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2023 is here and that means a new year of research, development and delivery of solutions for the
@usairforce
's Science and Technology for 2030 mission!
Learn more about what's been done and what's to come now:
#AFResearchLab
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#AFRL2030
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#AirForce
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🚨QUICKSINK successfully destroyed a full-scale surface vessel in the Gulf of Mexico.🚨Learn more about this new low-cost, air-delivered capability for defeating maritime threats:
#AccelerateChange
#AFRL
@DoDCTO
@USNavy
@TeamEglin
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📢BREAKING: Dept. of
@usairforce
announces Rocket Cargo as the fourth Vanguard program as part of its transformational science and technology portfolio.
@SpaceForceDoD
was designated as the lead service for Rocket Cargo Vanguard.
#AFResearchLab
#AF2030
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Our team is using the power of directed energy and the electromagnetic spectrum to give our warfighters the upper hand.
#AFResearchLab
#DirectedEnergy
#TechTuesday
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Our own Dr. Ajit K. Roy's nanomaterials team worked alongside
@RiceUniversity
, the
@DRDO_India
and the
@IITKanpur
to publish a white paper exploring
#nanomaterial
manufacturing operations within India.
Learn more here:
#AFResearchLab
#collaboration
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NEW CAMERA VIEWS! QUICKSINK successfully destroyed a full-scale surface vessel in the Gulf of Mexico on 28 April 2022. Learn more about this low-cost, air-delivered capability for defeating maritime threats:
#ASC22
#AFResearchLab
#TeamEglin
@teameglin
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The past year's advances in energy optimization for the
@usairforce
were huge.
Check out what our teams and more did to contribute to this incredible effort:
#AFResearchLab
#AirForce
#EnergyOptimization
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The
@usairforce
Golden Horde Vanguard program completed its first flight demonstration of collaborative weapons last month utilizing technology developed by AFRL.
Read more on the flight here:
#AFRL
#AFVanguard
#GoldenHorde
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THOR (Tactical High-power Operational Responder) is a prototype Directed Energy weapon used to disable the electronics in drones, specifically engineered to counter multiple targets – such as a drone swarm – with rapid results. Watch the whole video:
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The year is 1947. The
@usairforce
officially broke the sound barrier with the Bell X-1 aircraft.
This incredible feat was made possible due to the calculated and concerted efforts in the realm of SPEED.
Watch it now:
#CenturySeries
#AVGeeks
#AVHistory
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Our Rocket Cargo Vanguard program leverages commercial rocket capabilities for
@DeptofDefense
use, proving rocket-based transportation is viable, affordable, and advantageous for agile global logistics.
Learn more:
#AFRL
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#AFVanguard
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#TechTuesday
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At its core, the
@usairforce
runs on the skill of its airmen. The 711th Human Performance Wing strives to advance the safety and PERFORMANCE of these airmen in and out of the cockpit.
Watch it here:
#AFResearchLab
#CenturySeries
#ThrowbackThursday
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Breaking: QUICKSINK success! Today
@AFResearchLab
and the
@TeamEglin
Integrated Test Team demonstrated a new low-cost, air-delivered capability for defeating maritime threats that successfully destroyed a full-scale surface vessel in the Gulf of Mexico.
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One hundred sixteen years ago today, the world changed.
Orville and Wilbur Wright completed their first flight, showcasing what ingenuity and drive can accomplish when coupled together.
#AVHistory
#AVGeeks
#WrightBrothers
#FirstFlight
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The legacy of the "Red Tails" is one that stretches from its origins back in 1940 to the modern day.
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American military pilots in the U.S. Army Air Forces and saw widespread success flying in
#WW2
.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#ThrowbackThursday
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It's hard for our researchers to escape the cold right now, even in Hawaii! 30.8F wind chill at our Haleakalā High Altitude Observatory on the crest of a dormant volcano on Maui. Learn more about one of the best places in the USA to observe the sky.
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Hey Captain
@WilliamShatner
, our team has been busy. Transparent aluminum,
#tech
first suggested in
#StarTrek
IV: The Voyage Home is now a reality. Check it out:
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Join us in wishing the
@SpaceForceDoD
a very happy 3rd birthday! 🎉🎉🎉
The amount accomplished over these past few years has already ensured the future of the Space Domain is safer.
