4 Mar 2021

AFRL launches collaborative biosensor effort to detect stress and fatigue biomarkers

The Air Force Research Laboratory recently kicked off a $2M partnership with Case Western Reserve University. The joint project will accelerate biosensor development, with an emphasis on the detection of biomarkers for stress and fatigue.

23 Feb 2021

Army partners with Air Force’s THOR for base defense

THOR is a prototype directed energy weapon used to disable the electronics in drones, and specifically engineered to counter multiple targets – such as a drone swarm – with rapid results. The technology is housed in a 20-foot-long shipping container that can be stowed in a military cargo plane and assembled by just two people.

15 Jan 2021

AFOSR Funding Opportunity: International partnership to spark bold new quantum research

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia -- The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFRL/AFOSR), the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), and the Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) this week announced a joint solicitation for three-year research grants in breakthrough

15 Jan 2021

New AFRL collaboration with NSF INTERN program opens aperture for recruiting top talent

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia -- The Air and Space Forces will start 2021 with a fresh new partnership between the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) designed to advance the scientific and innovation skills of the United States and draw a whole new generation of globally-competitive, diverse scientists and

5 Jan 2021

AFRL engineer award winner proclaims a first for the U.S. Space Force

Air Force Research Laboratory senior engineer Dr. Odell Reynolds received the 2019 Harold Brown award from Dr. Richard Joseph, the Chief Scientist of the Air Force, in a ceremony held on Dec. 16, 2020 at AFRL’s Starfire Optical Range (SOR) located on Kirtland Air Force Base.

16 Dec 2020

AFRL researchers, partners uncover hidden features in two-dimensional materials

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE – Nanomaterials continue to amaze scientists and engineers with their astounding properties for future sensors and electronics, making them faster, better performing and wearable on a human. Nanomaterials that arrange into a single atom-thick sheet, known as two-dimensional materials, are some of the more promising

16 Dec 2020

Air Force to host advanced manufacturing and sustainment technologies Virtual Collider Event

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate is holding a special Collider Event on Jan. 12, in response to the latest Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) open topic solicitations 21.1 and 21.A. This event focuses

9 Dec 2020

AFRL discovers new technique for creating electronics using “Transformative Manufacturing”

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -  Electronic circuits, the backbone of modern electronic devices, require precise integration of materials in two- and three-dimensional space to control the flow of electric current. Traditional manufacturing of electronics requires expensive equipment, complicated processes, and are not readily customizable

7 Dec 2020

Air Force evaluates next generation light cart prototype at joint exercise, reduces barriers for flightline electrification

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – AFRL seeks to meet the needs of combatant commanders by modernizing the U.S. Air Force Common Support Equipment (CSE) enterprise by becoming more agile, lightweight, efficient and capable for future operations. Senior Master Sgt. Jason Wilson, Pacific Air Forces Command (PACAF) flightline ground equipment

1 Dec 2020

Air Force partners with universities in next-generation minority leaders research collaboration program

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The objective of the Air Force Research Laboratory Research Collaboration Program II (also known as the Minority Leaders – RCP) is to enable collaborative research partnerships between AFRL and academia that engages a diverse pool of scientists and engineers in addressing foundational research challenges in