AFMC News

April 17, 2024
USAF Test Pilot School and DARPA announce breakthrough in aerospace machine learning

The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency were finalists for the 2023 Robert J. Collier Trophy, a formal acknowledgement of recent breakthroughs that have launched the machine-learning era within the aerospace industry.
Feb. 13, 2023
DoD artificial intelligence agents successfully pilot fighter jet

A joint Department of Defense team executed 12 flight tests in which artificial intelligence, or AI, agents piloted the X-62A Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft, or VISTA, to perform advanced fighter maneuvers at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Dec. 1-16, 2022.
Dec. 13, 2022
AFRL, AFTC collaborate on future technology via weeklong autonomy summit

Leaders and personnel from Air Force Materiel Command organizations collaborated virtually during the fall Air Force Research Laboratory-Air Force Test Center, or AFRL-AFTC, Summit Nov. 14-18, 2022, to discuss the future of autonomy.
Aug. 31, 2022
AFRL professionals share inspirational talks during livestreamed event

The Air Force Research Laboratory hosted its sixth annual AFRL Inspire, the lab's TEDx-style event, at the Air Force Institute of Technology's Kenney Hall at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Aug. 23, 2022.
Aug. 12, 2022
AFRL Inspire event with TEDx-style talks to be livestreamed

AFRL Inspire, a three-hour special event presented by the Air Force Research Laboratory with eight TEDx-style talks, will be livestreamed from the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall, Aug. 23, 2022, at 1 p.m. EDT.
April 19, 2021
AEDC critical to fielding DARPA OpFires

Critical testing for a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program was recently completed in Arnold Engineering Development Complex test facilities. This testing supported the DARPA Operational Fires, or OpFires, program, and was completed in October 2020 in the von Kármán Gas Dynamics
July 31, 2018
Two AFMC officers selected for DoD fellows program

Air Force officials have selected eight active-duty officers, including two from the Air Force Materiel Command, for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Service Chiefs’ Fellows Program. Lt. Col Nathan Taylor and Maj. Michael Fritts will represent AFMC and further their knowledge and

AFMC Command News

USAF Test Pilot School and DARPA announce breakthrough in aerospace machine learning

DoD artificial intelligence agents successfully pilot fighter jet

AFRL, AFTC collaborate on future technology via weeklong autonomy summit

AFRL professionals share inspirational talks during livestreamed event

AFRL Inspire event with TEDx-style talks to be livestreamed

AEDC critical to fielding DARPA OpFires

Two AFMC officers selected for DoD fellows program