Jan. 14, 2025 Cutting-Edge Microvane Technology Ready to Modernize C-17 Fleet Developed through a collaborative effort involving the Air Force Research Laboratory, private industry and the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, microvanes will improve operational capabilities across the Department of the Air Force and increase the effectiveness of the USAF C-17 fleet.
Dec. 19, 2024 2024 AFMC Year in People Step into the highlights of 2024 with our Air Force Materiel Command "Year in People" photo spread!
Dec. 17, 2024 AFRL hosts ribbon-cutting ceremony at new FORTRESS facility KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Radiation Tolerance Research on Electronics for Space and Strategic Systems, or FORTRESS, building here. FORTRESS, a Space Vehicles Directorate facility, will
Dec. 16, 2024 AIAA class of 2025 fellows includes four AFRL engineers The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, or AIAA, announced their selections for their class of 2025 Associate Fellows in a news release Sep. 23, 2024. The 2025 list of honorees includes four engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Aerospace Systems
Dec. 10, 2024 CSO, CMSSF announce Guardian Arena winners Guardian Arena winners during the Space Force Association Spacepower Conference in Orlando.
Nov. 27, 2024 AFRL, AEDC celebrate 10th anniversary of partnership at Arnold AFB ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. — Leaders of the Air Force Research Laboratory and test enterprise recently gathered at Arnold Air Force Base to acknowledge a 10-year partnership advancing high-speed systems development.Air Force Test Center Commander Maj. Gen. Scott Cain asserted to those assembled
Nov. 25, 2024 Revolutionizing space-based thermal systems: AFRL’s SPIRRAL launch on SPX-31 The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, launched the Space Power InfraRed Regulation and Analysis of Lifetime, or SPIRRAL, experiment, Nov. 4, 2024. SPIRRAL, flown by AFRL through the DOD Space Test Program, will characterize the performance of Variable Emissivity Materials, or VEMs, an approach
Nov. 7, 2024 AFRL recognizes 2024 Fellows and Early Career honorees The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, recognized 17 of its scientists and engineers for the 2024 AFRL Fellows and Science and Engineering Early Career Awards, or ECA, program at an award ceremony held at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 24,
Nov. 5, 2024 AFRL, The Ohio State University, NASA test viability of laser welding in space The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, recently participated in a parabolic flight experiment led by a team of scientists and engineers from The Ohio State University. The NASA-funded endeavor was conducted at the Central Coast Jet Center in Santa Maria, California, Aug. 21–22, 2024, to
Nov. 1, 2024 AFMC Accelerator empowers Airmen, innovation The Air Force Materiel Command Accelerator program transform the innovative ideas of Airmen into actionable solutions that can propel the Air Force mission into the future.