Integrated Capabilities | Air Force Research Laboratory

GRASSHOPPER

by Patrick Londergan | Apr 8, 2025 | Integrated Capabilities, Success Stories

A cost-efficient, air-dropped, autonomously-navigated glider that delivers material to operators on the ground. The program leverages low-cost manufacturing techniques to keep production costs at ~$40k per vehicle to provide an asymmetric capability for cargo...

AERRES

by Patrick Londergan | Jan 24, 2024 | Integrated Capabilities, Success Stories

APP ENABLED RAPIDLY REPROGRAMMABLE EW/EMS SYSTEMS The Air Force Research Laboratory Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation office’s App Enabled Rapidly Reprogrammable EW/EMS Systems (AERRES) experiment is focused on enhancing electronic warfare (EW)...

GLOBAL LIGHTNING

by Patrick Londergan | Jan 22, 2024 | Integrated Capabilities, Success Stories

MULTI-CONSTELLATION SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS GLOBAL LIGHTNING PROVIDES ROBUST SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS BY: Connecting to the high-rate communications links of commercial constellations in LEO, MEO, and GEO Switching to military satellite constellations when unique or...

AUTONOMOUS AIRCRAFT EXPERIMENT (AAx)

by AFRL PA | Sep 10, 2023 | Integrated Capabilities, Success Stories

AFRL IS WORKING WITH INDUSTRY PARTNERS TO ADVANCE TACTICAL AUTONOMY The Autonomous Aircraft Experiment is an Integrated Capabilities Directorate (RS) campaign that has helped shape the investment strategy and transition decisions for the Skyborg Vanguard and the...

PreVAIL

by Patrick Londergan | Feb 16, 2023 | Integrated Capabilities, Success Stories

VEHICLE TRACKING WITH COMMERCIAL ASSETS AT THE TACTICAL EDGE/PREDICTIVE VEHICLE ACTIVITY FOR IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION (PreVAIL) WHAT IS IT? PreVAIL is an AI/ML toolbox that enables the state-of-the-art for satellite-based tracking capabilities by investigating a...

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