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  • Readiness through research

    The Department of the Air Force’s scientific research organization, commonly referred to as AFRL, conducts cutting-edge studies and experiments in a variety of areas to include aerospace technology and science. Ultimately, the work they do is in support of total-force Airmen and Guardians worldwide.

  • At Altitude: AF Chief Scientist Victoria Coleman

    Dr. Victoria Coleman is the Air Force chief scientist and is responsible for providing the Secretary of the Air Force, Air Force Chief of staff and Chief of Space Operations with assessments on a wide range of scientific and technical issues impacting the mission.

  • Experimental mechanical engineering

    Capt. Kavi Muraleetharan is a mechanical and aerospace developmental engineer at AFRL and was the recipient of an Edison Grant, which has funded his research in developing detonation engines.

  • FYSA: Bridging the Science Gap

    For your situational awareness, science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills are critical to the Department of the Air Force’s need to accelerate change. Having a diverse set of voices working on solutions is also critical.

  • STEM Initiatives

    The Department of the Air Force’s need to accelerate technological development has been getting a great deal of attention, with leadership putting renewed focus on modernizing the Air and Space Forces.

  • Grant program promotes innovator culture for DAF scientists

    After a run of unsuccessful experiments, inventor Thomas Edison famously declared that he’d found hundreds of ways to not make a light bulb. An Air Force grant named after Edison and his fail-forward mindset allows Department of the Air Force scientists and engineers to design and execute their own

  
 
 

 

 

 

 
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