MAY 16, 2023 – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, has partnered with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Cornell University, Ohio-based contractor UES, Inc. and the Palmer Muskox Farm in Palmer, Alaska to explore the use of synthetic muskox wool keratin fibers in textiles for military-grade uniforms. The International Cooperative Engagement Program for Polar … [Read more...]

U.S. Air Force Academy -- (U.S. Air Force photo/Trevor Cokley) MAY 16, 2023 - A team of professors and cadets with the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Warfighter Effectiveness Research Center, a directorate of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, are striving to determine the practicality of incorporating a robot into operational Air Force missions. The … [Read more...]

MAY 15, 2023 - To advance learning opportunities for Airmen and enable training and education from any device, Air Education and Training Command officials have expanded a project installing commercial wireless internet across the command and into all training dormitories. The previous $6.3 million AETC Wide Area Knowledge Education Nexus, or AWAKEN, project provided Wi-Fi … [Read more...]

U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors from 94th Fighter Squadron prepare to launch at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Aug. 14, 2017. The aircraft are assigned to Joint Base Langley-Eustis Air Force Base, Va.’s, 1st Fighter Wing and will conduct air combat training sorties with various aircraft during Red Flag 17-4, running from Aug. 14 to 25. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Carlin … [Read more...]

MAY 12, 2023 — The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, has selected a joint research team from Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as the Phase I winner of AFRL’s Active Artificial Intelligence, or AI, Planners for Chemistry/Materials Optimization and Discovery Grand Challenge. The winning team proposed a solution to accelerate … [Read more...]