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Dec. 14, 2022
AFRL/AFOSR awards $25 million via Young Investigator Research Program

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research, or AFOSR, the basic research arm of the Air Force Research Laboratory, will award approximately $25 million in grants to 58 scientists and engineers from 44 research institutions and businesses in 22 states under the fiscal year 2023 Young Investigator
Dec. 13, 2022
AFRL, AFTC collaborate on future technology via weeklong autonomy summit

Leaders and personnel from Air Force Materiel Command organizations collaborated virtually during the fall Air Force Research Laboratory-Air Force Test Center, or AFRL-AFTC, Summit Nov. 14-18, 2022, to discuss the future of autonomy.
Dec. 8, 2022
Two AFRL employees recognized by Military Sensing Symposia

Two Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, employees were selected for induction as 2022 Military Sensing Symposia, or MSS, Fellows.
Dec. 8, 2022
AFRL celebrates new high-powered microwave laboratory

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Dec. 7, 2022, for the opening of the new High-Power Electromagnetic, or HPEM, Effects and Modeling Facility, a 12,000-square-foot, $6 million project.
Dec. 5, 2022
Connecting warfighters at the edge with a RIPL

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, demonstrated its robust information provisioning layer, or RIPL, a cybersecurity tool that securely manages information across a network like ripples in the water, Sept. 8, 2022, at the Stockbridge Experimental Facility, a 300-acre site southwest of Rome,
Dec. 5, 2022
AFRL, CNM Ingenuity shift innovation to next level at Hyperdrive Space Summit

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, partnered with CNM Ingenuity, or CNMI, the economic development arm of Central New Mexico Community College, to hold the 2022 Hyperdrive Space Summit in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Nov. 15-17, 2022.
Dec. 1, 2022
AFRL accepting applications for fully funded graduate internship program

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, is accepting applications now through Jan. 20, 2023, for a fully funded, world-class graduate student internship program here. Applicants must U.S. citizens who are currently enrolled full-time in a graduate-level Master of Science or Ph.D. program at an
Nov. 28, 2022
AFRL teams with industry to expand alternative natural rubber supply

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, launched a multimillion-dollar, multiyear program with BioMADE, Farmed Materials and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in 2022 to develop a domestic source of natural rubber from a specific species of dandelion.
Nov. 23, 2022
AFRL joins New Mexico national labs in postdoc speech competition

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, collaborated with Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory and the New Mexico Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, to conduct a postdoctoral, or postdoc, Ted Talk-style speech competition called the Rio Grande Research
Nov. 18, 2022
Air, Space Forces transition to AFWERX 3.0

As an innovative learning organization driven to accelerate change in the Department of the Air Force, AFWERX will release a series of new initiatives in support of its 3.0 evolution. Air and Space Force leaders will detail new opportunities for stakeholder engagement during a live broadcast Dec.