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  • The Air Force Research Laboratory will honor 21 scientists and engineers Nov. 13 for their outstanding career accomplishments during the laboratory’s 2019 Fellows and Science and Engineering Early Career Awards Banquet at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. This group, which is the largest in AFRL history, includes 13 AFRL fellows and eight Science and Engineering Early Career Award winners. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Patrick Londergan)

    AFRL honors scientists and engineers for exceptional career achievements

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory will honor 21 scientists and engineers Nov. 13 for their outstanding career accomplishments during the laboratory’s 2019 Fellows and Science and Engineering Early Career Awards Banquet at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. This group, which is the largest in
  • The Air Force Research Laboratory and the Wright Brother’s Institute will host the inaugural Air Force Technology Executive Officer Pitch Day Nov. 15 at the Steam Plant and the Wright Brother’s Institute in Dayton from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a business networking social to follow. (Courtesy graphic)

    Small businesses to make their pitch at inaugural AF Technology Executive Officer Pitch Day

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory and the Wright Brother’s Institute will host the inaugural Air Force Technology Executive Officer Pitch Day Nov. 15 at the Steam Plant and the Wright Brother’s Institute in Dayton from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a business networking social to follow.Powered by the Air Force Small
  • Arthur Huber, Air Force Research Laboratory deputy director of operations, shows Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine one of the monitors in the SkyVision recreational vehicle April 19, 2019 in a facility on the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport. DeWine was taking part in an announcement that the Federal Aviation Administration has granted a Certificate of Waiver or Authorization to the Air Force Research Laboratory for beyond visual line of sight flights of unmanned aerial systems. The system has been modified to be able to fit on a mobile platform. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

    SkyVision team to receive Air Traffic Controllers Association Outstanding Achievement Award

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A team comprised of researchers from the Air Force Research Laboratory, other federal, state, and local government agencies, industry, and academic partners is being honored by the Air Traffic Controllers Association (ATCA) for their work on a program called SkyVision, a ground-based detect and avoid
  • AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Assistant Chief Engineer, Dr. Larry Brott, displays infrared powder used to form pellets in the creation of infrared technologies for battlefield communication and training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Donna Lindner)

    AFRL licenses second technology to local firm

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Battle Sight Technologies has acquired a second patent license related to infrared materials as signaling tools for nighttime military operations.A year ago, Dr. Larry Brott of the Air Force Research Laboratory, along with his co-inventors, licensed a technology to BST for a pressure-activated marker that
  • The AEDC Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit at Arnold Air Force Base supports recent testing for the Air Force Research Laboratory Medium Scale Critical Components Scramjet program. The Northrop Grumman-produced engine was successfully operated at conditions above Mach 4 and has set the record for highest thrust produced by an air-breathing hypersonic engine in Air Force history. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    AFRL achieves record-setting hypersonic ground test milestone

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – An Air Force Research Laboratory and Air Force Test Center ground test team set a record for the highest thrust produced by an air-breathing hypersonic engine in Air Force history.“AFRL, in conjunction with Arnold Engineering Development Complex and Northrop Grumman, achieved over 13,000 pounds of thrust from
  • Shelley Rich, Capt. Joshua Lee, Alex Gracia, and Col. Garry Haase, all of AFRL’s Munitions Directorate at Eglin AFB, Florida, spoke about networked weapons during Dayton Defense’s Wright Dialogue With Industry, July 16-18 at the Dayton Convention Center. A suite of new technologies will give new generation weapons the ability to penetrate, operate and prosecute targets in complex, area-denied environments. (Courtesy photo)

    AFRL collaborates with industry at Dayton Defense Wright Dialogue with Industry event

    DAYTON, Ohio – Nearly 600 people attended the 14th annual Dayton Defense Wright Dialogue with Industry event at the Dayton Convention Center July 16-18.The event provided Air Force Research Laboratory leaders, scientists, and engineers an opportunity to engage with not only Ohio companies, but industry representatives from across the nation as
  • Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen W. Wilson speaks to a crowd of small businesses, venture capitalists and Airmen during the inaugural Air Force Pitch Day inNew York, March 7, 2019. Air Force Pitch Day is designed as a fast-track program to put companies on one-page contracts and same-day awards with the swipe of a government credit card. The Air Force is partnering with small businesses to help further national security in air, space and cyberspace. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr.)

    AF SBIR program director: Pitch Days prove service can move at speed of innovation

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – David Shahady, director of the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Program knows a thing or two about competition – both athletically and the business variety.A seven-time Ironman Triathlete, he has been racing for almost 19 years – although he had never won a

  • Rapid acquisition leads to rapid success for Air Force small business partner

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Rapid success in contracting has earned Air Force representatives an invite to the opening of the Nasdaq Stock Market July 3 in New York City.Air Force representatives received the invitation from an Air Force and AFWERX Small Business partner, Vita Inclinata Technologies LLC.Founders of that company will

  • Air Force licenses nutritional supplement to New Jersey firm

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - A nutritional supplement was developed under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement by the Air Force Research Laboratory and industry partner, MusclePharm Inc.The initial request for an improved supplement came from an Air Force combat controller, who explained to Dr. Reginald O’Hara, a research
  • Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, delivers remarks during a press conference inside the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, April 18, 2019. Cooley spoke on AFRL’s efforts to work with small businesses and universities in an effort to focus on speed when it comes to the science and technology strategy as unveiled by Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wesley Farnsworth)

    AFRL commander introduces new AF Science and Technology Strategy

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory presented highlights of the new Air Force Science and Technology Strategy for 2030 and beyond to members of the local media April 18 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.Speaking in front of several experimental aircraft on display that
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