• USAFSAM teams with Innova Systems, Inc. for new color vision test

    For people with hereditary and acquired color vision deficiency--sometimes referred as color blindness--it can be challenging or even impossible to hold certain jobs in either the military or civilian sector. In many occupations, the ability to accurately see colors is critical to success. In some

  • Advanced Course in Engineering Cyber Security Boot Camp 2010

    Twenty-seven Air Force ROTC cadets from universities across the nation will constitute the 2010 Advanced Course in Engineering, or ACE, Cyber Security Boot Camp, a 10-week summer program at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate, Rome, NY, that aims at developing future cyber

  • Historic buildings get a much needed renovation

    "This building had a complete renovation," said John Hearn, construction representative for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Hearn was referring to building 12 in Area B, which was erected by the Quartermaster Corps U.S. Army in 1935. The building, with the most elaborate example of 1930's Art Deco

  • Air Force Scientists Test, Develop Bio Jet Fuels

    While the world searches for more efficient ways to fuel automobiles and create usable energy, Air Force scientists are looking for cleaner, more efficient ways to fuel the military's aircraft. On March 25, an A-10 Thunderbolt II flew solely on a blend of biomass-derived fuel and conventional JP-8

  • 711HPW guest speaker to explore physical-cognitive domain distinctions

    Dr. Adam H. Russell, program manager for the Tools for Recognizing Useful Signals of Trustworthiness, or TRUST, Program at the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, will present "Opening Descartes' Blackbox: Some Hints About What Human Performance Research Can Tell Us About Useful and

  • AFIT graduates Class of March 2010

    Two hundred five scientists, engineers, and management specialists are now the recipients of graduate and doctoral degrees from the Air Force Institute of Technology. AFIT's Graduate School of Engineering and Management held its March 2010 graduation ceremony Thursday at the National Museum of the

  • BEYA Honoree Blazes Trails for Others (Diversity)

    Mr. Ed Lee, Air Force Research Laboratory Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions program manager, recently received a Trailblazer Award at the 23rd Annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Global Competitiveness

  • Joint Service/Industry Alliance Jams on JAMMA

    An Air Force Research Laboratory/Army/industry effort successfully addressed unique Air Force Special Operations Forces requirements by overseeing the TAC-V company's development of JAMMA, a Joint All-Terrain Modular Mobility Asset that reigns as the world's only armor-ready, four-passenger, hybrid,

  • ManTech/SBIR Effort Drills Into Time and Cost of JSF Production

    Thanks to Air Force Research Laboratory's Manufacturing Technology and Small Business Innovation Research--enabled results, technology supporting affordable, high-rate, and ergonomically sound production practices is transitioning to the Joint Strike Fighter program. The new technology comprises