#AFResearchLab
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#SpaceForce
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#SpaceForceBday
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The new
#AirForce
plan for ensuring
#future
U.S. dominance in
#intelligence
,
#surveillance
, and
#reconnaissance
involves many of
#technologies
AFRL is developing right now.
#science
#research
#airmen
#sensors
#technology
#AI
#Quantum
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Dr. Lisa Rueschhoff was one of 82 engineers chosen to attend
@theNAEng
2019 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium!
She was chosen due to her amazing engineering research and technical work in the composites branch!
#AFResearchLab
#Research
#STEM
#Events
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Our 711th Human Performance Wing is studying Airmen's sleeping habits to improve performance and readiness to further the
@usairforce
mission.
Relax and read more here:
#AFResearchLab
#711HPW
#Fatigue
#Readiness
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We strive to research, test and create game-changing technologies aimed at keeping the fight unfair.
Check out how today:
#AFResearchLab
#TechTuesday
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75 years. The United States Air Force has pushed to innovate, accelerate and thrive for 75 years. Happy birthday
@usairforce
!
#AF75
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#BREAKING
: First successful flight of
@afresearchlab
XQ-67A! The XQ-67A is the first of a second generation of
@usairforce
autonomous collaborative platforms. Learn more:
#AFResearchLab
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#AFRLTech
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#USAF
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We've teamed up with
@blueorigin
to develop a new test facility for the Blue Origin BE-7 lunar lander engine.
That's right, we're aiming for the moon! 🌕
Read how here:
#AFResearchLab
#BlueOrigin
#AFRLSpace
#LunarEngine
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The X-24B was the combined work of over a decade of vehicle shape designs by the Flight Dynamics Lab! Let's give it some love this
#SpaceSaturday
#AVGeeks
#History
#Aviation
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Our team is pushing the fold in education! To help demonstrate the physics of heavier than air flight, we've set a printable sheet below that lets you and your family make paper airplanes together.
Post an image of your creations below!
#AFResearchLab
#DIYSTEM
#STEMSaturday
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#MondayMotivation
from
@GenChuckYeager
a
@usairforce
pilot, General, and pioneer known for
#BreakingBarriers
.
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Our Bandit program passed a major milestone after passing a Critical Design Review last month - meaning it can move onto the next stage of development.
Learn about how this unmanned air vehicle is aiming to change how pilots train:
#AFResearchLab
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Ready to experience 9 times the force of gravity? We are.
Just cut the ribbon on the
@DeptofDefense
's only human-rated
#centrifuge
:
#711HPW
#TechTuesday
#AirForce
@usairforce
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XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator completes first flight! We partnered with Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems to develop the XQ-58A.
#AirForce
#Aviation
#AFResearchLab
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#SSPIDR
is changing not only how we collect power in space but how it's sent back to us planetside, showcasing the future tech of the
@usairforce
and
@SpaceForceDoD
.
Read more on how science fiction is becoming science fact now:
#AFRLSpace
#InnovativeAF
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Dorothy John joined our Avionics Lab in 1956 as a
#mathematician
specializing in analyzing computer logic for guidance systems and later developed guidance and navigation techniques for space vehicles.
#ThrowbackThursday
#BlackHistoryMonth
#HiddenFigures
#WomenInSTEM
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The
@usairforce
has contributed to the America's exploration of
#space
in many ways -- including providing 40 percent of its
#astronauts
.
#NASA
#Apollo
#ISS
#spacecraft
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A huge congratulations is in order for Capt. Lisa Fernandez and Javier Rodriguez on winning the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation
@GreatMindsSTEM
Heroes Award!
Read on their achievements:
#AFResearchLab
#HENAAC
#STEM
#Awards
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#GrayWolf
isn't just a cool name, it's a low-cost cruise missile program that tested the first-of-its-kind, low-cost turbojet engine!
This was made possible through collaboration with
@northropgrumman
and Technical Directions Inc!
Read more on it here:
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"I've had tremendous support from every level of leadership, including here in the AOR ... it's been a tremendous honor, I can't wait to share this with our airmen." - Master Sergeant Justin Bauer
#ICYMI
#SparkTank2021
#AFWERX
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The X-60A air-launched rocket achieved a developmental milestone with the completion of integrated vehicle propulsion system verification ground testing!
