AFRL researcher teams with Nobel Laureate to enable new breed of rocket component materials

AFRL scientist Dr. Rusty Blanski recently teamed with Dr. Robert Grubbs, a Nobel Laureate from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to develop a groundbreaking new technology that could reduce erosion in metallic rocket components, reduce production costs, and open the door for the use

AFRL researchers pave the way to lighter, faster additively manufactured rocket engines

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Rocket Propulsion Division, recently designed, printed, built and hot fired a first-ever, single-block rocket-engine thrust chamber additively manufactured using a process called laser powder directed energy deposition, or DED. DVIDS link:

AFRL says goodbye to superintendent

AFRL signs VPP agreement

AFRL test marks return to 'in-house' rocket fuel development

The Air Force Research Laboratory at Edwards returned to its core roots with its latest rocket test June 17. The AFRL has tested rockets of all sizes and fuels of all make-ups for years. What makes this test unique is that all components of the test were developed at the laboratory by AFRL

AFRL to conduct assumption of command

Lt. Col. Michael H. Platt will take command of the Air Force Research Laboratory, Detachment 7, during a formal Air Force assumption of command ceremony July 27, at 1 p.m., at Bldg. 8424.Colonel Platt comes to AFRL from the Defense Technology Security Administration where he served as the military

AFRL welcomes two new leaders

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory saw a change in leadership in recent months. Michael Huggins took on the role of chief engineer and technical engineering authority for the Aerospace Directorate for AFRL at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Dr. Shawn Phillips became the chief of the Rocket

AFRL, Academy collaborate on space project

Cadets from the United States Air Force Academy and members of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Edwards conducted operational testing on the satellite dubbed FalconSAT-5 here Jan. 11 to 22. According to a U.S. Air Force Academy Department of Astronautics press release, the primary mission of the

AFRL-developed physiological monitoring system undergoes flight tests

An Air Force Research Laboratory-developed physiological monitoring system for pilots completed a series of F-16 flight tests March 4-17, 2024, at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, or TPS, at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The 422d Test and Evaluation Squadron also completed flight tests on

AFRL's family day makes learning a blast

The Air Force Research Laboratory at Edwards took a break from rocket and fuel testing to open its doors to family members and friends, Aug. 5.The AFRL Family Day event featured everything from science experiments to a sword and light-saber fighting demonstration, both put on by AFRL