April 20, 2024 AFRL researchers pave the way to lighter, faster additively manufactured rocket engines The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Rocket Propulsion Division, recently designed, printed, built and hot fired a first-ever, single-block rocket-engine thrust chamber additively manufactured using a process called laser powder directed energy deposition, or DED. DVIDS link:
April 5, 2024 AFRL receives $4M grant to build Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Research Center The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate was recently awarded a $4 million Office of Secretary of Defense, or OSD, Centralized Laboratory Investment Program, or CLIP, award to build the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Research Center Capability
May 8, 2023 AFRL teams with academia to win Phase I of AFRL Grand Challenge The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, has selected a joint research team from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as the Phase I winner of AFRL’s Active Artificial Intelligence, or AI, Planners for Chemistry/Materials Optimization and Discovery Grand
Dec. 13, 2022 AFRL, AFTC collaborate on future technology via weeklong autonomy summit Leaders and personnel from Air Force Materiel Command organizations collaborated virtually during the fall Air Force Research Laboratory-Air Force Test Center, or AFRL-AFTC, Summit Nov. 14-18, 2022, to discuss the future of autonomy.
Oct. 20, 2021 U.S. and UK research labs collaborate on Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence (AI) ROME, N.Y. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, in partnership with UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), have demonstrated for the first time the ability for the U.S. and the UK to jointly develop, select, train, and deploy state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms in
Feb. 12, 2020 AFRL guest speaker presents a practical view of artificial intelligence WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Fear of the unknown can often cripple rational thinking. And one such unknown today is artificial intelligence. Is it right to be afraid of AI? Or is this just an irrational fear of the unknown?To make artificial intelligence more understandable to its
Jan. 22, 2020 Ohio State futurist visits Air Force Research Lab WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — An unusual guest speaker recently challenged researchers and administrators at the Air Force Research Lab to think about artificial intelligence and machine learning and how they will change the home and workplace as well as institutions of higher