• AFSAC awards $524 million construction contract

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Construction Division recently awarded a $524 million contract to a joint venture between Bahadir Construction Engineering Contracting and Trading Company & Impresa

  • Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office to launch sustainment innovation hub

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office (RSO) is changing how the Air Force delivers new and emerging technology to the Sustainment Enterprise. The RSO’s latest initiative is the creation of the Identify-Apply-Scale (IAS), a first-of-its-kind capability devoted

  • Lab testing medical equipment in new isolation container prototypes

    JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. (AFLCMC) – The lab responsible for ensuring that medical equipment is safe to operate and fly on Air Force aircraft is currently in the process of testing, collecting, and analyzing data on how medical devices perform inside the Negatively Pressurized Conex (NPC) and NPC

  • Col. Patrick Miller becomes 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Col. Patrick G. Miller accepted command of the 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, during a ceremony held at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, June 12.Miller succeeded Col. Thomas Sherman, who will serve as the principal military

  • AFRL ADAPTS performance platform supports COVID-19 tracking for Airmen

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – An Air Force Research Laboratory performance assessment platform is emerging as a helpful tool for monitoring symptoms of COVID-19.ADAPTS, which stands for Airman Data Analysis and Performance Tracking System, is a platform that includes mobile fitness

  • Air Force to award up to $5.4 million during two-day Quantum event

    ROME, N.Y. – To expedite the advancement and innovation of quantum technologies, the Air Force Research Laboratory will award up to 36 contracts to small businesses June 15-16 during a two-day virtual quantum collider pitch event.Each small business, selected by a panel earlier this year, will

  • Department of Defense and NextFlex sign new cooperative agreement

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory and NextFlex recently settled on a seven-year funding agreement worth up to $154 million that includes funding from the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Manufacturing Technology program.The agreement focuses on defense

  • The Wright Path to Resiliency

    Afraid. Anxious. Apprehensive. Confused. Despondent. Disconnected. Excited. Exhausted. Frustrated. Grateful. Happy. Hopeful. Isolated. Motivated. Overwhelmed. Purposeful. Delirious. Relaxed. Sad. Strong. Suspicious. Tired.As a volunteer Master Resilience Trainer at Wright-Patt AFB, please know that

  • Special Tactics Wing, AFRL develop smartphone app to mitigate COVID-19 risk

    Medical and Preservation of the Force and Family team members of the 24th Special Operations Wing, headquartered at Hurlburt Field, Florida, teamed up with the Air Force Research Lab to develop a way to monitor ST operators’ health status during the pandemic straight from their smartphones.