 
AFRL’s VADER, one of two thermal management experiments to fly on Endeavor. (AFRL Image)
AFRL’s VADER (Variable emissivity device Aerogel insulation blanket, Dual zone thermal control, Experiment suite for Responsive space), one of two thermal management experiments to more efficiently control and manage heat transfer. VADER and MHTEX (Massive Heat Transfer Experiment) were included in this year’s Endeavor shuttle flight. (AFRL Image)
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Posted: 11/22/2011
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TacSat-3 (Air Force Image)
TacSat-3 recently celebrated its two-year anniversary on-orbit, surpassing original mission requirements. (Air Force Image)
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Posted: 11/22/2011
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Diagram showing demonstration of excitation of a local beacon in air. (Passat Inc. Image)
Diagram showing demonstration of excitation of a local beacon in air, via backward stimulated scattring which are realized in beam cleanup geometry in the form of coherent spherical waves. (Passat Inc. Image)
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Posted: 11/21/2011
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MATRIX team members at the controls (AFRL Image)
Members of the Mobile Active Targeting Resource for Integrated eXperiment (MATRIX) team at the controls. (AFRL Image)
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Posted: 11/21/2011
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TRMS weapons concept (AFRL Image)
Tactical Relay Mirror System (TRMS) weapons concept accomplished for MATRIX, which provides the ability to track, acquire, illuminate, and lock on to targets using game-changing laser technology to negate unwanted threats. (AFRL Image)
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Posted: 11/21/2011
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TRMS testing (AFRL Image)
Tactical Relay Mirror System (TRMS) testing: TRMS can see and engage targets over the horizon or around urban structures in tactical environment. (AFRL Image)
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Posted: 11/21/2011
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Solar cell optimized for use on Earth. (AFRL Image)
United Solar Ovonic’s existing terrestrial solar cell product, optimized for use on Earth and deposited on a heavy 5 mil stainless steel substrate. (AFRL Image)
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Posted: 11/17/2011
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The component, called Static Random-Access Memory, or SRAM, allows the Department of Defense to address “big space” satellite needs to support warfighter and customer needs.
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s investment in radiation-hardened components pans out with Texas Instruments’ newest release – a commercially available 16 Mb radiation-hardened memory component.
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Posted: 11/17/2011
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Power tails
Larry Polen and Brian Crabtree from 88th Civil Engineer Division electric shop relocate power tails during power outage to replace aging equipment.
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Posted: 11/17/2011
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The P-34 Rapid Intervention Vehicle will be the first major acquisition of a firefighting vehicle in the Air Force fleet to use new ultra-high pressure firefighting technology. (Courtesy graphic/Pierce Manufacturing)
The P-34 Rapid Intervention Vehicle will be the first firefighting vehicle in the Air Force fleet to use new ultra-high pressure firefighting technology, which is three times more effective than conventional methods. (Courtesy graphic/Pierce Manufacturing)
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Posted: 11/17/2011
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The newly developed Precision Lethality MK82 , a Quick Reaction Capability acquisition program. (AFRL Image)
The newly developed Precision Lethality MK82 , designed to minimize fragmentation, decreasing damage and injury to nearby structures and personnel. (AFRL Image)
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Posted: 11/17/2011
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AFOSR Celebrates 60th Anniversary with Invited Speaker Sir John Pendry
AFOSR-funded researcher, Sir John Pendry spoke to a crowd of over 200 at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s (AFIT) Kenney Hall Auditorium Monday as part of AFIT’s regular speaker series and in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
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Posted: 11/16/2011
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October 2011 marks the eighth anniversary of the Coriolis satellite that carries the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Solar Mass Ejection Imager, or SMEI.
October 2011 marks the eighth anniversary of the Coriolis satellite that carries the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Solar Mass Ejection Imager, or SMEI.
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Posted: 11/16/2011
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The Improved Solar Optical Observing Network (ISOON) contract for construction at Kirtland Air Force Base was awarded to GranCor Construction on July 1, 2011.
Construction is expected to be completed in early 2012. Following building construction, the ISOON telescope will be relocated from the National Solar Observatory, Sunspot, New Mexico, to Kirtland AFB.
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Posted: 11/15/2011
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SCINDA is currently a prototype system and is fielded at stations in South America
SCINDA provides the warfighter with an efficient, graphical interface needed to evaluate the effects of local ionospheric scintillation on critical military space communication and navigation links.
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Posted: 11/15/2011
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An Airman practices donning and doffing procedures with the new Joint Firefighter's Integrated Response Ensemble suit at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. (Air Force Image)
Staff Sgt. Timothy Cruz practices donning and doffing procedures with the new Joint Firefighter's Integrated Response Ensemble at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. Airmen participated in a final field evaluation of the suit testing the time to put on the JFIRE suits versus the previous version. Cruz is a firefighter assigned to the 8th Civil Engineer Squadron. (Air Force Image)
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Posted: 11/15/2011
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AFRL’s Genomics/OmniGenomics Group (USAF Image)
AFRL’s Genomics/OmniGenomics Group from the 711th Human Performance Wing (from left): Amy Walters, Dr. Camilla Mauzy, Dr. Victor Chan, Armando Soto, Tiffany Hill, Jeanette Frey and Jessica Wagner. (USAF Image)
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Posted: 11/15/2011
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Jeremy Banik, program manager and co-inventor of the TRAC boom, with a TRAC mast. (AFRL Image)
Jeremy Banik, program manager and co-inventor of the TRAC boom, with the slender, 13-foot TRAC mast, fabricated at Kirtland Air Force Base. (AFRL Image)
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Posted: 11/15/2011
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Point Source Image through Turbulence (GA Tyler Associates Image)
Point Source Image through Turbulence (GA Tyler Associates Image)
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Posted: 11/15/2011
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Pupil Plane Depiction of Phase Distortion and Scintillation of a Point Source Propagating through Turbulence (GA Tyler Associates Image)
Pupil Plane Depiction of Phase Distortion and Scintillation of a Point Source Propagating through Turbulence (GA Tyler Associates Image)
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Posted: 11/15/2011
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ESG Dialog with Industry picture
Mr. Tad Clark, Civil Engineering Commodity Council Lead, spoke to the Dialogue with Industry participants about the recent taxiway lighting project.
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Posted: 11/15/2011
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Chamber activities at USAF School of Medicine, where LASIK surgery is evaluated. (USAF Image)
Chamber activities at USAF School of Medicine, studying the effect of LASIK surgery at higher altitudes. LASIK has been approved for Air Force aircrews since 2007. (USAF Image)
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Posted: 11/14/2011
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Simulation of Cultural Identities for Prediction of Reactions. (Aptima Inc. Image)
Simulation of Cultural Identities for Prediction of Reactions (SCIPR), developed by Aptima Inc. (Aptima Inc. Image)
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Posted: 11/14/2011
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Dr. Mark Draper, selected as one of AFRL’s 2011 Fellows. (AFRL Image)
Dr. Mark Draper, selected as one of AFRL’s 2011 Fellows. (AFRL Image)
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Posted: 11/14/2011
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