BASIC RESEARCH
To assemble a comprehensive research portfolio, we engage with other government agencies, industry and higher education.
INVENT THE FUTURE TODAY
Basic research is the foundation of all scientific and engineering discovery and progress. It is what leads to new inventions and concepts—many of which are revolutionary.
Success Stories
AEROMORPH
An AFRL University Center of Excellence (UCoE) that performs fundamental multidisciplinary research to endow future supersonic and hypersonic weapons with game-changing performance through active morphing without significant size, weight, or power penalties.
COGNITIVE & COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE PROGRAM
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s (AFOSR) Cognitive & Computational Neuroscience program funds high-risk/high-impact basic research on the mechanisms of perception, cognition, and behavior and at the intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence.
FALCON NEURO
Falcon Neuro is an experiment flying on the International Space Station (ISS) designed and built by cadets and faculty at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA).
BOLT II
The BOLT II flight experiment launched in March 2022 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Space University Research Initiative
The Space University Research Initiative (SURI) program is sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)…
OMNISSA – CAMERA FOR SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
Space SituationalAwareness (SSA) is the all-encompassing term for the study, monitoring and mitigation of the Earth’s orbital environment, typically related to satellites.
