Aug. 10, 2021 AFRL designated as Quantum Information Science Research Center for Air, Space Force This designation, signed by then Acting Secretary of the Air Force John P. Roth in an April 23 memorandum, gives AFRL the authority to achieve faster military capability based on quantum information science.
Aug. 3, 2021 DOD Official Says U.S. Faces Climate Change Crisis Climate change affects our national security and the Defense Department needs to compete for the energy technologies that will define the future, a senior climate advisor to the secretary of defense said.
July 7, 2021 DOD aims for new enterprise-wide cloud by 2022 The Department of Defense announced it's going in a new direction for enterprise cloud services to provide capabilities to warfighters across the joint force.
June 30, 2021 App Aims to Match Reserve, Guard Talent With DOD Needs An app powered by artificial intelligence will be developed to identify talent in the Guard and reserve forces that could be used around the Defense Department.
June 29, 2021 NSA, Cybercom Leader Says Efforts Have Expanded Adversaries have heavily invested in cyberspace operations and capabilities. As such, cyber operations, cybersecurity and information operations are increasingly important to the joint force, said the commander of U.S. Cyber Command.
June 25, 2021 DOD Wants Partners to Up Their Cybersecurity Game, Official Says The Defense Department wants to help its partner contractors, large and small, become better at their own cybersecurity efforts, the deputy assistant of defense for cyber policy said.
May 11, 2021 Airmen Support Testing of AI, Robotic Dogs Two Hanscom Air Force Base teams are helping to build the "base of the future" by integrating a new force protection technology at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.
April 13, 2021 DOD Modernization Can't Happen Alone, Defense Official Says Technology development that's competitive with that of adversaries is something the Defense Department can't accomplish on its own.
March 20, 2021 AFRL researchers demonstrate record-breaking RF isolator performance in ultra-compact device As the USAF continues with the unrelenting pursuit of driving down the size, weight and power of radio frequency (RF) components, the inherent challenges in these types of technologies are compounded. The typical difficulties of making smaller mechanical and physical components, however, are dwarfed
Aug. 15, 2020 AFRL neurotechnology partnership aims to accelerate learning, pilot training The Individualized Neural Learning System, or iNeuraLS, is a new augmented learning platform that will enable rapid learning by closed-loop modulation of cognitive states during skill acquisition. Essentially, the AFRL team seeks to develop a capability that will give Airmen the ability to rapidly
May 29, 2020 Air Force scientists develop means for detecting early stages of lung problems caused by COVID-19 WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Air Force Research Laboratory scientists are working with University of Michigan and Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) researchers to build and test a revolutionary chemical sensing device that can detect acute respiratory disease
April 28, 2020 DOD plans for resumption of normal operations after pandemic Defense Department planners are working on how to resume normal military operations following the coronavirus pandemic, Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Rath Hoffman said.
March 26, 2020 200 new doctors, advanced-practice nurses to join military medical ranks early More than 200 military medical students and graduate nursing students will be graduating early to support their colleagues in the U.S. military health system amid the global coronavirus pandemic.