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Official Air Force Office of Scientific Research Twitter: #BasicResearch for @USAirForce @SpaceForceDoD @HQ_AFMC @AFResearchLab. Follow/retweet ≠ endorsement.

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🚨 New BAA alert! AFRL/AFOSR seeking groundbreaking research to advance capabilities for the @usairforce & @SpaceForceDoD: ➡ #PartnerWithAFRL #AFOSR #BasicResearch #FutureFaster #FundingOpportunity
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Bold ideas change the game. In the late 1950s, AFOSR began funding Dr. Jack Kilby’s pioneering research that led to the integrated circuit. Kilby's invention earned the @NobelPrize (shared with Zhores Alferov and Herbert Kroemer) in 2000. #PartnerWithAFRL #BasicResearch
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RT @AFResearchLab: AFRL is always glad to see the incredible "Perseverance" this helicopter tackled its missions with on the Red Planet. It….
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RT @AFResearchLab: WE HAVE LIFTOFF! 🎉🎉🎉. #ICYMI, the @SpaceForceDoD-106 mission successfully launched last week with AFRL's @usairforce Nav….
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Game-changing neuroscience breakthrough at @UCBerkeley! Researchers discover bats use predictive mapping to navigate! Movement & sensation are key. Insights into memory & decision-making! #PartnerWithAFRL #AFOSR #BasicResearch #Neuroscience #BioEngineering #Grants
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RT @AFResearchLab: This year's #AFRL Scholars had the privilege to take part in a truly "stellar" interview involving a keynote speaker boa….
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AFOSR supported @NobelPrize winners Alan Heeger (1988) & Alan MacDiarmid (1970) well before their conductive polymers transformed tech and led to shared Nobel with Hideki Shirakawa in 2000! Their science powers flexible sensors, aerospace electronics & future warfighter tools.
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RT @AFWERX: #ICYMI: AFWERX partner Reliable Robotics is teaming up with @usairforce to advance autonomous aviation with a new CRADA. 🤝Toget….
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Reliable Robotics, a leader in autonomous aviation, today announced its work with the United States Air Force (USAF) to support the buildout of key capabilit...
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RT @AirmanMagazine: This week's Top Shot comes from Airman Spencer Strubbe!. A B-1B Lancer assigned to the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron….
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RT @ArmedwScience: .@AFWERX, the #innovation arm of the @usairforce, unleashes small business and startup ingenuity to tackle the most pres….
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RT @cmsaf_official: @AFResearchLab is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible to give the @usairforce the edge across contested environme….
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Solve the toughest challenges for our warfighters. AFOSR's Mathematical Optimization program funds cutting-edge research for mission-ready planning, logistics & autonomy. Learn more: #PartnerWithAFRL #AFOSR #BasicResearch #Optimization #FutureFaster
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AFOSR is where top talent like Major Derek Barbee, a @RiceUniversity alum, thrive, urgently driving scientific breakthroughs to #WinTheFuture. We partner with universities, industry and @AFResearchLab to fuel innovation. #PartnerWithAFRL #AFOSR #BasicResearch #FutureFaster.
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Rice Engineering and Computing
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@RiceMSNE Major Derek Barbee ’19 is making an impact as a leader in defense innovation at the @AFOSR. Read how his Rice experience has influenced his approach to solving complex problems in material sciences.
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That blue dot on your phone? 📍 Decades of AFOSR-driven basic research made it possible! #PartnerWithAFRL #AFOSR #BasicResearch #UniversityResearch #GPS #ResearchFunding #Innovation #FutureFaster.
@AFResearchLab
Air Force Research Lab - AFRL
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July 17th, 1995 - the collective eyes of the world looked to the stars after an announcement that would change the trajectory - and navigational ability - of humanity. The @usairforce revealed its Global Positioning System, or #GPS to the world. 🌍🛰️. Learn more. 👇👇👇. #AFRL
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RT @usairforce: A glimpse into the future. The F-15EX touched down at Kadena Air Base, giving a first look at how we are modernization ai….
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In a significant milestone for U.S. airpower modernization in the Indo-Pacific, two F-15EX Eagle II aircraft from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, arrived at
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Surprising magnetic behavior in an ultra-thin oxide could transform AI, quantum computing & spintronics. #AFOSR-supported scientists at @UMNCSE may have unlocked faster, smarter tech. 🔍⚡. #BasicResearch #Innovation #MaterialScience #FutureFaster
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Tough and sensitive? A @UCSanDiego team, supported by #AFOSR, created the first photonic devices that can handle harsh environments without losing performance. Better sensors, stronger comms, smarter awareness. #PartnerWithAFRL #BasicResearch #FutureFaster
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Engineers have achieved a long-sought milestone in photonics: creating tiny optical devices that are both highly sensitive and durable. This work could lead to a new generation of photonic devices...
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