Learn more here:
#AFResearchLab
#X60A
#Hypersonics
#Testing
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@TeamEglin
has been sending a large stream of supplies to aid in rebuilding
@TeamTyndall
's Air Force Base.
#AirForce
#collaboration
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Happy 135th Birthday to the “father of the
@usairforce
” General Henry “Hap” Arnold!
#HappyBirthday
#OnThisDay
#USAF
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We’ve awarded a contract for drone killer, Mjölnir; bringing a new drone “hammer” to the fight. A next-generation counter electronics weapon system to defend against adversarial drone activity.
#THOR
#AFRLTech
#InnovativeAF
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"The technologies of tomorrow will exist because of the "Basic Research" of today."
Read more on how we're collaborating across the spectrum to forge future technologies:
#AFResearchLab
#FutureTechnologies
#TechTuesday
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Launch Day! The
#STP2
mission will deliver 24 satellites to space on the
@DeptofDefense
’s first ever
@SpaceX
Falcon Heavy launch vehicle.
#FalconHeavy
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Engineers change the world.
See just how integral the right materials are to ensuring our airmen stay safe in the skies.
Check out how here:
#CenturySeries
#ThrowbackThursday
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Let's celebrate the beginning of Fall and the changing of leaves with this optical microscopy of deformation twins in high-purity zirconium!
Photo Credits: Researcher: Dr. Philip Flater
AFRL - Munitions Directorate
#AFResearchLab
#ArtofScience
#ScienceofArt
#Fall
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"A satellite spanning nearly the length of a football field was launched on board a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., June 25."
Take a trip back to 2019 and get an idea of how big the
#DSX
mission was:
#ThrowbackThursday
#AFRLSpace
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Today the
@usairforce
celebrates the 10th anniversary of the X-51A’s longest supersonic combustion ramjet-powered
#hypersonic
flight!
Read more:
#AFResearchLab
#AFRLTech
#ReadyAF
#InnovativeAF
#AirForce
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@cubcrafters
XCub aircraft made a stop in Dayton as it heads over to Maryland to help our 711 HPW test their LASH system.
This portable system is aiming to make low-level, low-speed nighttime flight special missions more viable for airmen:
#AFRL
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#OTD
This week in 1965, Capt. Joe Engle reached altitude of 53 miles in
#X
-15 No. 3, becoming the third
#AirForce
#astronaut
and the youngest
#pilot
to receive astronaut wings.
@EdwardsAFB
photo: Engle, his wife Mary, and children Laurie and Jon.
@NASA
#aircraft
#history
#AVGeek
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After a month of research and deliberation, ROSA is excited to showcase Santa's new means of travel.
We're proud to showcase, the
#Hypersleigh
!
#aFResearchLabElf
#ElfontheShelf
#HappyHolidays
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With space travel and
#tech
on the forefront of many minds, let's take a moment to look into what our teams at
#AFRL
are doing to push the fold.
Read about our
#SpaceVehicles
here:
#AFResearchLab
#Techtuesday
#AFRLSpace
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A huge shoutout is in order for our own Capt Sarah "Booster" Vorgert and her fellow test pilots on graduating as part of the largest class of women from the USAF Test Pilot School at
@EdwardsAFB
last year.
Read more of
@CNN
's coverage:
#AirForceWomen
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The time for merriment is here and our Commander
@AFRL_CC
came to spread some birthday cheer!
She has a special birthday message for the
@SpaceForceDoD
!
#AFResearchLab
#USSF
#USSpaceForce
#HBDSpaceForce
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BOOM! This mission successfully hosted Air Force Research Laboratory experiments, among others, as well as providing a ride for small satellites.
#RecordBreaking
#AirForce
The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle breaks record with 780 days in orbit after landing at
@NASAKennedy
's Shuttle Landing Facility at 3:51 a.m.
Learn more about its record breaking mission here:
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3K
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Dr. Rachel Abrahams developed a steel alloy that's 20% stronger than conventional AM alloys in terms of ultimate tensile strength💪
See what it's all about here:
#AFResearchLab
#STEM
#AdditiveManufacturing
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Q. What's that?
