AFMC Command News

  • New software factory aims to digitally transform AFRL

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The chief software officer for the Air Force recently designated Hangar 18 as a Department of the Air Force software factory. Hangar 18 joins 16 other Department of the Air Force software factories—including the first, Kessel Run—that have sprung up

  • Edison Grants empower researchers in uniform

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – What started in an Air Force Academy classroom could end up benefiting women worldwide, thanks to the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Edison Grant Program.An Edison Grant also is allowing a young AFRL scientist-in-uniform to lead experiments with a

  • AFRL, Northrop Grumman demonstrate solar to radio frequency conversion

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The  Air Force Research Laboratory’s and Northrop Grumman’s Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research (SSPIDR) Project have successfully conducted the first end-to-end demonstration of key hardware for the Arachne flight experiment. A ground

  • AFRL donates laser optics equipment to UNM

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory donated optics experiment materials, valued at $1 million to the University of New Mexico (UNM) to provide a state-of-the-art learning experience for graduate students.The laser equipment will be used in the Experimental Optics

  • AFRL engineer receives sought-after Fellow recognitions

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) - An Air Force Research Laboratory principal aerospace engineer was recently bestowed two prestigious honors within days of each other, in his selection as a Fellow of both the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology

  • Air Force announces Spark Tank 2022 semi-finalists

    Among the 2022 Spark Tank semi-finalists are two Air Force Materiel Command submissions:  Air Force Live Integrated Test Environment (AFLITE) and F-22 Project Fighter Optimization Experiment (FoX).

  • AFRL hosts exercise to test search and rescue technology in extreme climates

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – A team of Air Force Research Laboratory researchers recently hosted a Polar Operations exercise to test Search and Rescue (SAR) technology in extreme climates.“The goal of this exercise was to collaborate with international partners to evaluate new

  • WARTECH 2.0 Summit expands transformational potential

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Air Force senior leaders approved four transformational capability topics for continued consideration as Air Force Vanguard prospects at the WARTECH 2.0 Summit. The WARTECH Summit, held annually in July the past two years, focuses on successfully

  • AFRL celebrates launch of small-sat Ascent to GEO space

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) - The Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate small satellite named Ascent was launched Dec. 7 from Cape Canaveral, Florida as part of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program-3 mission, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. Ascent

  • AFRL opens state-of-the-art digital Space Legacy Portal exhibit

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NEW MEXICO (AFRL) - With a video of the historic 1969 Apollo 11 launch shown on the nearly two-story screen behind him, Dr. Darren Raspa, the Air Force Research Laboratory Phillips Research Site historian, welcomed guests and colleagues to the grand opening of the AFRL Space