Field training exercise demonstrates value of deployable engineers

by Patrick Londergan | Jan 31, 2024 | News, S&T Strategy

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, FL (AFRL) – Over the course of 10 days in November 2023, a group of scientists and engineers, or S&Es, at Eglin Air Force Base demonstrated the value of adding a specialized team of deployable S&Es to high-action air bases. “A Scientist...

New system seeks to upgrade explosive ordnance disposal robots, aid technicians

by Patrick Londergan | Jan 22, 2024 | News, S&T Strategy

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO (AFRL) — A new system seeks to aid explosive ordnance disposal, or EOD, technicians by adding a simple and inexpensive system to improve depth detection while controlling disposal robots to manage counter-improvised explosive...

President Biden names AFRL executive director as Presidential Rank Award recipient

by Patrick Londergan | Nov 22, 2023 | News, S&T Strategy

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Timothy Sakulich, a member of the Senior Executive Service, or SES, and executive director of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, has been named by President Joe Biden as a recipient of the 2023 Meritorious...

DAF leaders discuss future vision, priorities at AFRL town hall

by Patrick Londergan | Nov 15, 2023 | News, S&T Strategy

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Andrew P. Hunter, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics, hosted a town hall meeting with Brig. Gen. Scott A. Cain, commander, Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Sept. 14,...

Experts from across AFRL collaborate in first Discover conference

by Patrick Londergan | Nov 8, 2023 | News, S&T Strategy

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, held its first Discover conference Oct. 24-25, 2023, at the Wright State University Nutter Center in Fairborn, Ohio. The conference provided opportunities for scientists and...