A. Just
@AFResearchLab
turning a Cessna into an
#UAV
#InnovativeAF
details:
@usairforce
@AF_SBIR_STTR
@AFRL_CC
#AFResearchLab
#AirForce
#ROBOPilot
#AVGeek
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The hypersonic X-15 spaceplane was designed in the 1950s using materials like titanium and nickel alloys developed in the Materials Lab for high temperature resistance.
#TBT
#AFRLHistory
#avgeek
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On this day, April 17, 1970, Apollo 13 splashed down in the South Pacific Ocean. Crew members James Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise were on their way to the moon when an explosion crippled the Command Module.
#NASA
#Airforce
#Apollo13
#Spaceflight
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Tune into
@hack_a_sat
all weekend to watch in the 3D environment, and participate in the
@DefenseDigital
workshops, made available at
@defcon
in collaboration with the
@SecureAerospace
.
Check it out here:
#DEFCONSafeMode
#HackASat
#VirtualEvents
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Want to hack the Air Force @ DEFCON? Give it your best shot, epic fail or not, there's a notoriety prize waiting for you. Show us your chops!
Awards will be given out on Saturday for the
#mostepicfail
and to get this
#lousysouvenir
!
#AFResearchLab
#DEFCON
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"It may lack LAUNCH-meat, but it is still a sandwich."
Learn more about how the SSPIDER system uses a sandwich tile system to collect and convert energy into power below.
#AFResearchLab
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#SpaceSaturdays
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#AFRLSpace
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#TBT
to the 1930s and Harry Armstrong, a pioneer of aviation medicine (left), researching the physiological effects of G-force on humans using the initial Wright Field centrifuge, the first of its kind in North America.
#AFRLHistory
#USAFSAM100
@USAFHealth
@AeroMedicine
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Our teams are always aiming to lead, discover, develop and deliver new game changing
#quantumtech
#AFResearchLab
#Quantum
#innovation
Researchers at
@TeamAFRL
L are diving into the Quantum Frontier!
The
@usairforce
is exploring the areas of quantum timing, sensing, networking and computing.
🎥
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#BREAKING
Our teams alongside
@KratosDefense
completed the successful fourth flight test of the XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned air vehicle demonstrator.
Read more here:
#AFResearchLab
#XQ58A
#Valkyrie
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Our Epidemiology Lab is the sole clinical reference lab for the
@usairforce
and works every year to facilitate critical data for that season's influenza vaccine!
Read more on it here:
Listen to the
#Podcast
:
#AFResearchLab
#EpiLab
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The future of
#3DPrinting
is building on itself at an impressive rate! This next development just goes to show what the
#future
has in store for us.
#STEM
#research
#3DPrinting
on a grand scale!
@USMC
#Marines
and engineers used a specialized concrete 3D printer to construct a 500 sq. ft. barracks in under 40 hours, saving both money and manpower. See out how this technology is changing the way we build!
#KnowYourMil
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Today the
@usairforce
announced an initial three Vanguard programs: Golden Horde, Navigation Technology Satellite 3, & Skyborg.
Vanguards, as outlined in the
#AF2030
Strategy, will advance emerging weapon systems & warfighting concepts through prototyping and experimentation.
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Our Information Directorate in Rome, NY hosted enlisted members of the Brazilian Air Force as part of a controlled space program and counter unmanned systems tour.
Learn more about the event:
#AFResearchLab
#Brazilianairforce
#AirForce
#Patnerships
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Are you ready for a tour in one of AFRL's most prolific hangars? This one has a unique twist! It's made completely of ones and zeros.
Hear Dr. Rick Graves speak on the power of Digital Engineering and our Digital Hangar:
#AFResearchLab
#LabLife
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Ted Harmer is an Electronics Engineer who finds ways to improve
@usairforce
training programs! His area of expertise centers around medical readiness and personnel recovery.
#AFResearchLab
#LabLife
#Engineer
#STEM
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#AFRL
is working several efforts to support the total government response to COVID-19 in ensuring the availability of vital medical supplies through Title III of the Defense Production Act and more.
Learn more about Title 3 -
#AirForce
#COVID19USAF
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As the Hack-A-Sat event ramps up, we wanted to take a step back to outline the importance of
#cybersecurity
and what's being done to strengthen the field.
