After brief overviews of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (RX), this presentation will describe the progress toward integration of AFRL programs across the various component directorates. The alphabet soup (FLTCs, Discovery, STTs, DCTs) used to describe relationships of programs with one another and to capabilities needed by the now and future Air Force will be decoded. Finally, the current focus areas, thrusts, and initiatives for the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate will be discussed in the context of the AFRL integration constructs.