AFRL receives $4M grant to build Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Research Center

Published on April 5, 2024



WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate was recently awarded a $4 million Office of Secretary of Defense, or OSD, Centralized Laboratory Investment Program, or CLIP, award to build the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Research Center Capability Project, or AIMR-2C. This is the first CLIP award given at AFRL.

The AIMR-2C will be a 6,000 –square-foot lab space dedicated to interactive data visualization. The building will be built as an addition adjacent to the main entrance of building 653 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Building 653 is home to the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate’s headquarters.

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