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AFRL

AFRL

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A US Air Force lab that studies and develops new aerospace technologies
  • proper noun
  • Jargon
translation icon : Laboratorio de Investigación de la Fuerza Aérea
  • Innovations from AFRL have significantly advanced the United States' defense capabilities.

Examples

  • AFRL has begun conducting solar cell integration work on the Puma and Wasp platforms.

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  • He has primary responsibility and technical authority for all research and development efforts in structures, system-level thermal management, and structural design methods for AFRL.

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  • Must be able to generate opportunities with DOD agencies (DARPA, AFRL, MARCORSYSCOM) for large scale.

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  • Materials issues have limited the performance of both batteries and solar cells, and recent advances in materials processing by AFRL's Space Vehicles Directorate and MicroLink Devices enabled the impressive gains demonstrated by RX on the solar-powered Raven.

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  • The scientists at AFRL are working on new technologies to improve aircraft performance.

  • The research conducted at AFRL focuses on the integration of advanced materials in military operations.

Synonyms

Air Force Research Laboratory
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A United States Air Force group that researches and develops new aircraft and space technology

is the acronym form used as the short official name

Surface Forms

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Morphology

AFRL = Air Force Research Laboratory (opaque) = A + F + R + L

AFRL is an initialism whose letters do not by themselves convey the meaning without knowledge of the expanded name.

Etymology

The word AFRL stands for 'Air Force Research Laboratory', which is the US Air Force lab that finds and tests new aerospace technology. Think of it like NASA, but for Air Force science, so AFRL means the military research lab that builds and improves aircraft and space systems.