AFRL, NASA propel universities forward as 2nd year of Mission Concept Program takes off

by Patrick Londergan | May 22, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, News, Space

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) — The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, and NASA are collaborating with eight American universities for the second year of the Mission Concept Program, which runs May 13 to July 19, 2024. In its first year, the program...

AFRL enhances workforce through STEM outreach programs

by Patrick Londergan | May 6, 2024 | Munitions, News, STEM

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Munitions Directorate recently hired three former interns directly from its esteemed STEM outreach programs to serve Eglin Air Force Base in delivering effective and affordable munitions...

AFRL enhances workforce through STEM outreach programs

by Patrick Londergan | May 6, 2024 | Munitions, News

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Munitions Directorate recently hired three former interns directly from its esteemed STEM outreach programs to serve Eglin Air Force Base in delivering effective and affordable munitions...

USAF Test Pilot School and DARPA announce breakthrough in aerospace machine learning

by Patrick Londergan | May 1, 2024 | Integrated Capabilities, News

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency were finalists for the 2023 Robert J. Collier Trophy, a formal acknowledgement of recent breakthroughs that have launched the machine-learning era...

INTEGRATED COCKPIT SENSING SYSTEM (ICS)

by Patrick Londergan | Apr 23, 2024 | Human Performance, Success Stories

WHAT IS IT? The ICS system provides a modular, airworthy platform for comprehensive physiological, life-support and environmental monitoring to improve pilot safety and performance. A team from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing, Human...