AFRL aims to accelerate development of software-enabled weapons

by Patrick Londergan | Jul 29, 2024 | Munitions, 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....

AFRL members recognized for accomplishments at 2023 annual awards ceremony

by Patrick Londergan | Mar 26, 2024 | News, Space

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) — The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, held its annual awards ceremony to recognize top performers of 2023 at the AFRL Annual Awards Ceremony March 19, 2024, at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney...

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...

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

by Patrick Londergan | Jan 22, 2024 | News, Space

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...

AFWERX hosts first in-person Collider event since COVID-19 pandemic

by Kenneth McNulty | Aug 30, 2023 | AFWERX News, News

AUSTIN, Texas (AFRL) – More than 20 industry partners attended the first in-person AFWERX Collider event in over three years at Fed Supernova in Austin, Texas. Colliders went virtual during the COVID-19 pandemic but the return of face-to-face interaction gave Air...