News - Tag AFRL

March 5, 2021
Striking a balance between nice and assertive is difficult says AFRL engineer

MAUI, Hawaii (AFRL) - Air Force Research Laboratory aerospace engineer Capt. Tara Crouch joined the military because she wanted to work for an organization that has a higher goal than profit. “I appreciate that the military takes a holistic view of the person’s value-added performance and does not
March 5, 2021
AFRL Space Vehicles, Directed Energy Directorate personnel honored

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) - The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles and Directed Energy Directorates honored the outstanding achievements of 70 Air Force and Space Force individuals and teams during their 2020 Phillips Research Site Annual Awards. The virtual ceremony was held
March 4, 2021
Life is too short to waste time on a bad cup of coffee – microbes can help with that

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – On the latest episode of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s podcast – Lab Life, Dr. Rajesh Naik and Dr. Justin Gallivan from AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing discuss the perfect cup of coffee, microbes, DNA sequencing, and AFRL’s Biotechnology Grand
March 4, 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.
March 2, 2021
To train medics to save lives, fuselage travels to WPAFB

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The fuselage of a Boeing 767 is being delivered from Wilmington Air Park in Wilmington, Ohio, to the 711th Human Performance Wing’s U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine around 2 p.m. on March 3. After its three-day journey through Clinton and
March 1, 2021
AFRL Star Team awards recognize the best of AFRL basic research

ARLINGTON, Va. (AFRL/AFOSR) – On behalf of the entire Air Force Research Laboratory, the leadership of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 AFRL Star Team awards. The Star Team designation is awarded annually to the top 10% of AFRL
Feb. 24, 2021
AFRL Rocket Propulsion Division hosts virtual AIAA meeting

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Rocket Propulsion Division hosted a virtual conference of the Management Committee (Integration and Outreach Division) of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), chaired by Ray Flores, deputy
Feb. 24, 2021
AFRL partnership seeks to “engineer” improved human performance

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – For athletes, achieving peak performance takes more than skill and practice. Other important but less obvious factors — including nutrition, sleep, mental state, resilience, and more — are critical in maximizing potential. The Air Force Research
Feb. 23, 2021
AFRL to discuss human space flight with Dayton’s Boonshoft Museum of Discovery

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Human space flight will be the topic of a virtual conversation between the Air Force Research Laboratory and Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, February 25 at 1 p.m. hosted live on the museum’s Facebook page. Boonshoft Museum’s President and CEO Tracey
Feb. 23, 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