AFMC Command News

  • Air Force Research Laboratory prepares DSX spacecraft for launch

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Air Force Research Laboratory engineers have completed the final assembly and integration of the Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) spacecraft in preparation for its placement on the first-ever Department of Defense SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch vehicle.The DOD

  • Green Propellant Infusion Mission to test AFRL-developed green propellant

    EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA – NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, along with co-investigators, including the Air Force Research Laboratory, Ball Aerospace, SpaceX, the Space and Missile Systems Center, and Aerojet, are scheduled to launch Ball’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM)

  • Views from the fishbowl: getting to know the new AFMC commander

    The first thing that Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr. placed on his desk when he arrived at the Air Force Materiel Command headquarters was not a nameplate, laptop or a to-do list for his first few days in office.Rather, it was a clear glass fishbowl containing a single orange goldfish with wide eyes

  • Preventing heat illness

    Anyone exposed to high temperatures for a sustained period of time is at risk for heat-related illness.  Heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion or heat stroke, happen when the body is not able to properly cool itself.  The body normally cools itself by sweating.  But under some conditions,

  • Making the case for cross training

    Cross training is working out in alternate ways to support the movements, speed, strength, power, and endurance for a specific skill.

  • Hanscom employee captures BIG award

    An Air Force Life Cycle Management Center program manager here will receive the Air Force Blacks in Government Military Meritorious Service Award at a ceremony during the organization’s annual conference in Dallas later this summer.

  • AFRL engineer earns ASME Fellow honor

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Dr. Carl Tilmann, Principal Scientist with the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate, Aerospace Vehicles Division, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).Designation as an ASME Fellow recognizes

  • Auto GCAS team presented with Collier Trophy

    The 416th and 461st Flight Test Squadrons along with Lockheed-Martin, the F-35 Joint Program Office, NASA and the Defense Safety Oversight Council received the prestigious 2018 Robert J. Collier Trophy, June 13, 2019, for the development and testing of the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance

  • AFRL produces lighter, thinner transparent armor

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Transparent aluminum, a technology first suggested in the science fiction film “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,” is now a reality.With a growing need in the Department of Defense for transparent armor for personnel protection and infrared windows for

  • Simulators Division seeking proposals from small businesses

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio –  In an effort to advance and improve Air Force simulators, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Simulators Division is seeking proposals from small businesses.The division is asking small businesses to “pitch” how they can help the Air Force in certain

  • AEDC space chamber supports Ground-Based Midcourse Defense

    The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted a successful flight test for a program that the 10-foot vacuum (10V) chamber at Arnold Air Force Base has supported for nearly a decade.MDA, in cooperation with the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, U.S. Northern

  • Premier College Interns immerse into Air Force mission

    The 2019 Premier College Intern Program is a 12-week paid intern program is designed to attract full-time college students who are seeking a career in Air Force Civilian Service. Many interns transition into the PALACE Acquire or Copper Cap program(s) after completing their respective degree.