• New office looks to shape future force

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force of the future is taking greater focus as the new Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Office is actively pursuing its mission and the experimentation campaigns that it has been chartered to execute. The office will be

  • AFLCMC-Hanscom captain selected for PhD program

    A Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks system engineer here will take part in the 2017 Chief of Staff of the Air Force Captains Prestigious PhD Program.Capt. Samuel Jones, chief of the advanced capabilities section in the Special Programs Division, is one of three Air Force

  • SMC, ULA Enter into CRADA to Certify Vulcan Launch Vehicle

    The Space and Missile Systems Center signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with United Launch Alliance (ULA) as part of the company’s effort to certify its new Vulcan launch vehicle for National Security Space (NSS) missions. This cooperative, jointly-written agreement

  • Four-time Olympian speaks at AF Marathon events

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Meb Keflezighi, a four-time Olympian and winner of the 2014 Boston Marathon, participated in 2016 Air Force Marathon activities, speaking at the Breakfast of Champions, Expo, pasta dinner and running in the 10K. During his remarks at the Breakfast of

  • AFRL celebrates patents, seeks to further bolster numbers

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- It would be safe to assume that a pioneering research and development organization such as the Air Force Research Laboratory possesses its fair share of patented intellectual property.  The fact is that 218 patents have been filed by AFRL since 2011, with 49

  • McMurry to lead AFLCMC

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Air Force officials announced that Maj. Gen. Robert McMurry Jr. has been nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and will become the commander of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.  Lt. Gen. John

  • 711 HPW researches Human-Machine Trust

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A research team in the 711th Human Performance Wing’s Airman Systems Directorate here focuses on how humans make reliance decisions with technology - or in other words, how humans develop, maintain and lose trust. At first glance, this may seem like a small

  • BES simplifies acquisition learning curve

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Being an acquisition professional is challenging – the stakes are high and answers to what may be simple questions are often buried beneath a mountain of rules and regulations governing the field. In an effort to make acquisition professionals more efficient