Multiobjective Optimization Better Propulsion Design

View of the finite element mesh with triangular elements grid created via unstructured Delaunay triangulation mesh (AFRL image)

591st Supply Chain Management Group crest

Crest for the 591st Supply Chain Management Group at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The 591st SCMG reports to the Air Force Global Logistics Support Center at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. (U.S. Air Force graphic)

Self-Healing Circuits Boost Performance, Cut Costs

As part of supporting a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency effort to create self-healing integrated circuitry, AFRL sensors scientists oversaw development of a wideband, 6-18 GHz receiver-on-a-chip with baseband outputs, the architecture of which is illustrated. (Air Force image)

IDEV Promotes Design Effectiveness, Real-Time Collaboration

Artist's concept of the Improved Design Effectiveness Through Next-Generation Visualization collaborative environment. (AFRL image)

New Simulation Software Lights the Way to Better Antilaser Eyewear

AFRL deployed OptisWorks commercial software to aid engineers in better gauging laser eye protection designs for possible military use. The technology enables accurate simulations of light and color as perceived by pilots. Pictured are the results of a geometric coverage simulation, wherein reverse ray tracing techniques reveal possible laser entry paths. (Air Force image)

Much-Needed HPM Sources the Pulse of Directed Energy Research

Under contract to AFRL, Farr Research, Inc., developed a microwave pulse compressor, which concentrates and amplifies the power of a microwave pulse by reducing its duration. Pictured is the MPC layout, including its source (magnetron), adjustable cavity, switch, and exit port. (Image provided by Everett G. Farr, Farr Research, Inc.)

Tip-to-Tail M&S ReINVENTs the Future of Aircraft Energy Optimization

Tip-to-tail thermal modeling and simulation demonstrates how integrated systems affect each other's individual performance. (AFRL image)

ManTech Leads DMS&T Pursuit of Better Cost Modeling Method

AFRL engineers led the development of Cost Modeling for Enterprise Transformation (COMET) software (pictured), which blends computer modeling and manufacturing data to generate accurate cost estimates for program work. Experts anticipate that COMET will cut program expenses and technology delays associated with costing errors. (AFRL image)

Aerospace Parts Machining Gains an "AdvantEdge"

Carbide drilling analysis simulated to aid user understanding of cutting edge temperatures and stresses as indications of tool wear (AFRL image)

High-Strength, Conductive Adhesives a Sticky Proposition

AFRL Small Business Innovation Research contractor Luna Innovations developed novel aerospace adhesives technology in the form of these epoxy curing agent and conductive structural epoxy products. (AFRL image)

Chat Extractor 'ICEs' the Competition

Headquarters Air Force demand prompted the Air Force Research Laboratory to create ICE, an Internet Relay Chat Coordinate Extractor, that collects geospatial coordinates entered in online chat rooms and plots the locations in FalconView for mapping purposes. (Air Force image)

ManTech Outcome Vastly Improves Composite Material Durability

This illustration depicts the process needed for successfully transitioning a given material, in this case AFRL's novel erosion protection film technology. (AFRL image)