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AFOSR #QuantumTech research is delivering faster data analysis, improved sensors & stronger materials to warfighters today & fault tolerant quantum computers in the future! today.uconn.edu/2025/05/poweri… rigetti + UConn Iowa State University RMIT University & Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory #PartnerWithAFRL #FutureFaster
.Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) physicists snap images of “free-range” atoms for the first time using collision microscopy: news.mit.edu/2025/mit-physi… This breakthrough could lead to advanced sensors, unbreakable communications, next-level threat detection, and protective materials. #PartnerWithAFRL
📡 From theory to telecoms—and beyond. AFOSR backed Professor Herbert Kroemer’s semiconductors work in '95. Just 5 years later, he earned the The Nobel Prize. His heterostructure lasers power today’s high-speed comms. #PartnerWithAFRL #AFOSR #BasicResearch #FutureFaster
.Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) physicists snap images of “free-range” atoms for the first time using collision microscopy: news.mit.edu/2025/mit-physi… This breakthrough could lead to advanced sensors, unbreakable communications, next-level threat detection, and protective materials. #PartnerWithAFRL
Had the privilege of visiting 500+ Guardian acquirers at Space Systems Command recently. Their work is driving the cutting edge of Joint Force lethality. Hear more on the latest Acquiring Minds episode.
Prof. Qian Chen University of Illinois & Prof. Ying Li UW–Madison are unlocking the power of nanoscale "empty space" within filtration membranes to create more effective filtration solutions for any mission. news.illinois.edu/nothing-is-eve… #PartnerWithAFRL #BasicResearch #WarfighterReadiness
📸The U.S. Air Force in photos! This week's photos feature #Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. #OneAFMC 👀See more: af.mil/News/Article-D…
Ready to push the boundaries of Atomic & Molecular Physics? ⚛️ AFOSR is funding research in ultracold atoms, quantum gases, & precision measurement to advance U.S. Air Force and United States Space Force capabilities. BAA: grants.gov/search-results… #PartnerWithAFRL #BasicResearch #FutureFaster
📸The U.S. Air Force in photos! This week's photos feature #Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. #OneAFMC 👀See more: af.mil/News/Article-D…
Guardians & mission partners at Vandenberg Space Force Base are leading the first study of ascent sonic booms. With data from 11 launches & 25+ sensors, we are working to better understand and reduce launch noise impact. 🔗 dvidshub.net/r/hlhopd
Magnetism breakthrough at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)! 🧲 AFOSR-funded researchers demonstrate new form of magnetism, potentially revolutionizing spintronic memory. Faster, denser, & less power-hungry devices could be on the horizon. news.mit.edu/2025/physicist… #PartnerWithAFRL #Spintronics #FutureFaster
DYK… The initial flight of the Joint Strike Fighter in Dec. 2006 came after eight years of development and over 10,000 hours of wind tunnel testing on the F-35 and engine testing on Pratt & Whitney's F135-PW-100 and the F136 engines at AEDC. U.S. Air Force Materiel Command ✈️ Air Force Test Center U.S. Air Force
🔥❄️⛈️A T-7A Red Hawk, the U.S. Air Force’s new trainer aircraft, completed a second round of extreme weather inside the 96th Test Wing’s McKinley Climatic Lab! #OneAFMC Eglin Air Force Base #readiness #training Learn more: afmc.af.mil/News/Article-D…
