Wright Laboratory

This article is about the former US Air Force research laboratory. For the Yale University facility, see Yale Wright Laboratory.

Wright Laboratory was a research and development organization operated by the United States Air Force Materiel Command on Wright-Patterson AFB starting in 1990. The Laboratory was eventually merged into the Air Force Research Laboratory in 1997.

Wright Laboratory
Emblem of the Wright Laboratory
Active	1990–October 1997
Country	United States
Branch	Air Force
Role	Research and development
Part of	Air Force Systems Command (1990-1992) Air Force Materiel Command (1992-1997)
Garrison/HQ	Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

The Laboratory was named after the Wright brothers, American pioneers of aviation and the namesake of Wright-Patterson AFB.

Air Force Laboratories Before and After Merger^[1]

Pre-Merger	Post-Merger
Avionics Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH	Wright Laboratory Wright-Patterson AFB
Electronics Technology Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Material Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Aero Propulsion and Power Laboratory Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Armament Laboratory, Eglin AFB, FL