AFMC News

May 19, 2021
Commentary: Minuteman III program office leads innovation with new campaign

A team comprised of Airmen from the AFNWC and Air Force Global Strike Command has taken the lead on an innovation process to deploy projects faster while eliminating delays caused by lengthy or belated engineering reviews.
May 18, 2021
Innovative accelerator helps second cohort advance

The second iteration of The U.S. Air Force Labs with MassChallenge program culminated in a virtual showcase on Zoom May 14.
May 10, 2021
Innovation leads to solutions, processes with iHub

The website encourages collaboration and increases shared knowledge between AFICC/KU, USAFE-AFAFRICA contracting squadrons and mission-focused business leaders, or MFBL, to spark innovations. Change agents can use the website as a filter for information to streamline processes or solve issues within
May 3, 2021
Washington State Patrol pilots successfully test special laser eye protection developed at Wright-Patterson Lab

Aiming a laser at an aircraft is a federal crime that can net offenders up to five years in jail or cost them a $250,000 fine. Even with this heavy potential penalty, laser strikes have become increasingly more common. According to the FAA, 6,852 such incidents were reported in 2020, compared with
April 26, 2021
AFRL Materials scientist receives NextFlex 2021 Fellow Award

Dr. Jeremy Ward, a scientist at Wright-Patterson’s Air Force Research Laboratory, has received a 2021 Fellow Award from NextFlex, America’s Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE) Manufacturing Institute. Ward was one of four recipients.
April 22, 2021
Teams deliver innovative solutions at I-WEPTAC

Teams tasked with tackling the Air and Space Forces’ most challenging Agile Combat Support issues delivered their recommendations April 21 at the 2021 Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference.
April 21, 2021
AFRL testing made Perseverance, the search for life on Mars possible

On February 18, 2021, NASA’s rover Perseverance touched down on the surface of Mars to begin searching for evidence of past life. The success of this touchdown would not have been possible without the work of a team of researchers who operate unique erosion testing equipment in a windowless bunker
April 16, 2021
Reserve Airman makes history with innovative Project FoX/F-35 development

For the first time ever, Air Force personnel livestreamed F-35 data directly from the aircraft’s mission systems computers to a connected computer tablet during a ground test March 31, 2021, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.The event was a milestone for the Fighter Optimization eXperiment (FoX), a
April 15, 2021
Team from Air Force Research Lab finds a way to use packaged snow as explosion protection

In March 2021, a team from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s Junior Force Warfighter Operations in the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (designated “JFWORX”) led a collaborative, live-fire test with explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) personnel from the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron at Eielson
April 13, 2021
AFIMSC releases strategic plan

The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center released a strategic plan April 9, outlining priorities and associated goals the center is pursuing to optimize delivery of installation and mission support to the Air Force and Space Force.
April 2, 2021
AFRL approves Cooperative Research and Development Agreement for silicon photonics

The Air Force Research Laboratory recently approved a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between its Nanoelectronic Materials Branch and Iris Light Technologies. The collaboration will be working to develop hybrid silicon lasers. Sometimes called the “holy grail of optoelectronics,”
March 31, 2021
Tyndall breaks ground for new childcare center

The $45 million project is the second groundbreaking — and first full-fledged military construction project to move into the construction phase — as Team Tyndall rebuilds the base into the Installation of the Future from the ground up.
March 31, 2021
MIT partnership helps acquisition officer expand toolkit

The Department of the Air Force-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Accelerator is helping acquisition professionals better understand AI and how to incorporate it into Air Force programs.
March 30, 2021
Proven accelerator program welcomes second cohort

With a tested model in place, organizers of The U.S. Air Force Lab with MassChallenge program, a two-year pilot project designed to increase non-traditional participation in Small Business Innovative Research program opportunities, announced its second cohort March 30.Atomic-6, BoatBox Technologies,
March 29, 2021
Robot dogs arrive at Tyndall AFB

The robot dogs, designed by Ghost Robotics and Immersive Wisdom, are the first of their kind to be integrated onto a military installation and one of many innovation-based initiatives to begin at Tyndall Air Force Base, coined the “Installation of the Future.”

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