• AFLCMC director of logistics visits Tinker

    The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s director of logistics recently told dozens of AFLCMC professionals at Tinker AFB, Okla., that their jobs are vital to our nation’s defense. Cynthia Abbott, a Senior Executive Service member based at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, delivered an overview Nov. 2

  • AFRL researchers improve production of thin, efficient solar cells

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Researchers in the Air Force Research Laboratory are making strides in material development that may open up new possibilities for thin, wearable electronics and other vital power applications. Photovoltaics, or solar cells, are a key component in

  • A military family that serves together stays together

    Maj. Chad Evans and wife, Capt. Kate Evans met in Afghanistan while they were both deployed. They have a toddler son, Ash. After his birth, Capt. Evans was having a hard time juggling her AF duties, pregnancy medical issues, and soon new motherhood. After discussing their issues, Capt. Evans applied

  • Senior leaders collaborative partnerships highlighted at AFRL-AFIT Summit

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Leadership from the Air Force Institute of Technology and the Air Force Research Laboratory came together on Nov. 8 to discuss current collaborations and plans for the upcoming year.   Jack Blackhurst, AFRL director of the Plans and Programs Directorate and

  • AFRL researcher achieves society honor

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A prominent research scientist from the Air Force Research Laboratory will receive The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society Bruce Chalmers Award. The society’s award is named in honor of Bruce Chalmers, a professor of metallurgy and former master of John

  • AFRL program turns junior workforce into rapid innovators

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Junior force personnel within the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate are making the most of their opportunity to showcase innovation and leadership skills through the Junior Force Warfighters Operations in RX, or JFWORX,

  • Looking to a cloud to share data faster

    The Kill Chain Integration Branch here has begun an experimentation campaign to look at ways to provide warfighters data in the fastest and most efficient ways possible.

  • AFRL leader named ASM International Fellow

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A senior research scientist at the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, was inducted as a 2016 ASM International Fellow at an awards ceremony in Salt Lake City, Utah, October 26. Dr. Roland Dutton, chief, Manufacturing and