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March 13, 2025
AFWERX & SpaceWERX helping small business innovators transition their technology from prototype to operational use

AFWERX and SpaceWERX the innovation arms of the Department of the Air Force and U.S. Space Force, respectively, have selected 23 small businesses with Phase II contracts awarded within the last two years to apply for funding through a Program Year 2025.1 Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) annual
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