A majority of the engineers, scientists and other expert government civilians working within the Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX -- the service's innovation arm -- have been furloughed due to the prolonged government shutdown, a spokesperson told Inside Defense. The lapse in appropriations has kept about 80% of the AFRL and AFWERX civilian workforce from returning to work, Air Force Materiel Command spokesperson Wendy Varhegyi said. “This impacts the basic and applied research portfolios across AFRL most directly,”...
