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Aug. 8, 2023
AFRL’s new joint-use Secure Corporate Facility increases collaboration, communication

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, hosted a ribbon-cutting event for AFRL’s new joint-use Secure Corporate Facility July 28, 2023. The facility, conceptualized in 2015 and housed within AFRL’s Aerospace Systems Directorate at Wright-Patterson
June 15, 2023
AFRL demonstrates new augmented reality capability to improve DAF nondestructive inspections

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, has developed an augmented reality capability to assist in accomplishing nondestructive inspections, or NDI, for safety critical applications in military aircraft. Research engineers in AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate designed the Augmented
May 23, 2023
AFRL’s scientific achievement award winners guest star on Lab Life podcast

Dr. Matthew Dickerson and Dr. Lisa Rueschhoff of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, are the featured guests on episode 74 of AFRL’s “Lab Life” Podcast titled “Hot Topics in Ceramics.”
May 12, 2023
AFRL eyes development of next-generation textile for DAF uniforms

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, has partnered with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Cornell University, Ohio-based contractor UES, Inc. and the Palmer Muskox Farm in Palmer, Alaska to explore the use of synthetic muskox wool keratin fibers in textiles for military-grade
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
May 3, 2023
AFRL successfully field-tests AI robot to improve DAF manufacturing capability

Researchers from the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, have combined efforts with The Ohio State University, or OSU, and industry partners CapSen Robotics and Yaskawa Motoman to successfully demonstrate an autonomous robotic incremental metal forming prototype at the Warner-Robins Air
April 14, 2023
AFRL re-ups affiliation with longtime liquid crystal industry partner to meet DOD needs

Longtime Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, industry partner AlphaMicron Inc., is utilizing a 2021 Ohio Federal Research Network, or OFRN, funding award to expand the capability of its patented guest host liquid crystal technology, called e-Tint, to electronically dimmable protective eyewear
March 8, 2023
AFRL researchers contribute to prestigious scientific journal ACS Nano

A team of Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, researchers partnered with Pennsylvania State University to publish an article in the February 2023 issue of the prestigious scientific journal ACS Nano.
Feb. 23, 2023
US Rep. Mike Turner visits Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, tours AFRL facility

Congressman Mike Turner, who represents Ohio’s 10th Congressional District, visited Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Feb. 13, 2023, for a tour of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate.
Jan. 30, 2023
AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate hosts annual awards ceremony

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate hosted its 70th annual awards ceremony at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall Jan. 27, 2023. Dr. Jonathan Spowart, master of ceremonies, and Dr. Dalvir Hopkins, co-master of ceremonies, led the event,