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June 4, 2024
AFRL equipment donation helps prepare emerging STEM workforce

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, recently signed an Educational Partnership Agreement with Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, to donate an ultra-high vacuum scanning tunneling microscope, or UHV STM, to the Corbett Research Group led by Dr. Joseph Perry Corbett, an assistant professor of
June 4, 2024
C-STARS simulation center aims to modernize training, strengthen community partnerships

The Air Force’s 711th Human Performance Wing, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, partnered with the University of Cincinnati to develop a state-of-the art simulation center for the Critical Care Air Transport, or CCAT, team at the Center for Sustainment of Trauma Readiness, or
June 3, 2024
Strategic Interchange Meeting helps keep DAF, industry goals aligned

The Air Force Research Laboratory hosted the 2024 Strategic Interchange Meetings April 15-19, 2024, with representatives from 118 companies who learned about Department of the Air Force priorities, plans, and challenges. DVIDS link:
May 29, 2024
AFRL’s C-STARS Cincinnati honored at 2024 Heroes of Military Medicine

The Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills, or C-STARS, Cincinnati was honored at the 2024 Henry M. Jackson Foundation, or HJF, Heroes of Military Medicine Award ceremony May 9, 2024, at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Col. (Dr.) Valerie Sams, director of
May 21, 2024
AFRL scientists, engineers promote STEM careers at WPAFB Spring Job Shadow Day

Scientists and engineers from across the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, helped to inspire the next generation of STEM professionals at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, or WPAFB, Spring Job Shadow Day, March 11, 2024. The program, which is sponsored by WPAFB’s Educational Outreach
May 20, 2024
AFWERX safeguards American interests through due diligence

In defense innovation, rigorous scrutiny is not just an afterthought; it’s the law. AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force and a directorate within the Air Force Research Laboratory, employs a thorough due diligence process at the core of its investment strategy for
May 16, 2024
AFRL honors its newest senior scientist at induction ceremony

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, hosted a promotion and pin-on ceremony to honor its newest senior scientist Dr. Mark Benedict, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, May 9, 2024. The ceremony publicly inducted Benedict into the Scientific and Professional Cadre of Senior Executives, though
May 15, 2024
AFRL Future Flag series grows in scope, size with new funding, alliances

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Information Directorate is bringing together approximately 150 participants representing a variety of U.S. military branches, technologies and aircraft to upstate New York for the Future Flag event, August 26, 2024. Future Flag is an experimentation
May 7, 2024
AFWERX Spark Crossflow event spurs innovation and collaboration

SPOKANE, Wash. — The AFWERX Spark team launched the first Crossflow event of the year, April 23-25, 2024. Crossflows offer the Department of the Air Force Innovation and Process Improvement ecosystem a chance to concentrate on development, collaboration and strategic alignment toward operational
May 3, 2024
AFRL enhances workforce through STEM outreach programs

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Munitions Directorate recently hired three former interns directly from its esteemed STEM outreach programs to serve Eglin Air Force Base in delivering effective and affordable munitions technologies to the warfighter. The new AFRL employees demonstrate