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Dec. 19, 2023
Rapid Dragon top overall winner in Aviation Week Program Excellence Awards

Lockheed Martin and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation office, or SDPE, received top honors for the Rapid Dragon Palletized Munitions campaign at the Aviation Week Network 2023 Program Excellence Awards, announced Nov. 8, 2023.
Dec. 11, 2023
New research study could lead to better flu virus protection for warfighters, public

The United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, or USAFSAM, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, is collaborating with Georgia Tech and the Georgia Tech Research Institute, or GTRI, on a new research project to design strains of probiotic bacteria that can provide health
Nov. 29, 2023
AFRL, 59th Medical Wing launch space medical research group

A newly established collaboration between the 711th Human Performance Wing’s Human Effectiveness Directorate, the Air Force Research Laboratory and the 59th Medical Wing is creating a military research working group to address defense space-linked medical research gaps. The Clinical and Operational
Nov. 14, 2023
DAF leaders discuss future vision, priorities at AFRL town hall

Andrew P. Hunter, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics, hosted a town hall meeting with Brig. Gen. Scott A. Cain, commander, Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Sept. 14, 2023, at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall Auditorium,
Nov. 8, 2023
Experts from across AFRL collaborate in first Discover conference

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, held its first Discover conference Oct. 24-25, 2023, at the Wright State University Nutter Center in Fairborn, Ohio. The conference provided opportunities for scientists and engineers across the AFRL enterprise to share their technical research, engage in
Nov. 3, 2023
AFRL scientists, engineers recognized for outstanding career accomplishments

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, honored 16 scientists and engineers Oct. 25, 2023, for outstanding career accomplishments at the 2023 Fellows and Science and Engineering Early Career Awards, or ECA, ceremony.
Nov. 2, 2023
Ribbon cutting for world-class laboratory at AFRL resides in NM

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 17, 2023, at Kirtland Air Force Base, to mark the opening of the new Semiconductor Laser Indoor Propagation Range, or SLIPR. This 17,158-square-foot addition consists of a 3,500-square-foot high bay propagation lab.
Oct. 31, 2023
4 AFRL scientists, engineers selected as 2024 AIAA Associate Fellows

Drs. Joshua Deaton, Jerrod Hofferth, Kerianne Hobbs and Nick Morley with the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, were recognized as 2024 Associate Fellows of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, or AIAA, in a news release Oct. 3, 2023.
Oct. 30, 2023
Scientists, artists, students showcase beauty of basic research through art

More than 200 basic research-inspired art submissions are on digital display for the second annual 2023 Basic Research Art of Science Showcase, which celebrates 71 years of technological innovation from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s, or AFRL, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, or AFOSR.
Oct. 27, 2023
AFRL announces Airlift Challenge, AI-based planning competition

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, will host the second iteration of the Airlift Challenge competition Oct. 30, 2023, through Feb. 19, 2024. To identify new solutions, AFRL is inviting international researchers and university students to register to apply their skills and develop