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  • The XQ-58A Valkyrie pictured during a second test flight June 11, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Randolph Abaya, 586 Flight Test Squadron.)

    AFRL XQ-58A Valkyrie expands flight envelope in fourth test

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory, along with partner Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., completed the successful fourth flight test of the XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned air vehicle demonstrator Jan. 23, 2020, at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.During the test event, the Valkyrie demonstrator’s
  • The Title III Program partnered with MAC, LLC of southern Mississippi, to establish a qualified, cost-effective, lightweight ammunition capable of being fielded in conventional weapon systems. (Courtesy photo)

    AFRL leads defense production program to success in FY19

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory, serving as Department of Defense Executive Agent for the Defense Production Act Title III Program, reveled in a successful fiscal year marked by several accomplishments and successes into the new year.The DPA Title III Program is managed by the Office of Industrial Policy
  • 2nd Lt. Alexander Orsi of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Junior Force Warfighter Operations team displays the rack prototype aboard a C-130 aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Donna Lindner)

    AFRL creates new modular weapons storage for cargo aircraft

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Junior Force Warfighter Operations team is at it again.Their current project is an updated gun rack or Modular Weapon Storage System, for the U. S. Air Force C-130 aircraft.The team, known collectively as JFWORX, is a group of volunteer scientists and engineers from
  • Jeff Hill, lead engineer from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Support Equipment Program Office collects data from the hybrid cart and displays solar panels on the Advanced Flightline Power and Light System at gates at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. John Bono)

    AFRL illuminates flight lines with next generation light cart

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The U.S. Air Force has an inventory of approximately 5,500 diesel light carts that provide flight line and perimeter illumination. This lighting is a necessity for aircraft maintenance, troubleshooting and perimeter lighting to secure the outskirts of deployed/contingency locations.Flight line aircraft
  • CAORLE, ITALY - The Air Force continuously seeks the most advanced capabilities for quickly locating and rescuing downed aircrew should they have to eject over water. This competition challenges the cadets and students to develop novel and effective engineering solutions to this difficult problem. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kelsey Tucker)

    AFRL sponsors service academy and university design challenge

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – As a result of real-world-battlefield needs, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Center for Rapid Innovation is sponsoring the Service Academy and University Design Challenge.The SAC/UDC challenges tackle some of the Department of Defense’s top urgent needs while focusing on highly visible and challenging
  • AFRL personnel from the Materials and Manufacturing, Aerospace Systems, and Personnel Directorates recently participated in a course on creativity for problem solving to enhance thought processes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Spencer Deer)

    AFRL personnel connect with creative thinking process to enhance problem solving

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Air Force Research Laboratory personnel recently participated in a course on design innovation to learn and practice creativity techniques for enhanced problem solving. Because road blocks often develop in thinking processes, it is helpful to try new methods to spark imaginative solutions.The design
  • Dr. Michael Gregg (left), director of the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate, uses a mixed-reality application to change the tire on a Wright Cycle Company bicycle as Capt. David Eisensmith guides the process. The demonstration, on display at the 2019 Air Vehicles Technology Symposium, is part of the Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality for Aircraft Maintenance team’s effort to show the technology’s potential for future aircraft maintenance. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

    AFRL reimagines tech development with virtual reality

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – In a move the Wright Brothers likely never anticipated but surely would approve, the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate is using a bicycle to demonstrate how virtual and augmented reality could revolutionize aircraft maintenance, as well as collaborative partnerships.At the Air
  • Dr. John McIntire, team lead and research psychologist in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing, demonstrates how to use one of the portable door locks his team developed. This team has been selected for a 2019 Defense Innovation Award. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)

    AFRL team selected for Innovation award, door locks to protect from active shooter

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A team of Air Force Research Laboratory scientists and engineers has been selected for a 2019 Defense Innovation Award for its portable door lock technology, a set of solutions designed to secure or barricade most door styles in the event of an active shooter situation.Members of this team, all with AFRL’s
  • Dr. Benji Maruyama, Principal Materials Research Engineer and Leader of the Flexible Materials and Processes Research Team in the Functional Materials Division, is named an Air Force Research Laboratory Fellow for his scientific and engineering achievements. (U.S. Air Force photo/Karen Schlesinger)

    AFRL employees receive Fellow and Early Career Award recognition

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The AFRL Fellows program recognizes outstanding scientists and engineers in research achievements, technology development and transition achievements, or program and organizational leadership. Individuals selected for this honor represent the top 0.3 percent of AFRL's professional technical staff and join an
  • Dr. Michael Gregg

    AFRL Aerospace Systems Directorate welcomes new director

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A new leader has taken the helm at the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate, as Dr. Michael Gregg officially assumed the role of director on Sept. 3, 2019.Gregg takes over for acting director Col. Tim West, who is returning to his position as deputy director after nearly a year in the
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