New AFRL Complex on Eglin AFB. ๐Ÿ“ธ: Keith Lewis

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) opened the newest weapon in its testing arsenal at Eglin Air Force Base, the Advanced Munitions Technology Complex (AMTC).ย 

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The $165 Million investment in Eglin Air Force Base allows the Air Force to test munitions that kill or disable Americaโ€™s enemies on the battlefield in โ€œa modern, collaborative research space that allows scientists and engineers to experiment with new explosive materials and integrate them into complex munitions designs more efficiently,โ€ according to a release on the AFRLโ€™s website.

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The building will upgrade some of the facilities that the AFRL has used since the 1960s.ย 

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โ€œ[With this facility], researchers will now be able to conduct additional experiments,โ€ said Segrid Harris, Deputy Director of the Munitions Directorate, โ€œWeโ€™ll be able to enhance our science and our technology even further. Things that we did not have the capacity to do before we will have the capacity to do now.โ€

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Roughly 5,500 people in the Department of Defense collaborated to make this newest building happen at Eglin Air Force Base.ย ย 


The Air Force Research Laboratory employs more than 10,500 people across the United States

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