AFRL Unmasks Biodynamic Potential of New Pilot Protective Device

A manikin fitted with a Joint Service Aircrew Mask and Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System facilitates AFRL's recent biodynamic evaluation of the protective equipment in terms of pilot neck loads. (Air Force image)

AFRL Unmasks Biodynamic Potential of New Pilot Protective Device

A manikin fitted with a Joint Service Aircrew Mask and Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System facilitates AFRL's recent biodynamic evaluation of the protective equipment in terms of pilot neck loads. (Air Force image)

BRAC brings husband & wife scientists to Wright-Patt

Dr. Tiffany Jastrzembski and Dr. Chris Myers, cognitive scientists with the 711th Human Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Warfighter Readiness Research Division, Cognitive Models & Agents Branch, relocated to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio from Mesa, Ariz. Their jobs were moved to WPAFB as part of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) directives. (Photo by Chris Gulliford, 711 HPW)

AFOSR Researcher Selected to Receive 2010 Clayton J. Thomas Award

MORS Board Member Jane Krolewski and President Kirk Michealson present Gerald Brown the Clayton J. Thomas Award plaque and medal. (Credit: MORS)

AFOSR-Sponsored Superconducting Devices

This aluminum superconducting device can be used to measure the magnetic signal of nanomagnets more efficiently. Credit: Dr. Irfan Siddiqi, University of California, Berkeley

No Substitute for Lab’s Ongoing “SPort”: Surrogate Predator Support

Second Lieutenant Greg Fertig, Air Force Research Laboratory Surrogate Predator project manager (left) and Lt. Col. Matt Martin, Air Combat Command Predator/Reaper operations branch chief (right.) (Photo by Lon Carlson, L-3 Air Operations)

Go With the Flow: Novel Diode-Pumped Alkali Laser Achieves First Light

'First light' lasing from a lab-developed flowing diode-pumped alkali laser marks key progress towards better thermal management properties for the lasers of tomorrow. (Photo by Second Lieutenant Alex K. Rowton, AFRL/RDLC)

Small-Engine-Specific Research Nets Dedicated Facility

Pictured are various endeavors ongoing at AFRL's newly established Small-Engine Research Laboratory. The SERL facility will enable key investigations pertaining to small-scale propulsion and power systems. (AFRL image)

X-51A makes flight test history

An X-51A Waverider hypersonic flight test vehicle is carried by an Air Force Flight Test Center B-52 on May 26, 2010 over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The X-51A successfully made the longest ever supersonic combustion ramjet-powered hypersonic flight off the southern California Pacific coast. Four X-51A cruisers were built for the Air Force Research Laboratory by industry partners Boeing and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rob Densmore)

TacSat-3 imagery

Image of the Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, taken by the TacSat-3’s primary payload, the Advanced Responsive Tactically-Effective Military Imaging Spectrometer (U.S. Air Force image)

Materials Characterization Breakthrough Leads to Automated Component Health Monitoring

AFRL's Raman tribospectrometer, developed for in-place characterization of wear-resistant materials at high temperatures, automates component health monitoring. Pictured here is the instrument in operation, with the laser incident on a wear track created by a ball bearing's contact with a solid lubricant surface rotating at 200 rpm. (AFRL image)

Materials and Manufacturing Know-How Bests Failed Breakers

AFRL materials engineers identified the root cause of circuit breaker failure in KC-135 aircraft and provided a viable solution to check and, as necessary, replace the problematic components in nearly 400 aircraft. (AFRL image)