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Jun- 2024 -

5 June

Americas

Joe Saballa

Leidos Announces Key Milestone for America’s ‘Mayhem’ Hypersonic Missile

Leidos has announced two critical milestones for the US Air Force’s “Mayhem” hypersonic air-breathing missile program.

3 June

Americas

Joe Saballa

US Air Force Wants New, Advanced Sensors for All-Weather ISR Missions

The US Air Force Research Laboratory has asked industry partners to develop new, advanced sensors that can support all-weather intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions.

Apr- 2024 -

23 April

Air

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Rocket Propulsion Division, recently designed, printed, built and hot fired a first-ever, single-block rocket-engine thrust chamber additively manufactured using a process called laser powder directed energy deposition, or DED. DED is an additive manufacturing process in which the device injects metal powder into focused beams of high-power laser in highly controlled atmospheric conditions. The Hotfire of the thrust chamber is shown in the Experimental Cell 1 (EC-1) at the AFRL Rocket Lab. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Rojoef Manuel

AFRL Develops First 3D-Printed Rocket Engine Thrust Chamber

The US Air Force Research Laboratory has produced its first additive-manufactured rocket engine thrust chamber.

18 April

Technology

Rojoef Manuel

US Air Force Flight-Tests Physiological Monitoring System for Pilots

The US Air Force has completed flight tests of a physiological monitoring system for pilots in California and Nevada.

8 April

Technology

This rendering shows the location of the new AIMR-2C, or Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Research Center Capability Project, adjacent to the main entrance of building 653 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. The AIMR-2C will be a 6,000-square-foot lab space dedicated to interactive data visualization which was made possible by a $4 million Office of Secretary of Defense Centralized Laboratory Investment Program award. (U.S. Air Force illustration)

Rojoef Manuel

AFRL to Construct AI, Machine Learning Research Facility in Ohio

The US has invested $4 million to establish Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Center in Ohio for the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Mar- 2024 -

1 March

Air

AFRL’s XQ-67A Off Board Sensing Station, or OBSS, designed and built by General Atomics, took its maiden flight Feb. 28 from Gray Butte Field Airport, Palmdale, California. XQ-67A completed several test points and safely recovered on the first of a series of flight tests. The XQ-67A is the first of a second generation of autonomous collaborative platforms, or ACP.(Courtesy photo.)

Rojoef Manuel

US Air Force Completes Maiden Flight of XQ-67A Sensing Drone

The US Air Force has conducted the first flight of the XQ-67A off-board sensing drone in Palmdale, California.

Feb- 2024 -

14 February

Air

Rojoef Manuel

US Air Force Receives Three Autonomous Electric Cargo Aircraft

Aerospace company Pyka has delivered its first three Pelican large-scale autonomous electric cargo aircraft to the US Air Force.

Jan- 2024 -

30 January

Arms

CHIMERA successfully completed a three-week field test in New Mexico, showcasing the system’s ability to defeat airborne threats at the speed of light. (Photo courtesy of AFRL)

Rojoef Manuel

Raytheon, AFRL Complete Field Test of CHIMERA Air Base Defense System

Raytheon and the AFRL have concluded a three-week test of the Counter-Electronic High-Power Microwave Extended-Range Air Base Defense weapon.

25 January

Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion

A Man Transportable Robotics system is used to assess an improvised rocket during Exercise GOLDEN CRAB on Beale Air Force Base, California, Sept. 20, 2023. An explosive ordnance disposal team was sent out to respond to a long range threat and used the robotics system to assess the situation from a safe distance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexis Pentzer)

Rojoef Manuel

US Air Force to Equip Anti-Explosive Robots With Infrared Sensors

The US Air Force is developing an infrared sensing prototype to enhance its robotic counter-improvised explosive device systems.

11 January

Arms

The GhostEye® MR, pictured here during an extended exercise at White Sands Missile Range, is an advanced medium-range sensor for the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS).

Rojoef Manuel

AFRL, Raytheon Test New Sensor for NASAMS Missile System

The US Air Force and Raytheon have demonstrated a new sensor for the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System in New Mexico.

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