by Kenneth McNulty | Aug 23, 2024 | AFWERX News, News
MOJAVE, Calif. (AFRL) — AFWERX Autonomy Prime partners Joby and Reliable Robotics demonstrated how autonomous aviation can contribute to the Agile Combat Employment concept by flying daily autonomous logistics missions during the Air Force exercise AGILE FLAG 24-3 at...
by Patrick Londergan | Aug 16, 2024 | News
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFRL) – The Air Force proved a low-cost, air-delivered method for defeating surface vessels through a QUICKSINK demonstration in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico near Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. This capability is an answer to an...
by Patrick Londergan | Aug 8, 2024 | News
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OH (AFRL) — The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate celebrated the opening of the Manufacturing, Industrial Technologies and Energy Division’s Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing...
by Patrick Londergan | Jul 31, 2024 | News
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AFRL) – As the sun rose over Springfield-Beckley Airport, Ohio, a quiet hum from an unusual aircraft signaled the start of another day of flight testing. Since mid-June, experts from AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm...
by Patrick Londergan | Jul 30, 2024 | News
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) — Researchers at Purdue University, with support from the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, have filed a patent disclosure to develop solid fuels for rotating detonation engines. The project was awarded in...
by Patrick Londergan | Jul 29, 2024 | News
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AFRL) – Air Force Research Laboratory technical directorates AFWERX and Munitions teamed up to host a Collider event aimed at exploring commercial solutions for software-enabled weapons at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, July 17-18, 2024....