Nov. 30, 2022 Department of the Air Force announces Spark Tank 2023 semifinalists The sixth annual Spark Tank 2023, or ST23, quarterfinals were held Nov. 9, 2022, at the Basic Research Innovation and Collaboration Center in Arlington, Virginia, with the top 15 ideas selected to advance to semifinals.
Oct. 13, 2022 Take the load off: Exoskeleton to enhance safety, retention for aerial porters, others Aerial porters are responsible for the management and movement of passengers and cargo transported through airlift. And the cargo these aerial porter teams load and unload can range from large pallets of equipment, gear and food to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, High Mobility Artillery Rocket System
Aug. 31, 2022 AFRL professionals share inspirational talks during livestreamed event The Air Force Research Laboratory hosted its sixth annual AFRL Inspire, the lab's TEDx-style event, at the Air Force Institute of Technology's Kenney Hall at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Aug. 23, 2022.
Aug. 12, 2022 AFRL Inspire event with TEDx-style talks to be livestreamed AFRL Inspire, a three-hour special event presented by the Air Force Research Laboratory with eight TEDx-style talks, will be livestreamed from the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall, Aug. 23, 2022, at 1 p.m. EDT.
June 21, 2022 AFMC releases $8 million towards accelerating change, innovation The funded projects support ongoing AFMC We Need efforts with an emphasis on technology, innovation, talent management and infrastructure across the mission.
April 22, 2022 Innovative tool links AFRL with relevant technology from small business Thanks to Air Force and Space Force Tech Connect, the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, is collaborating with DeepMedia, a small business with technology capable of detecting synthetic media in which a person in an image or video is replaced with the likeness of someone else.
Jan. 27, 2022 DAF announces Spark Tank ‘22 finalists As the Department’s flagship innovation event, Spark Tank plays a central role in establishing the Department’s strategic mindset for delivering future capabilities.
Nov. 8, 2021 FYSA: Agility Prime FYSA: Agility Prime explores electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing vehicles and the revolutionary initiative partnering the military with eVTOL industry leaders.
Oct. 20, 2021 Air Force Research Lab researchers partner with National Science Foundation awardees on advanced materials research The Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) program is the primary means by which the national Science Foundation (NSF) actively contributes to the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) for Global Competitiveness. On this tenth anniversary of MGI, NSF announced a $65.3
Oct. 7, 2021 Air Force and university scientists share their vision for unconventional computing Conventional computing hardware represents information as ones and zeros, depending on the state of electronic transistors. This creates artificial bottlenecks in the flow of information processing by first requiring that environmental loads be converted into an electronic state and second by