• Dayton group celebrates 100 years of military flight at Fort Sam Houston

    Servicemembers and civilians remembered 100 years of military flight during the Foulois Centennial Military Flight Celebration here, March 2. The celebration honored Maj. Gen. Benjamin Foulois, a Signal Corps pilot who flew the "Wright "B" Flyer" aircraft. In his honor, a demonstration of two Wright

  • Exploring the Boundaries of Turbulence Earns Honors for Caltech Researcher

    A turbulent work environment is no obstacle for Dr. Beverley J. McKeon, an Air Force Research Laboratory-funded researcher at the California Institute of Technology. In fact, her research focus, an area of great interest to the Air Force, depends on it. Dr. McKeon explores the physics of turbulence,

  • USAFSAM Rising to Challenges of Upcoming BRAC Move

    As anyone who's ever relocated knows, moving involves a lot of planning and hard work! With its BRAC-initiated move to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio beginning later this year, the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks City-Base continues to address a range of

  • AFRL Sensors Directorate holds annual awards luncheon

    Dr. Candace Lynch, a research scientist with the Air Force Research Laboratory, Sensors Directorate, Electromagnetics Technology Division, received the Dr. Samuel M. Burka Scientific Achievement Award at the Sensors Directorate Annual Awards Banquet held January 21st at the Wright-Patt Club.The

  • ASC's Career Fair a success

    Six months ago, 5,000 job seekers filled the Wright State Nutter Center vying for some 50-60 jobs at the Aeronautical Systems Center Career Fair. Since that time over 160 people have been employed and have a home at Wright-Patt."This has been great for both ASC and the people we've hired," said

  • Air Force Eyes Mini-Thrusters for Use in Satellite Propulsion

    Mini- thrusters or miniature, electric propulsion systems are being developed, which could make it easier for the Air Force's small satellites, including the latest CubeSats, to perform space maneuvers and undertake formidable tasks like searching for planets beyond our solar system.With Air Force

  • Research Continues on Secure, Mobile, Quantum Communications

    Air Force Research Laboratory's Dr. David H. Hughes leads a lab-funded research team in the investigation of long-distance, mobile optical links imperative for secure in-theater quantum communications. The Rome, New York-based team is conducting high-data-rate experimentation using an optical laser

  • Advanced Propulsion Technology to Benefit Nanosatellites

    Lab-sponsored University of Michigan Professor Alec D. Gallimore is developing the NanoFET, a novel electric rocket thruster that enables spacecraft to travel faster and with less propellant than previous technology allowed. The half-inch thruster uses nanoparticle electric propulsion, a technology

  • Unique New MAV Operates With High Aerodynamic Efficiency

    Joint funding by Air Force Research Laboratory's European Office of Aerospace Research and Development and the French Department of Defense facilitated a French researcher's design of a new micro air vehicle concept capable of high aerodynamic efficiency even in adverse conditions. Dr. Jean Marc

  • Algebraic Algorithms Dramatically Enhance Surveillance Imagery

    Technology developed through Air Force Research Laboratory funding of two innovative mathematicians, Dr. Myoung An and Dr. Richard Tolimieri, is expected to advance object and target detection for the Air Force. The pair's work is founded in their remarkably insightful use of sophisticated algebraic