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Full biography. AFOSR distributes its basic research program investment through 1, grants at over leading academic institutions worldwide, industry-based contracts, and more than internal AFRL research efforts. With its staff of highly trained scientists and engineers, AFOSR manages the Air Force basic research program via three key partnerships. To view the latest list of events and register online, please click here. Skip to main content Press Enter.

Key Partnerships The University Connection: Academia provides much of the backbone for our nation's technological progress while performing the bulk of the basic research. In addition to providing a prolific source of new knowledge and ideas, university research offers an exceptional training ground for developing and mentoring future scientists and advancing our national defense and economic security.

Specifically, the STTR program is designed to provide incentive for small companies, academic institutions, and nonprofit research institutions including federally funded research and development centers to transfer technical ideas from the laboratory to the marketplace. In addition to its manufacturing technology programs and affordability initiatives, the directorate also provides material solutions to Air Force acquisition offices, field organizations and maintenance depots.

Munitions Directorate The Munitions Directorate rapidly develops and delivers war-winning munitions technologies to enable the multi-domain effects our Air and Space forces need to address the pacing threat. These technologies are allowing weapons to survive and thrive in highly-contested, multi-domain environments, making them more connected, more affordable, more capable and with greater load-out capacity. This gives our forces the ability to penetrate robust enemy lines, overwhelm and confuse defenses, access adversary operational domains, collect and share relevant data with friendly forces, dynamically respond to changes in the battlefield, and overpower surging forces.

Sensors Directorate The Sensors Directorate focuses on affordable sensor and countermeasure technologies for reconnaissance, surveillance, precision engagement and electronic warfare systems. The goal is to provide robust sensors and adaptive countermeasures that guarantee complete freedom of air, space and cyber operations for our forces, and deny these capabilities to our adversaries.

Core technology areas include radio frequency and electro-optical sensing, electromagnetic spectrum warfare, multi-domain sensing autonomy, resilient mission systems, and enabling devices and components.

Space Vehicles Directorate The Space Vehicles Directorate develops and transitions technologies for more effective and affordable space missions, thereby ensuring America's defensive advantage in space.

Primary mission thrusts include Space-Based Surveillance space-to-space and space-to-ground and Space Capability Protection protecting space assets from man-made and natural effects.

Primary focus areas include radiation-hardened electronics, space power, space structures and control, space-based sensing, environmental effects, autonomous maneuvering and satellite flight experiments.

The directorate organizes AFRL talent at the enterprise level to prioritize, demonstrate and transition capabilities for the future Air Force and Space Force. SDPE is charged with the design, build-out and execution of operational experimentation and prototype efforts that aim to understand the operational utility and competitive advantages they provide against China and other adversaries. AFOSR facilitates long-term, broad-based research programs with government agencies, industry partners and academic institutions.

Such teaming occurs across academia, industry, investment, interagency and international partners to expand technology, identify talent and transition dual-use capabilities. Space Force Guardians and expanding the industrial space by guiding additional partners, leveraging commercial investment and rapidly pursuing new technologies, while closely aligning its efforts with space operators and acquisition professionals within the U.

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