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May 5, 2020
Family donates bows to local Air Force installation in recognition of mission essential personnel

ROME, N.Y. – A local central New York family has donated 10 handmade bows to honor and recognize mission essential employees still reporting to their duty location at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Rome Research Site while the other 90% of the workforce remains under work-from-home orders. The
May 2, 2020
Simulators Division looking for new technology

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force Lifecycle Management Center Simulators Division is looking for the next set of innovative and revolutionary technologies to award AFWERX Phase II contracts at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in
May 1, 2020
NPC determined to be a successful proof of concept

JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. – Culminating with an in-flight demonstration on April 30, 2020, the Negatively Pressurized Conex (NPC) proof of concept prototype successfully proved its capability to potentially transport individuals with infectious diseases, such as COVID-19.Air Force Materiel Command
May 1, 2020
Air Force investigates using quantum materials in new navigation tool

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Air Force Research Laboratory researchers Drs. Robert Bedford, Luke Bissell, Chandriker Dass and Michael Slocum are finding practical applications for the curious phenomena that occur in quantum materials. Until the late 1990s, the properties — or even the
May 1, 2020
Wright-Patterson officials consider plan to return installation to full capacity

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Senior leaders from Wright-Patterson are considering the necessary actions needed so the base and its 30,000-member workforce may eventually return to full capacity in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.A plan supporting reconstitution of base
May 1, 2020
AFLCMC directorate awards $330 million contract for C-21 maintenance services

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. (AFLCMC) – The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Presidential and Executive Airlift Directorate awarded a ten-year $330 million contract to Akima Logistics Services – a small business – April 16, to provide organizational and depot level maintenance and other
April 29, 2020
AFRL Aerospace Systems Directorate granted patent for precision ballistic airdrop apparatus, method

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Employees with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Aerospace Systems Directorate here have received a patent for developing an enhanced precision ballistic airdrop apparatus and method technology.“This technology provides a low-cost method of improving
April 29, 2020
AFRL supports study of advanced ventilation technology

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Under a cooperative agreement with the University of Cincinnati, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing is supporting a first-of-its-kind clinical trial involving closed-loop control of oxygenation during mechanical ventilation. In
April 29, 2020
AFRL Aircraft Decontamination Team ramps up battle against COVID-19

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Health of air crews is paramount, and ensuring Air Force systems are safe to operate, including aircraft, is crucial.To support the global fight against COVID-19, the Air Force Research Laboratory quickly stood up an aircraft decontamination team pooling
April 29, 2020
AFRL adapts PJ tactics for COVID-19 monitoring

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory is leveraging tactics from the Air Force pararescue (PJ) community, employing a new tool that can monitor multiple patients’ vital signs, helping to alleviate the lean doctor-to-patient ratio that many medical facilities are