USAFSAM's DIMO presents regional trauma and disaster response training

Lt. Colonel W. Tracy Jones (left) is shown with Tajikistan Minister of Health Nusratullo Salimov following a regional trauma and disaster response training event held in Tajikistan for 26 senior-level physicians representing Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan. (Air Force photo)

USAFSAM's Defense Institute for Medical Operations trains Tajikistan physicians

Defense Institute for Medical Operations members who participated in a training mission for physicians in the Central Asian country of Tajikistan included (from left): Lt. Col. Barry Thomas, Captain Heather Hancock, Mr. Nusratullo Salimov, Tajikistan Minister of Health; Captain Francis Obuseh, and Lt. Col. W. Tracey Jones. (Air Force photo)

Super-fast Computing

Air Force Office of Scientific Research-supported physicists at the University of Michigan are developing innovative components for quantum, or super-fast, computers that will improve security for data storage and transmission on Air Force systems. (Bo Sun, artist, Applied Physics doctoral student, University of Michigan)

711th Human Performance Wing program wins regional technology transfer award

Kristen Schario (left), regional coordinator for the Federal Laboratory Consortium Midwest Region, presented an FLC Midwest Region Excellence in Technology Transfer Award for AFRL’s Live-Virtual-Constructive technology to (from second-left) Kristen Barrera, LVC program manager; and AFRL collaborators Brian Schreiber of LUMIR Research, Inc. and Rod Powers from Cubic Applications, Inc. (Photo by Amanda Snyder, FLC)

Tracking space clutter

The sodium guidestar provides real-time, high-fidelity tracking and imaging of satellites too faint for conventional optical systems. Scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Starfire Optical Range at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., use this break-through technology to provide valuable space situational awareness capability. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Shiva Star

Research into the military applications of high-energy pulsed power systems is conducted in the 34,261-square-foot Air Force Research Laboratory?s Directed Energy Directorate, High Power Systems Facility. The facility houses Shiva Star, the Air Force?s largest pulsed-power system. Shiva Star stores nearly 10 million joules of energy (equal to 5 pounds of TNT). It produces a pulse of 120,000 volts and 10 million amps in one-millionth of a second to produce a power flow equivalent to a terawatt. Shiva Star has evolved from a 1 megajoule system in 1975, a 2 megajoule system in 1979, to its final form as a 10 megajoule system in 1982. Shiva Star has been used over the years for many different types of experiments such as pulse compression to increase energy in the pulse, plasma liner implosion for production of x-rays, solid liner implosions to compress matter to high density and pressure, compact toroids for generating high-energy plasmas, and simulation of explosive pulsed-power generators. U.S. Air Force photo

Supercomputer supports Gotcha radar

Dr. Michael Minardi uses a touch screen August 31 to demonstrate synthetic aperture radar imagery captured during a previous test of the Gotcha radar system over Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Air Force Research Laboratory is developing Gotcha with the aid of an SGI Altix ICE 8200 supercomputer which will translate raw radar data in real-time into high-resolution 3-dimensional images. Gotcha is one of portfolio of research efforts to provide enhanced intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities to future joint warfighters. Dr. Minardi is Gotcha program manager with AFRL’s Sensors Directorate. (U.S. Air Force photo/Charles Abruzzino)

AFOSR and NASA launch rocket environmentally friendly fueled rocket

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research and NASA launched the first-ever test rocket fueled by environmentally-friendly Aluminum-Ice Propellant August 7 near Purdue University. The ALICE flight-vehicle accelerated to a speed of 205 mph and reached an altitude of nearly 1300 feet. (Credit: Dr. Steven F. Son, Purdue University)

711 HPW gear goes downrange for assessment

Master Sergeant Robert W. Bean, outfitted with more than 80 pounds of combat, communications and medical gear, prepares to embark on a mission in southern Afghanistan. His equipment includes a wearable computer and other technology developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Effectiveness Directorate—designed to reduce weight and increase U. S. warfighters’ efficiency in the field—which MSgt. Bean and fellow pararescue jumpers field-evaluated for application to their rescue-and-recovery mission. (Air Force photo)

711 HPW gear goes downrange for assessment

Master Sergeant Robert W. Bean, outfitted with more than 80 pounds of combat, communications and medical gear, prepares to embark on a mission in southern Afghanistan. His equipment includes a wearable computer and other technology developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Effectiveness Directorate—designed to reduce weight and increase U. S. warfighters’ efficiency in the field—which MSgt. Bean and fellow pararescue jumpers field-evaluated for application to their rescue-and-recovery mission. (Air Force photo)

Dr. Davy Belk breaks ground on the new Information Directorate complex

Dr. Davy Belk, AFRL Information Directorate director, provides opening remarks during a BRAC MILCON project groundbreaking at Rome Research Site, NY. The $10.25 million contract will add 28,000 square-feet to the existing Information Directorate complex and additionally alter approximately 18,600 square-feet to accommodate new laboratory and support facilities in support of the Information Directorate’s scientific and technical mission.

Will McCuddy with the Long E-Z aircraft

Will McCuddy, former Wright Scholar at the Air Force Museum Annex with the Long E-Z aircraft which contains the pulse detonation engine he worked on after his time in the program.

