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May 3, 2021
Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force tours AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Gen. David W. Allvin visited various Air Force Research Laboratory facilities April 26 to see how the 711th Human Performance Wing is leveraging data and collaboration to enable, enhance, sustain, and restore Airmen
April 29, 2021
AFRL engineer selected as AIAA Fellow

Dr. Scott Erwin, who has worked with AFRL in Albuquerque, New Mexico for more than 24 years, is a recent selectee to the Class of 2021 Fellows of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
April 23, 2021
B.A.T.M.A.N. team’s support of SBIR project increases combat survival potential

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Battlefield Air Targeting Man-Aided Knowledge team, referred to as B.A.T.M.A.N., lent its effort to the Air and Space Forces’ Small Business Innovation Research program to make a few former Airmen’s dreams come true
April 12, 2021
Behind the scenes of AFRL technology deployment—HELWS2

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – Behind the scenes of nearly every military effort is a team of scientists and engineers working to ensure service members are fully equipped to carry out the national defense strategy– and when the Air Force deployed the High Energy Laser Weapons System 2
April 5, 2021
AFRL successfully completes XQ-58A Valkyrie flight and payload release test

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory successfully completed the XQ-58A Valkyrie’s sixth flight test and first release from its internal weapons bay, March 26, 2021 at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. This test, conducted in partnership with Kratos UAS and
April 4, 2021
AFRL scientist selected for Undergraduate Pilot Training

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) - "I joined the Air Force twice," stated 1st Lt. James Wymer, who recently received notice he has been selected for Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) through the Air Force’s Fiscal Year 2021 Undergraduate Flying Training Selection Board. Wymer is a physicist
April 2, 2021
AFRL approves Cooperative Research and Development Agreement for silicon photonics

The Air Force Research Laboratory recently approved a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between its Nanoelectronic Materials Branch and Iris Light Technologies. The collaboration will be working to develop hybrid silicon lasers. Sometimes called the “holy grail of optoelectronics,”
April 1, 2021
AFRL digital transformation progresses enterprise communications

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Earlier this fiscal year Air Force Research Laboratory commander, Brig. Gen. Heather Pringle directed AFRL to prioritize ongoing efforts of digitally transforming AFRL to better enable the warfighter against U.S. adversaries.Pringle issued a charter in
March 26, 2021
AFRL Executive Director Jack Blackhurst set to retire March 31

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Jack Blackhurst, executive director of the Air Force Research Laboratory, will retire from federal service March 31 culminating a career of a combined 46 years of military and civilian federal service. The retirement ceremony will be broadcast live,
March 23, 2021
AFRL Directed Energy Industry Days— rolling out new rapid contracting vehicle

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) - The Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate will host a Virtual Briefing for Industry to introduce the new Directed Energy Technology Experimentation Research (DETER), Advanced Research Announcement (ARA) April 13 – 14 from 10 a.m. to noon