid Dragon, a precision effects capability for medium-sized or larger cargo aircraft that allows U.S. and NATO forces a flexible rapid response option, has been employed in the U.S. European Command theater. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire)

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SDPE’s Rapid Dragon capability demonstrated in Norway

A palletized effects system falls from the cargo hold of a 352d Special Operations Wing MC-130J Commando II during a live-fire demonstration for ATREUS 22-4 at Andøya Space Defense Range, Norway, Nov. 9, 2022. This is the first time Rapid Dragon, a precision munitions capability for medium-sized or larger cargo aircraft that allows U.S. and NATO forces a flexible rapid response option, has been employed in the U.S. European Command theater. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire)

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SDPE’s Rapid Dragon capability demonstrated in Norway

A Polish Air Force loadmaster, and personnel from U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Force Africa (USAFE-AF), and U.S. Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR), ground guide palletized precision effects cargo onto a Polish Air Force C-130 Hercules, Nov. 8, 2022, in Powidz, Poland. The Rapid Dragon Palletized Effects System, capable of deploying long-range cruise missiles using standard airdrop procedures from a cargo aircraft, was successfully deployed from an MC-130J Commando II on a Norwegian range Nov. 9, 2022.

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SDPE’s Rapid Dragon capability demonstrated in Norway

Members of the Polish Air Force, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Force Africa (USAFE-AF), and U.S. Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR), conduct palletized precision effects cargo training onto a Polish Air Force C-130 Hercules, Nov. 8, 2022, in Powidz, Poland. The Rapid Dragon Palletized Effects System, capable of deploying long-range cruise missiles using standard airdrop procedures from a cargo aircraft, was successfully deployed from an MC-130J Commando II on a Norwegian range Nov. 9, 2022.

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SDPE’s Rapid Dragon capability demonstrated in Norway

A Polish Air Force loadmaster, and personnel from U.S. Air Forces in Europe- Air Force Africa (USAFE-AF), and U.S. Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR), help guide the palletized precision effects cargo onto a Polish Air Force C-130 Hercules, Nov. 8, 2022, in Powidz, Poland. The Rapid Dragon Palletized Effects System, capable of deploying long-range cruise missiles using standard airdrop procedures from a cargo aircraft, was successfully deployed from an MC-130J Commando II on a Norwegian range Nov. 9, 2022.

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SDPE’s Rapid Dragon capability demonstrated in Norway

Members of the Polish Air Force, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Force Africa (USAFE-AF), and U.S. Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR), conduct palletized precision effects cargo training onto a Polish Air Force C-130 Hercules, Nov. 8, 2022, in Powidz, Poland. The Rapid Dragon Palletized Effects System, capable of deploying long-range cruise missiles using standard airdrop procedures from a cargo aircraft, was successfully deployed from an MC-130J Commando II on a Norwegian range Nov. 9, 2022.

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SDPE’s Rapid Dragon capability demonstrated in Norway

An Airman with the 352d Special Operations Wing conducts preflight operations on an MC-130J Commando II during ATREUS 22-4 at Andøya Space Defense Range, Norway, Nov. 8, 2022. Two Air Force Special Operations Command wings partnered in a total force initiative to conduct the first live-fire demonstration in the European theater of Rapid Dragon, a long-range palletized effects system, in U.S. European Command region. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire)

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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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Joint Teams Conduct First F-22 In-Flight Tests for Aircrew CBRN Protection

Maj. Anthony Hill a pilot assigned to the 199th Fighter Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, is prepped for his flight at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Oct. 19, 2022. Maj. Hill is assisted the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron as part of a larger Department of Defense effort to evaluate cockpit environmental conditions after a simulated chemical weapon attack. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Makenna Gott)

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Joint Teams Conduct First F-22 In-Flight Tests for Aircrew CBRN Protection

An F-22 Raptor assigned to the 53rd Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, idles while researchers from the 711th Human Performance Wing spray wintergreen-scented oil into the intakes prior to testing at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Oct. 17, 2022. This test is part of a larger Department of Defense effort to evaluate cockpit environmental conditions after a simulated chemical weapon attack. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Makenna Gott)

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Joint Teams Conduct First F-22 In-Flight Tests for Aircrew CBRN Protection

An F-22 Raptor assigned to the 53rd Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, idles while researchers from the 711th Human Performance Wing spray wintergreen-scented oil into the intakes prior to testing at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Oct. 17, 2022. This test is part of a larger Department of Defense effort to evaluate cockpit environmental conditions after a simulated chemical weapon attack. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Makenna Gott)

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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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