Nearly 500 attend Air Force Corrosion Conference

Canadian military personnel are shown interacting with vendors in the main aisle of the vendor's fair at the Air Force Corrosion Prevention and Control Office’s 39th annual Air Force Corrosion Conference held May 13-15 at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry, Georgia. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. David Rail)

Air Force researchers model engine stress on B-2 bomber

Air Force Research Laboratory engineers, working with the 780th Test Squadron Aerospace Survivability and Safety Flight at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, have identified an effective method for measuring deformation in the aft deck of the B-2 bomber using a series of special engine tests. The engine test run configuration including manlift with mounted camera bar and test specimen is circled. Photo inset is a three-dimensional map on the test specimen showing out-of-plane deformation due to thermal expansion. (U. S. Air Force photos/Mindy Cooper)

Computationa Mathematics

Computationa Mathematics

Test and Evaluation Program Review

Test and Evaluation Program Review

AFOSR/NASA Office of Chief Engineer Joint Contractors / Strategic Planning Meeting in Chemical Propulsion

AFOSR/NASA Office of Chief Engineer Joint Contractors / Strategic Planning Meeting in Chemical Propulsion

MURI 2008 Kickoff Meeting

MURI 2008 Kickoff Meeting

Single-module reconfigurable robot capable of autonomously changing its physical shape, size, or formation (photo courtesy of Dr. Wei-Min Shen)

Single-module reconfigurable robot capable of autonomously changing its physical shape, size, or formation (photo courtesy of Dr. Wei-Min Shen)

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oyster

GLOBUS II is pictured above. GLOBUS II a radar system located at Vardo, Norway, that is operated solely by Norwegian personnel, but which was developed by the United States and serves as part of the 29-sensor, global space surveillance network that provid

GLOBUS II is pictured above. GLOBUS II a radar system located at Vardo, Norway, that is operated solely by Norwegian personnel, but which was developed by the United States and serves as part of the 29-sensor, global space surveillance network that provides data to the US Strategic Command. Engineers from AFRL/RX recently made a trip to Norway to perform thermography inspections on the radar cover.

Mr. Kenneth LaCivita, an AFRL/RX engineer performs a thermography inspection in Vardo, Norway.

Mr. Kenneth LaCivita, an AFRL/RX engineer performs a thermography inspection in Vardo, Norway.

Three heat flux sensors are shown after being attached to a copper plate.

Three heat flux sensors are shown after being attached to a copper plate. Pictures are courtesy of Sensortek Inc. and ATEC Inc.

A heat flux sensor is shown before being attached to a copper plate.

A heat flux sensor is shown before being attached to a copper plate. Pictures are courtesy of Sensortek Inc. and ATEC Inc.

Directed Energy Beam Improvement [using] Binary Control for the Advanced Tactical Laser, also known as DEBI-BATL, turret model in AFRL's Subsonic Aerodynamic Research Laboratory wind tunnel

Directed Energy Beam Improvement [using] Binary Control for the Advanced Tactical Laser, also known as DEBI-BATL, turret model in AFRL's Subsonic Aerodynamic Research Laboratory wind tunnel

Researchers at the Holloman High-Speed Test Track (Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico) succeed in accomplishing the first-ever test release of an MK-82 Joint Direct Attack Munition on a rocket sled traveling at supersonic speed --- Mach 2 (image courtesy

Researchers at the Holloman High-Speed Test Track (Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico) succeed in accomplishing the first-ever test release of an MK-82 Joint Direct Attack Munition on a rocket sled traveling at supersonic speed --- Mach 2 (image courtesy of Air Force and Boeing).

Pulsed detonation engine flies into history

The Long E-Z aircraft, powered by the pulsed detonation engine, makes its history-making flight at Mohave, Calif on Jan 31. The aircraft and its unique powerplant are being prepared for display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (courtesy photo)

AFRL members of the Air Force B-52 Aircraft Fischer-Tropsch Fuels Research Team

AFRL members of the Air Force B-52 Aircraft Fischer-Tropsch Fuels Research Team

Two small, passive-experiment containers filled with new materials and mounted to the International Space Station for AFRL's sixth Materials International Space Station Experiment (NASA-provided photo)

Two small, passive-experiment containers filled with new materials and mounted to the International Space Station for AFRL's sixth Materials International Space Station Experiment (NASA-provided photo)

High Stare, a high-performance, large-format shortwave-infrared focal plane array

High Stare, a high-performance, large-format shortwave-infrared focal plane array

High-Altitude Return Vehicle launch stand and balloon

High-Altitude Return Vehicle launch stand and balloon

AFRL's plug-and-play satellite attached to TacSat-2

AFRL's plug-and-play satellite attached to TacSat-2

Rocket exit cone

Rocket exit cone

Boundary Layer Data System (BLDS-A) attached to the wing of a test aircraft

Boundary Layer Data System (BLDS-A) attached to the wing of a test aircraft

Next-generation Global Positioning System/inertial navigation system antijam technology mounted atop an AFRL mobile test vehicle to demonstrate weapons navigation capabilities

Next-generation Global Positioning System/inertial navigation system antijam technology mounted atop an AFRL mobile test vehicle to demonstrate weapons navigation capabilities

AFRL-Funded Scientists Demonstrate Record Performance Speeds for Bendable Electronics

The flexibility of superthin silicon transistors (pictured) could lead to electronics attached to unevenly shaped objects such as airplane bodies or engines (image courtesy of Dr. Jack Ma, University of Wisconsin-Madison).