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Munitions Research
AFRL develops conventional munitions technologies to provide the Air Force with a strong technology base upon which future air-delivered munitions can be developed to neutralize potential threats to the United States.
SUCCESS STORIES
STARS
STARS seeks to address this concept by leveraging state-of-the-art artificial intelligence/ machine learning (AI/ML) technologies.
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MUTANT
AFRL aims to significantly increase missile range and lethality against highly maneuverable targets with a better flight control actuation system. The MUTANT program’s approach is a form of active morphing involving high-rate pivoting of the missile forebody, referred to as articulation.
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AFRL’S QUICKSINK WEAPON DEMO
QUICKSINK is a Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) that rapidly integrates and demonstrates Department of the Air Force technology creating air-delivered, low cost, surface vessels defeat capability for the warfighter.
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GOLDEN HORDE COLOSSEUM
The original objective was to demonstrate Networked Collaborative and Autonomous (NCA) weapons by creating an integrated weapon system of systems where weapons autonomously work together to increase survivability and lethality.
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RAPID DRAGON
Rapid Dragon is the Air Force Strategic Development Planning & Experimentation (SDPE) office’s Palletized Effects campaign that explores the feasibility and operational advantages of airdropping palletized effects from existing airlift aircraft (C-130 and C-17) without requiring modifications to the aircraft.
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BLU-111 Engineering Change Proposal (From Lab to Warfighter in 14 Weeks)
In response to warfighter demands, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) teamed to design a new penetrating weapon to defeat challenging hardened targets in the field.
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Small Scalable Kinetic Weapon (SSKW)
AFRL conducted a successful flight test for a low-cost autonomous weapon that will make prosecuting targets in urban environments more effective. SSKW is an unmanned aerial system (UAS) designed to immobilize unarmored targets.
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High-Performance Steel Continues to Provide Capability for the DoD
In 2016, our researchers invented and patented a new weapons-grade steel alloy, “AF9628,” that reduces cost and improves the performance of many air-delivered weapons.
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Partnership Rapidly Transitions Advanced Penetrating Weapon
AFRL continues to make an undeniable impact on our nation’s warfighting capabilities by developing critical technologies and rapidly delivering them to the warfighter at reduced costs.
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Faster Technology Refresh
We’re leading the charge to change the paradigm of single weapon solutions to modular sub-system solutions. Scientists and engineers have developed a common architecture
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Bioprincipic Research
Our interdisciplinary team of biologists, physicists and engineers research the ways in which biological systems sense and navigate through their environments in order to understand the principles driving the efficient, robust performance they exhibit.
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New Steel Alloy
Our researchers recently invented and patented a new weapons-grade steel alloy that reduces cost and improves the performance of many air-delivered weapons.
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