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May 25, 2022
AFRL partners with New Mexico State University to test cooling solutions for directed energy weapons

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) - The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Directed Energy Directorate recently signed a five-year Strategic Education Partnership Agreement (EPA) with New Mexico State University (NMSU) in Las Cruces that extends the loan of a laser diode system NMSU will use
May 17, 2022
As AFWERX Agility Prime celebrates two years, partner Joby Aviation announces acoustic data from NASA testing

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – AFWERX Agility Prime partner Joby Aviation, a California-based company developing an all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, recently completed developmental testing with NASA to help understand Joby’s vehicle’s performance
May 13, 2022
Full Throttle STEM returns, expands to Air Force Museum

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) — The Full Throttle STEM events May 10, 2022, at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, and May 12, 2022, at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, proved to be successful this year after two years without, due to the pandemic. The Air Force
May 9, 2022
AFRL executive director highlights current role, approach to problem-solving, hobbies in Lab Life podcast

Tim Sakulich, executive director of the Air Force Research Laboratory, is the featured guest on AFRL’s “Lab Life” podcast, which is now available.
May 9, 2022
Air Force medical professionals learn craft in AFRL simulators

The U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, one of two mission units in the 711th Human Performance Wing, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, is now home to a total of eight aircraft simulators with various capabilities, which help prepare medical Airmen for aeromedical
May 3, 2022
AFRL STEM Academy returns to in-person annual Mission to Mars event

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, STEM Academy held its 28th annual Mission to Mars Link-up Day April 19, 2022, at the Albuquerque Convention Center. It was an especially exciting occasion since the events in 2020 and 2021 were held as virtual gatherings only, due to coronavirus
May 3, 2022
AFRL to go ‘Full Throttle’ with Dayton STEM during vehicle, drone event for local students

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Gaming Research Integration for Learning Lab (GRILL) is scheduled to host Full Throttle STEM events May 10 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, and May 12 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
April 28, 2022
AFRL technology makes new weapon for sinking ships a reality

The Air Force Research Laboratory and Eglin’s Integrated Test Team demonstrated a new low-cost, air-delivered capability for defeating maritime threats April 28, 2022, that successfully destroyed a full-scale stationary surface vessel in the Gulf of Mexico.
April 26, 2022
Multi-energy electron device creates space environment in the lab

Scientists and engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory are developing a multi-energy electron source, capable of emitting a beam of electrons, at dozens of energies simultaneously.
April 25, 2022
Altitude chambers hit rare 50,000-foot mark for manned research

There’s only one place to find them in all the Department of Defense, and that’s at the Air Force Research Laboratory.