• Air Force takes step toward cleaner fuel, energy independence

    Air Force officials, embracing the national priorities of cleaner fuel and energy independence, took a step toward a greener, energy independent future when an A-10C Thunderbolt II here took to the air March 25 fueled with a blend of Hydrotreated Renewable Jet, or HRJ, and JP-8.This first-ever

  • AFRL Commander's Challenge 2009

    The Air Force Research Laboratory Commander's Challenge 2009 concluded with the announcement that Team Wright-Patterson had won the year's event, which hinged on developing a system to monitor mountain passes--the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan, for example--for insurgent activity.

  • "RADICAL" Improvements to IED Detection

    The urgency of improvised explosive device threat mitigation for deployed troops warrants an immediate and sweeping response, and an AFRL/Electronic Systems Center program aptly hailed as RADICAL delivers just that. The chief goal of RADICAL--referenced more formally as the Remote-Controlled

  • 3DAI Foils Costly Engine Inspection

    Seeking a more expedient approach to engine airfoil inspection, an Integrated Project Team established an alternate methodology expected to cut substantial time (and consequently, cost) over current techniques, which are too slow for full-rate/surge production or efficient maintenance operations.

  • Facility to Enhance Alternative Fuels Research

    With a ground-breaking ceremony here the Air Force ushered in a new capability for researching secure, eco-friendly, and renewable fuels. The symbolic excavation marks the start of a significant construction effort that will ultimately yield the Air Force Research Laboratory Assured Aerospace Fuels

  • SBIR Directs Energy Towards Laser-Based Target ID

    Air Force Research Laboratory-sponsored Small Business Innovation Research dedicated to improving target identification technology precipitated development of an Optical Target Identification System of benefit to directed energy weapons advancement, such as that facilitated by the Airborne Laser and

  • "AIMing" to Improve ISR Data Availability

    With successful testing of Air Force Research Laboratory's Advanced Information Management System comes a powerful new capability for high-speed recording, cataloguing, and brokering--and near-real-time dissemination--of critical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance information for

  • Geolocation Goes Underground With Latest Advance

    Location-finding technology has descended to a new level of low--beneath the earth's surface, that is. Air Force Research Laboratory sensors scientists participated in successful demonstration testing of subsurface navigation technology, which provides navigational solutions for scenarios involving

  • FalconSAT-5 Tests a Win-Win for AFRL/Academy Interests

    United States Air Force Academy cadets assisted the Air Force Research Laboratory workforce at Edwards Air Force Base, California, in conducting recent FalconSAT-5 operational testing. Historically, the collaboration between the two organizations has proven mutually beneficial, and this recent

  • New Ways of Measuring Catastrophic Risks May Enhance Air Force Efforts

    Noted Air Force Office of Scientific Research-funded researcher, Dr. Graciela Chichilnisky is pioneering a new approach for measuring, anticipating and managing catastrophic risks, sometimes called "Black Swans" or natural catastrophes like hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis and floods that may