June 5, 2024 AFRL modifies rescue device to improve first responder safety An Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Center for Rapid Innovation, or CRI, concept to help military first responders lift heavy objects and quickly exit contested environments went from idea to field testing in about four months.
Sept. 1, 2022 AFRL’s Center for Rapid Innovation realigns under newly designated Integrated Capabilities Directorate The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Center for Rapid Innovation, or CRI, has realigned under the Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Directorate, which also underwent a name change and is now called the Integrated Capabilities Directorate to better reflect the directorate’s mission