by Patrick Londergan | Feb 16, 2023 | Integrated Capabilities, Success Stories
TRIDENT ELDING 2022 WHAT IS IT? The Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation (SDPE) Office evaluated low-cost, high-technology-readiness-level capabilities that could provide near-term air defense against cruise missiles. Analysis by SDPE and other...
by Patrick Londergan | Feb 15, 2023 | Aerospace, Success Stories
DISRUPTIVE ENGINE TECH FOR AFFORDABLE, HIGH MACH, MASS EFFECT WEAPONS WHAT IS A RDE? A Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) is essentially a more compact and efficient method of creating thrust for a wide variety of military relevant systems. These mechanically simple...
by Patrick Londergan | Feb 2, 2023 | Collaboration Programs, Success Stories
AFRL established a new Civic Leader Program, or CLP, to build a group of informed and well-connected advocates that advises and collaborates with AFRL leadership and provides connections between civic leader communities and the public. According to program guidance, a...
by Patrick Londergan | Jan 27, 2023 | Aerospace, Basic Research, Success Stories
BOLT II PROJECT ADVANCES HYPERSONICS RESEARCH The BOLT II flight experiment launched in March 2022 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The goal of the Air Force Research Laboratory/Air Force Office of...
by Patrick Londergan | Jan 27, 2023 | Information Technology, Success Stories
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT INFRASCTRUCTURE FOR THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY Engineers in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Information Directorate developed CloudWorks — a standardized infrastructure residing in the government cloud to support rapid automated software...
by Patrick Londergan | Jan 9, 2023 | Fellows, Success Stories
The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, will honored 17 scientists and engineers for outstanding career accomplishments Oct. 12, 2022, from 2:30-4 p.m. at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force during the laboratory’s 2022 AFRL Fellows and Early Career Awards,...