X-51A

An X-51A WaveRider hypersonic flight test vehicle is uploaded to an Air Force Flight Test Center B-52 for fit testing at Edwards Air Force Base on July 17, 2009. Four scramjet-powered Waveriders were built for the Air Force. The Air Force Research Laboratory, DARPA, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, and Boeing are partners on the X-51A technology demonstrator program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Chad Bellay)

X-51A mated to B-52 for fit test

The X-51A WaveRider hypersonic flight test vehicle was uploaded to an Air Force Flight Test Center B-52 for fit testing at Edwards Air Force Base on July 17. Two B-52 flights, one captive carriage and one dress rehearsal, are planned this fall prior to the X-51's first hypersonic scramjet flight over the Pacific Ocean scheduled in December. The Air Force Research Laboratory, DARPA, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, and Boeing are partnering on the X-51A technology demonstrator program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Chad Bellay)

Geosemble, MapStrata, Maps

Basic research funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) has led to the development of software for aligning maps with satellite imagery called MapStrata. Pictured above, Cyrus Shahabi (left), Jason Chen (center), and Craig Knoblock (right) from Geosemble Technologies review the latest version. (Image courtesy of Dr. Craig Knoblock, University of Southern California, Information Sciences Institute)

Student sets up chemical vapor deposition(CVD) reactor

Student Chia-Yi Chen sets up a custom-designed, custom-built chemical vapor deposition(CVD) reactor inside a “glove box”, which maintains the nearly pure environment necessary for successful CVD to occur. Image courtesy of A.J. Epstein, Ohio State University.

Plexitronics photo

Plexcore® technology, depicted here, allows solar cells to form-fit soldiers’ uniforms to power GPS components and communication devices, and could also be used to “print” solar panels onto thin films incorporated into military tents. Commercial applications include solar energy batteries for cell phones, radios, and other portable devices. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Top Human Systems Leaders Meet at WPAFB

Leaders attending the Human Systems Senior Leader Forum at Wright-Patterson AFB included, from left: (front row) Dr. Robert Foster, Director, BioSystems, Defense Research & Engineering; Mr. Thomas S. Wells, Director, 711 Human Performance Wing; Dr. Michelle Sams, Director, Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences; Dr. Laurel Allender, Director, Human Research and Engineering Directorate of the Army Research Laboratory; Dr. Terry Allard, Department Head (Code 34), Warfighter Performance Department, Office of Naval Research; (second row) Dr. R. Craig Postlewaite, Director, Force Readiness & Health Assurance Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Health Protection & Readiness Programs; Dr John Tangney, Director, Human & Bioengineered Systems Division, Office of Naval Research; Mr. Paul Chatelier, consultant, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.; (third row) Dr. Michael Drillings, Director for MANPRINT, U.S. Army; RDML Richard Vinci, Commander, Navy Medical Support Command NMSC (ASBREM); Mr. Jack Blackhurst , Director, Human Effectiveness Directorate, 711 HPW; (fourth row) Col James Carroll, Deputy, Assistant Surgeon General, Modernization; Dr Morley Stone, Chief Scientist, 711 HPW; Mr. Maris Vikmanis, Chief, Plans and Programs, 711th HPW; Dr. J. Frazier Glenn, Principal Assistant for Research and Technology, US Army Medical Research & Materiel Command; (top row) Dr Daniel Wallace, NAVSEA Human Factors Technical Warrant Holder; Col Lex Brown, Director, Human Performance Integration Directorate, 711 HPW; Mr. Ron Julian, Principal Systems Engineer, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.; Col Larry Kimm, Director, AF Human Systems Integration Office, Office of the USAF Vice Chief of Staff; and Dr Garrett Polhamus, Chief, Directed Energy, Bioeffects Division, 711HPW/RH. (Photo by Chris Gulliford, 711 HPW)

Mr. Kenneth M. Johnson

Mr. Kenneth M. Johnson, senior materials engineer from AFRL’s ManTech Division (AFRL image)

Prototype of the Next-Generation Sensor

Prototype of the Next-Generation Sensor, a nondestructive-evaluation-based materials characterization capability (AFRL image)

B-2 setup

B-2 setup enables AFRL researchers to test advanced imaging technology designed to aid stress detection in structures subjected to jet engine exhaust and its associated high temperatures, noise, and vibration (image courtesy of the 702nd Aeronautical Systems Group).

In-house optimized spectral analysis tool

AFRL researcher uses an in-house optimized spectral analysis tool that leverages simple optical emission measurements to yield information on energetic metastable atom concentrations in an ionized gas (AFRL image).

AFOSR MC Best Energy Harvesting Sources for Future AF UAVs

Flexxible DSSC designed (Nagata and Taya, University of Washington

ACCA initial flight test

The Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft made its first test flight June 2 from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif. The ACCA is proof of concept technology demonstrator for advanced composite manufacturing processes in a full-scale, certified aircraft. It was developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory and Lockheed Martin. (NASA Dryden Flight Research Center photo/Carla Thomas).