• Wearable monitoring device nets 711 HPW team big prize in AFRL Challenge

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Small Business Office has awarded $100,000 to a team from AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing to further enhance wearable monitoring devices designed for survival training exercises. Team members from the 711 HPW completed

  • PEO Digital at Hanscom will change global AF software acquisition

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. - Dr. Will Roper, the Air Force's senior civilian acquisition leader, today redesignated Program Executive Office Battle Management as PEO Digital, to be headquartered at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass.PEO Digital will build on the success of Project Kessel Run and other

  • 22nd U.S. Air Force Marathon enlivens Wright-Patt community

    This year marks the 22nd annual running of the U.S. Air Force Marathon and the warm and humid weather didn’t stop over 15,000 runners, walkers and spectators from all 50 states and more than ten foreign countries from taking part at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air

  • Sensors Directorate holds fifth annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- For half a decade, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Sensors Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has held a ceremony of remembrance to honor those who lost their lives during the 9/11 attacks and in the War on Terror since that day.It did so once

  • Altered gate hours, road closures during Air Force Marathon

    Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will host the Air Force Marathon Sept. 15. Please note the following gate hours and road closures.Area A: Gate 1A (Fairborn)Gate 1A will be open from 4 to 5:30 a.m. for volunteers only. The gate will be closed from 5:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. as it is part of the marathon

  • Run for the Fallen honors lives lost on 9/11

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Some 1,000 military, civilians, contractors, retirees and family members from the Wright-Patterson community came together to honor the lives lost in the terrorist attacks of 9/11 by participating in the fifth Run for the Fallen on Sept. 11.   Sponsored by the

  • Top notch researchers chosen as AFRL fellows

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Materials and Manufacturing Directorate recently announced that Doug Carter and Dr. Dean Evans were named AFRL Fellows for 2018. These researchers are outstanding in the fields of technology development, transition and research achievements. Douglas

  • Resilient kids, ready Airmen

    One thing Airmen worry about when they deploy is the well-being of their family, especially children who may have a hard time coping with the challenges that come with a parent’s deployment.The impact of deployment on children is a key component of Airmen readiness. Knowing their family is well