• 2020 CNS/ATM Working Group update

    Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Communications, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management Center of Excellence has canceled its in-person 2020 CNS/ATM Working Group.

  • Air Force partners with NIAR to create B-1B "digital twin"

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – A new research effort will create a virtual B-1B that could help the Air Force predict the future of these supersonic bombers.    The AFLCMC B-1 Division is sponsoring a research project with Wichita State University’s National Institute of Aviation Research

  • AFLCMC led team delivers isolation container prototype for testing

    JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. (AFLCMC) – The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s, Air Force CBRN Defense Systems Branch (AFLCMC/WNU) partnered with the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (JPEO CBRND), along with many other organizations

  • Secretary Barrett views AFMC missions in action during COVID-19

    Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett paid a surprise visit to Air Force Materiel Command Airmen executing critical mission activities at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, April 21. The visit provided an opportunity to highlight the countless ways AFMC Airmen are supporting the

  • AFLCMC led team conducts airflow test on C-17

    JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. – Members of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s C-17 Program Office located here, collaborated with a team from the 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES), as well as the 437th Airlift Wing, to conduct several interior airflow tests on a C-17 aircraft at Joint

  • AFMC mission operational under ‘new norm’

    With a focus on high priority, critical operational needs and ensuring the health and safety of Airmen, the Air Force Materiel Command continues to maintain support to the Air Force across all mission areas in the face of COVID-19.

  • AFLCMC team leads maintenance activities on VC-25A

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. (AFLCMC) – The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Presidential and Executive Airlift Directorate recently led a joint Air Force-Boeing team that completed maintenance on a VC-25A (tail number 29000) well ahead of schedule.Commonly known as Air Force One, the VC-25A

  • Agility Prime to hold Virtual Launch Event

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – Amid the challenges of COVID-19, the Air Force remains committed to supporting the innovation ecosystem. On the week of 27 April, Dr. Will Roper, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics, will officially launch Agility Prime,

  • DOD OTA agreement leveraged by interagency for COVID-19 rapid response

    ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, EDGEWOOD AREA, MD. – A Department of Defense (DOD) team led by the U.S. Air Force Agile Combat Support Directorate (PEO ACS) leveraged an existing Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement within the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Consortium to award a