16 Jan 2018

AFRL and small business develop game-based, virtual fighter aircraft maintenance training

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - A Massachusetts-based company is building a virtual aircraft maintenance trainer for the Air Force that would allow for larger class sizes and troubleshooting scenarios that are difficult to present in a traditional live setting.Also known as MAGPIE – which stands for Maintenance Training Based on an Adaptive

13 Nov 2017

Air Force expands key resource for small businesses to mature technology

An increasingly popular Air Force event is expanding to provide small companies with even more opportunities to refine their technology.The annual Operation Tech Warrior exercise – conducted by the Air Force Research Laboratory and sponsored by the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer Program – is now part

4 Oct 2017

Tech Warrior participants walk in the shoes of battlefield Airmen

FAIRBORN, Ohio – Whoever owns the technological advantage when it comes to warfighting likely controls the battlespace of today. Scientists and engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory, as well as acquisition personnel from throughout Air Force Materiel Command work hard to ensure that Airmen never enter a battle without that

3 Oct 2017

Event provides opportunity for Air Force SBIR/STTR companies, other small businesses, to refine technology

FAIRBORN, Ohio – On a blazing hot afternoon, Air Force pararescue specialists are called to the scene of an attack. They arrive to find two people down, burned and bleeding. One is pinned under a rock and neither is responsive.Also known as PJs, the highly-trained combat rescue medics work methodically to save the pair. The rescue mission itself

29 Aug 2017

New technology shows promise for ground ops to sidestep GPS jamming threats

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Ground forces may soon be getting a new tool to find their way around hostile territory. With support from the Air Force SBIR/STTR Program, Virginia-based Echo Ridge LLC is developing a process to overcome GPS-contested environments by using radio frequency signals as a source of positioning information. The

16 Jun 2017

AF SBIR/STTR program solves problems for major commands, strengthens economy through small business growth

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – On the ABC television show, Shark Tank, prospective entrepreneurs receive a chance to turn dreams of a successful business into reality. Contestants present their ideas to investors – who achieved their own business success – in hopes of financial support.In a way, the Air Force Small Business Innovation

14 Jun 2017

Out of the lab and into the front office: Researchers boosting Air Force technology commercialization through new path to business ownership

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – For nearly two decades, Joe Diemunsch played a key role on teams developing the Air Force’s combat identification capabilities. Creating better sensors for pilots to automatically confirm their targets much sooner than could be done with the naked eye, provided a satisfaction the computer engineer thought he

23 May 2017

Air Force and Michigan State University research results in programmable MEMS developments

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Under a Collaborative Research and Development Agreement, a team of scientists from the Air Force and Michigan State University produced first generation smart-material based micro-electrical mechanical mirror devices (MEMS).The Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate, Integrated Circuits and

11 May 2017

AF Technology Transfer Program office links technology with the mission and marketplace

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Technology Transfer program has been hard at work in its efforts to share Air Force science and technology with academia, industry and state governments.Headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the program utilizes technology transfer agreements to accelerate the development of products

24 Mar 2017

Small Business Innovation Research project results in robotic technology for F-22 intake coating restoration process

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Robotic technology developed through the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research program will soon make the process of restoring specialized coatings on F-22 Raptor engine inlets more efficient for aircraft maintenance personnel during depot maintenance at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex, located at Hill