AFWERX director discusses role of tech startups, quick innovation in Great Power Competition

by Patrick Londergan | Mar 21, 2024 | News

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm, met with technologists, startups and venture capitalists at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, March 8-11, 2024, to discuss national and global security...

AFRL senior leaders encourage Ohio youth at annual robotics state championship

by Patrick Londergan | Mar 20, 2024 | News, STEM

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) — Middle and high school students joined senior Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, leaders at Hobart Arena in Troy, Ohio, March 9, 2024, to participate in the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology,...

AFRL engineer selected as Combustion Institute Class of 2024 Fellow

by Patrick Londergan | Mar 20, 2024 | Aerospace

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Dr. Timothy Ombrello, of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, was recognized as a 2024 Combustion Institute, or CI, Fellow, in a Feb. 28, 2024 news release. “Selection shows long-time productive participation in...

Academia and workforce mutually benefit from new radiation effects and testing lab

by Patrick Londergan | Mar 6, 2024 | News, Space

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Space Vehicles Directorate held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new University of New Mexico, or UNM, COSMIAC Radiation Effects Lab, or CREL, Dec. 8, 2023. Students of UNM COSMIAC, the...

AFRL looks to fill multiple positions at hiring event April 2-3

by Patrick Londergan | Mar 6, 2024 | News

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, will hire entry-level to expert positions across multiple AFRL locations at a hiring event at the Holiday Inn, 2800 Presidential Drive, Fairborn, April 2-3 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m....