AFMC News

March 3, 2023
New Horizons, small business panel return March 27

Government, industry, and academia are coming together to discuss the Air Force’s state of readiness and other topics March 27-29 at the Marriot Hotel in Newton, Massachusetts.
March 2, 2023
AFRL to highlight lab’s focus on warfighters at AFA Warfare Symposium

The Air Force Research Laboratory will highlight several technologies and programs that support warfighter challenges during the Air & Space Force Association's Warfare Symposium March 6-8, 2023, at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Aurora, Colorado.
Feb. 23, 2023
AFRL establishes one-stop shop for partnerships

The Air Force Research Laboratory established a new Strategic Partnering Directorate, or AFRL/SP, to achieve greater alignment, effectiveness and efficiencies in supporting partnership priorities across the Department of the Air Force’s science and technology, or S&T, enterprise.
Feb. 21, 2023
Voting open now for Department of the Air Force Spark Tank 2023 finalists

Airmen and Guardians may now vote for one of the top six selected ideas in Spark Tank, the Department of the Air Force’s capstone innovation campaign.
Feb. 13, 2023
Aerospace medicine program supports flight surgeon needs worldwide

The Operational Graduate Medicine Education, or OGME, program establishes a training pipeline that prepares and fields new flight doctors to support Air Force and Joint operations across the globe.
Feb. 7, 2023
From the battlefield to the football field: Air Force surgeon’s skills knows no bounds

On January 2nd, when many football fans were watching the game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals, Lt. Col. Valerie Sams, an Air Force surgeon, was on call at UC Health’s University of Cincinnati Medical Center not knowing what she was about to face.
Feb. 2, 2023
AFRL stands up new Civic Leader Program

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, established a new Civic Leader Program, or CLP, to build a group of informed and well-connected advocates that advises and collaborates with AFRL leadership and provides connections between civic leader communities and the public.
Jan. 27, 2023
New AFRL mission area leads integrate, execute space S&T needs

Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle announced new space mission area leads, or MAL, in December 2022. With the growing national space community, she said, adding space MALs will help support the range of customers in the expanding ecosystem.
Jan. 27, 2023
AFRL commander highlights 2023 S&T goals

AFRL Commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle went visited AFRL's Lab Life podcast to review 2022 and speak about priorities for 2023.
Jan. 26, 2023
AFWERX Refinery Program postured to address CSAF’s Action Orders, SECAF’s Operational Imperatives

The Refinery program, an initiative of AFWERX’s Spark division, is addressing the Chief of Staff of the Air Force’s, or CSAF’s, Action Orders and the Secretary of the Air Force’s, or SECAF’s, Operational Imperatives, or OIs, as it works to rapidly advance the projects of Airmen and Guardians. The
Jan. 20, 2023
AFRL infrastructure projects boost readiness, security

While the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, is notable for developments inside the lab, a series of projects at AFRL sites across the U.S. is modernizing infrastructure and strengthening science and technology capabilities for national defense. These projects include new rocket fabrication
Jan. 19, 2023
2023 Star Team awards credit two AFRL directorates for innovation

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, announced the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, or AFOSR, winners of the 2023 Star Team awards Jan. 11, 2023. The Star Team designation, managed by AFOSR, is awarded annually to the top 10% of AFRL Laboratory Tasks performing the most innovative
Jan. 6, 2023
US, UK partnership demonstrates artificial intelligence technology

For the first time, the U.S.’s Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, in partnership with the U.K.’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, or Dstl, demonstrated state-of-the-art artificial intelligence, or AI, technology at two major back-to-back military exercises.
Dec. 28, 2022
AFRL announces Airlift Challenge, AI-based planning competition

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, will host an Airlift Challenge competition Jan. 23 through Feb. 27, 2023, in an online event that seeks to advance state-of-the-art planning algorithms for executing airlift operations.
Dec. 20, 2022
AFRL division wins award for cold spray robot

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, teamed with the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute to win the Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement Award at the 2022 Defense Manufacturing Conference for the creation of an augmented reality-enabled cold spray robot, nicknamed

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