July 22, 2024 Purdue University, AFRL Regional Network – Midwest collaborate on solid rocket fuel project Researchers at Purdue University, with support from the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, have filed a patent disclosure to develop solid fuels for rotating detonation engines. The project was awarded in collaboration with the AFRL Regional Network – Midwest, headquartered at Purdue. The
Sept. 11, 2023 AFRL Regional Hub Networks for the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest regions awarded 2-year contract extension The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, announced a two-year contract extension and $15 million funding ceiling increase for each of the Regional Hub Networks. The two pilot programs are based at Cornell University, Mid-Atlantic, and Purdue University, Midwest.
April 26, 2023 AFRL, Purdue University kick off Regional Hub Network – Midwest partnership The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, partnered with Purdue University to kick off the Regional Network Hub-Midwest opening ceremony April 21, 2023, at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
March 17, 2023 AFRL Regional Hub Network progresses as it enters 2nd year The Air Force Research Laboratory’s, or AFRL, Regional Hub Network pilot initiative, launched in February 2022, began its second year with Cornell and Purdue universities as peer leaders of academic, industrial and national laboratory partners across the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest.
Dec. 17, 2021 AFRL announces winners of Space University Research Initiative funding opportunity WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, via its basic research office, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, announced December 17, the winners of the newly established Space University Research Initiative (SURI) program – a first step in improving