AFMC News

July 2, 2024
2024 AFRL Commander’s Challenge kicks off; 2 teams entrusted to deliver low-cost solutions by year’s end

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, has handpicked some of its most gifted junior force military members and DOD civilians to develop and deliver low-cost solutions to counter slow-moving, high-altitude aerial targets by the end of 2024.
Feb. 22, 2024
Starfire Optical Range's 3.5m telescope marks 30th anniversary of 'First Light'

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, marked a milestone in space exploration Feb. 10, 2024, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the “First Light” images captured by the 3.5-meter telescope at the Starfire Optical Range, or SOR, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.
Jan. 30, 2024
Field training exercise demonstrates value of deployable engineers

Over the course of 10 days in November 2023, a group of scientists and engineers, or S&Es, at Eglin Air Force Base demonstrated the value of adding a specialized team of deployable S&Es to high-action air bases.
May 9, 2023
AFRL, University of Arizona foster collaboration at tech collider event

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, held the University Tech Collider Working Group at the Rotunda at Science and Technology Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 13-14, 2023. The event was hosted in partnership with New Mexico Tech, the Southwest Innovation Alliance and the University of
Nov. 8, 2022
AFRL Innovation Awards recognize excellence in tech transfer

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy and Space Vehicles Directorates held their 2022 Innovation Awards ceremony in Albuquerque, Oct. 20, 2022, marking the fifth annual recognition of AFRL inventors and partners in technology transfer.

AFMC Command News

2024 AFRL Commander’s Challenge kicks off; 2 teams entrusted to deliver low-cost solutions by year’s end

Starfire Optical Range's 3.5m telescope marks 30th anniversary of 'First Light'

Field training exercise demonstrates value of deployable engineers

AFRL, University of Arizona foster collaboration at tech collider event

AFRL Innovation Awards recognize excellence in tech transfer