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May 3, 2024
AFRL enhances workforce through STEM outreach programs

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Munitions Directorate recently hired three former interns directly from its esteemed STEM outreach programs to serve Eglin Air Force Base in delivering effective and affordable munitions technologies to the warfighter. The new AFRL employees demonstrate
March 6, 2024
Partnership with technology company achieves communication node effectiveness ahead of schedule

Air Force Global Strike Command launched a $1.8M partnership with SEMPRE.ai, a technology company created to connect, protect and secure America's critical infrastructure, with the award of a two-year Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) contract through the Air Force Research Laboratory’s AFWERX
Feb. 29, 2024
Gen. Richardson visits Kirtland

Members from Team Kirtland salute Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, Air Force Materiel Command commander, as he arrives at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Feb. 22, 2024. Richardson conducted his second year immersion with the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center and Air Force Research Laboratory, where they went
Jan. 19, 2024
Air Force Global Strike Command selected for $18 million research allocation

AFGSC is the first major command selected for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Specific Topic under AFWERX with four approved solicitations and two pending applications.
Dec. 1, 2023
New research study could lead to better flu virus protection for warfighters, public

The United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, or USAFSAM, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, is collaborating with Georgia Tech and the Georgia Tech Research Institute, or GTRI, on a new research project to design strains of probiotic bacteria that can provide health
Nov. 20, 2023
Team Kirtland engages with local students

A member from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency at Kirtland Air Force Base gives a demonstration to local students during a discovery festival at Expo New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M., Nov. 17, 2023. Students were encouraged to visit various booths which included DTRA, the Air Force Research
Nov. 16, 2023
U.S. Air Force upgrading eye protection for aircrew

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) Human Systems Division is in the process of upgrading protective eyewear for aircrew operating various U.S. Air Force aircraft around the world.
Nov. 2, 2023
Ribbon cutting for world-class laboratory at AFRL resides in NM

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 17, 2023, at Kirtland Air Force Base, to mark the opening of the new Semiconductor Laser Indoor Propagation Range, or SLIPR. This 17,158-square-foot addition consists of a 3,500-square-foot high bay propagation lab.
Aug. 18, 2023
New platform IGNITEs defense innovation

AFWERX has launched IGNITE, a platform where defense users can search for and easily interact with thousands of small businesses that have secured previous Department of the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research or Small Business Technology Transfer awards
Aug. 2, 2023
AFRL artificial intelligence agents successfully pilot XQ-58A Valkyrie uncrewed jet aircraft

The Air Force Research Laboratory led a successful three-hour sortie, July 25, 2023, demonstrating the first-ever flight of artificial intelligence agents (algorithms) controlling an uncrewed jet aircraft – the XQ-58A Valkyrie.

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