Check out the project at
@NAU
:
#AFResearchLab
#TechTuesday
#HackASat
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In 1969, Lee Curry Rock patented a pressure sealing closure for full pressure
#astronaut
suits. Her
#invention
solved sealing and flexibility problems associated with zippers.
#NationalInventorsDay
#WomeninScience
#IDWGS2018
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Hanging out with cool kids like
@HQ_AFMC
at
#NASASocial
. 📸👇
📸 Our
#NASASocial
group photo on L-1 (the day before launch) at
@NASAKennedy
! Tomorrow we’ll be counting down to the 11:30pm ET liftoff of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket.
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No, you're not looking through The Predator's helmet, this is a simulated residual stress field due to multi-shot laser peening! 💪
Photo Credits: Scientific Image by: Dr. Thomas "TJ" Spradlin, Aerospace Systems Directorate
Artistic Image by: Mikee Huber, AFRL HQ
#ArtofScience
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Looking to start off the New Year running? Well make sure to register for the
#AirForce
Marathon starting Jan. 1st!
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Much like last week, we have an interesting
#aircraft
for
#ThrowbackThursday
! Can anyone tell us what it is?
Ready, set, guess!
#AVGeeks
#AVHistory
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AFRL hosted
@usairforce
Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen Wilson and
#AirForce
Chief Scientist Dr. Richard Joseph today. At the Materials Lab, AFRL experts demonstrated the potentials of 3-D printing for the Air Force of the future!
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ANNOUNCED:
@SecAFOfficial
will be keynote speaker at today’s
#AF2030
forum at
@TAMU
. Stay tuned for 2:30pm CST Livestream.
#AirForce
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The X-20 Dyna-Soar was a project aimed at making a aeropsaceplane capable of bombing, reconnaissance craft and research vehicle! The project was cancelled in 1963 due to a multitude of factors though.
Let us know what you think!
#Aviation
#AVGeeks
#AFResearchLab
#SpaceSaturday
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Air Force Research Laboratory and U.S. Coast Guard
#Research
and Development Center ink historic partnership for
#unmanned
systems and more.
#AirForce
#CoastGuard
#technology
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The XQ-58A Valkyrie completed its first demonstrated launch of an ALTIUS-600-small, unmanned aircraft system from its internal weapons bay.
Read more on its sixth successful flight test here:
#AFResearchLab
#XQ58A
#UAV
#TechTuesday
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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a Superatom! AFRL is funding
#research
into these multifaceted molecules and how they can be used to create new
#materials
and better
#batteries
and
#semiconductors
@VCU
.
#atomic
#computing
#research
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The F-15 Eagle is a legendary all-weather tactical fighter that you can now make in the comfort of your home!
Check out the instructions on how to crafty your own
#paperairplane
F-15 with a fun lesson on the aerodynamics of your craft!
#AFResearchLab
#STEMHome
#STEMSaturday
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To celebrate the historic launch of Crew Dragon today, we took a look back on astronaut Bob Behnken's history with us!
He worked at
@TeamEglin
with our Munitions Directorate which was then the Armament Directorate of Wright Laboratory from '96-'97.
#LaunchAmerica
#SpaceSaturday
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"Until now, the United States Space Missions extended 22,000 miles above Earth. That was then, this is now."
The Cislunar Highway Patrol System
#CHPS
, is here to improve the
@SpaceForceDoD
's ability to track and identify artificial objects around the moon and beyond.
#AWS22
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When a product goes from lab to battlefield, you can expect some amazing capabilities. See what work we've done to assist war-fighters in the field and beyond.
#AFResearchLab
#STEM
#Research
#AFRL
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Do you see one or two planes? Look closely at this 1950's photo to see that the B-36 is actually carrying a B-58 to Wright-Patterson AFB for testing.
#ThrowbackThursday
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Explore our first "Countdown to 25" update by learning about the AFRL lead
@usairforce
S&T 2030 Strategy!
This initiative includes
#AirForce
Vanguards, WARTECH, Tech Connect and so much more aimed at investing in our future:
#AFResearchLab
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#AFRL25
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The throwdown starts at
@defcon
tomorrow! Keep your eyes peeled for looks into our Capture the Flag challenge where the nation’s most sophisticated
#hackers
will show their skills in a competition to win an internship with the
@usairforce
’s leading
#cyber
experts.
#DEFCON27
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