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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
Sept. 22, 2021
AFMC announces MAJCOM Spark Tank semifinalists

The Air Force Materiel Command has selected five semifinalists from more than 100 submissions to the command-wide 2022 Spark Tank competition.
Sept. 3, 2021
AFRL’s Aerospace Systems Directorate granted patent for innovative control surfaces technology

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Researchers from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Aerospace Systems Directorate recently secured a patent for their control surface technology after successfully developing and demonstrating additively manufactured, multi-material conformal control surfaces
Aug. 24, 2021
First Guardians from AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate inducted into Space Force

Two Air Force Research Laboratory Company Grade Officers were recently inducted into the U.S. Space Force, the nation’s newest branch of the military. On July 23, Capts. Kenneth Ehrenberg and Cristian Hernández-Rivera became Guardians in the Space Force during a swearing-in ceremony at
Aug. 13, 2021
AFRL teams up with Wright Brothers Institute for summer internship program

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The “Summer of Innovation – Digital Drone” program, an internship sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate and hosted by the Wright Brothers Institute, kicked off June 7, in Dayton, Ohio.The Air Force Digital
May 3, 2021
Washington State Patrol pilots successfully test special laser eye protection developed at Wright-Patterson Lab

Aiming a laser at an aircraft is a federal crime that can net offenders up to five years in jail or cost them a $250,000 fine. Even with this heavy potential penalty, laser strikes have become increasingly more common. According to the FAA, 6,852 such incidents were reported in 2020, compared with
April 26, 2021
AFRL Materials scientist receives NextFlex 2021 Fellow Award

Dr. Jeremy Ward, a scientist at Wright-Patterson’s Air Force Research Laboratory, has received a 2021 Fellow Award from NextFlex, America’s Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE) Manufacturing Institute. Ward was one of four recipients.
April 21, 2021
Testing done at AFRL made Perseverance and the search for life on Mars possible

On February 18, 2021, NASA’s rover Perseverance touched down on the surface of Mars to begin searching for evidence of past life. The success of this touchdown would not have been possible without the work of a team of researchers who operate unique erosion testing equipment in a windowless bunker
April 15, 2021
Team from Air Force Research Lab finds a way to use packaged snow as explosion protection

In March 2021, a team from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s Junior Force Warfighter Operations in the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (designated “JFWORX”) led a collaborative, live-fire test with explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) personnel from the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron at Eielson
April 2, 2021
AFRL approves Cooperative Research and Development Agreement for silicon photonics

The Air Force Research Laboratory recently approved a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between its Nanoelectronic Materials Branch and Iris Light Technologies. The collaboration will be working to develop hybrid silicon lasers. Sometimes called the “holy grail of optoelectronics,”

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Air Force and university scientists share their vision for unconventional computing

AFMC announces MAJCOM Spark Tank semifinalists

AFRL’s Aerospace Systems Directorate granted patent for innovative control surfaces technology

First Guardians from AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate inducted into Space Force

AFRL teams up with Wright Brothers Institute for summer internship program

Washington State Patrol pilots successfully test special laser eye protection developed at Wright-Patterson Lab

AFRL Materials scientist receives NextFlex 2021 Fellow Award

Testing done at AFRL made Perseverance and the search for life on Mars possible

Team from Air Force Research Lab finds a way to use packaged snow as explosion protection

AFRL approves Cooperative Research and Development Agreement for silicon photonics