AFRL's Murphy named DEPS fellow

Dr. Michael Murphy

AFRL engineers lighting the way

Engineers at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Human Effectivness Directorate have developed a portable airfield lighting system using light emitting diodes rather than conventional incandescent bulbs. The dual-mode runway edge lights can be switched from visible to infrared light, (Graphic by Gary A. Rankin AFRL/HEC)

Sylramic™ fiber filaments exiting a furnace during the high-temperature densification process

Sylramic™ fiber filaments exiting a furnace during the high-temperature densification process

LADAR (laser radar) technology tests showing high-resolution three-dimensional imagery

LADAR (laser radar) technology tests showing high-resolution three-dimensional imagery

A Marine Corps MV-22 demonstrates extreme brownout conditions during recent testing at the Army Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona (photo by Walt Harrington).

A Marine Corps MV-22 demonstrates extreme brownout conditions during recent testing at the Army Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona (photo by Walt Harrington).

The intelligent agent architecture connects inspection process data to a turbine disk inspection improvement system.

The intelligent agent architecture connects inspection process data to a turbine disk inspection improvement system.

Major General Ted F. Bowlds, AFRL commander, signs an agreement between AFRL and the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory as Mr. Jack Blackhurst, technical advisor, AFRL Plans and Programs Office; Dr. Al Sattelberger, Argonne’s interim asso

Major General Ted F. Bowlds, AFRL commander, signs an agreement between AFRL and the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory as Mr. Jack Blackhurst, technical advisor, AFRL Plans and Programs Office; Dr. Al Sattelberger, Argonne’s interim associate laboratory director for applied science and technology; and Dr. Sandra Biedron, director of Argonne’s Department of Defense Project Office, look on (photo by George Joch).

Visualization of the uptake of manganese nanoparticles in cultured PC-12 cells

Visualization of the uptake of manganese nanoparticles in cultured PC-12 cells

Official AF Photo

COLONEL DAVID B. GLADE II

X-48B Blended Wing Body test vehicle takes flight

The X-48B Blended Wing Body research vehicle, on its maiden flight at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. (Photo courtesy Boeing)

AFRL working to improve firefighter safety

Anthropometry specialist Mark Boehmer (right) of General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems prepares firefighter Paul Bauer, a 19-year veteran and a part-time firefighter engineer with the city of Mason (Ohio) Fire Department, for a 3-D anthropometry scan while dressed in full turnout gear. Bauer is a test subject in a study sponsored by the National Fallen Firefighters Association through grants from the Office of Homeland Security and National Institute of Standards and Technology. Total Contact, Inc., a private research firm in Germantown, Ohio, is using Air Force Research Laboratory anthropometry resources to gather data to help develop new standards for firefighters’ equipment. (Photo by Chris Gulliford AFRL/HE)

AFRL Researchers Test Sense-and-Avoid Technology

Calspan Learjet

Deployed Engineers Provide MACE System Support

First Lieutenant Shawntara Govan and Mr. William Lewis, of AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, stand in front of remote-controlled Mine Area Clearance Equipment at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.

Dr. Lloyd Tripp

Dr. Lloyd Tripp

Warfare Software Tool

The Information Warfare Combat Assessment Tool

Scramjet MHD System

A modified scramjet ground demonstrator with a magnetohydrodynamic generator installed downstream of the combustor

AFRL Researchers Test Sense-and-Avoid Technology

Calspan Learjet

AFRL Assists Northrop Grumman With Supersonic Tailless Air Vehicle Tests

STAV picture

AFRL Argonne MOA Signing

Maj. Gen. Ted F. Bowlds, AFRL commander, signs an agreement between AFRL and the Department of Energy’s Argonne Laboratory as Jack Blackhurst, technical advisor, AFRL Plans and Programs Office; Al Sattelberger, Argonne's interim associate laboratory director for applied science and technology; and Sandra Biedron, director of Argonne's Department of Defense Project Office, look on. Photo by George Joch

Photo by John Schutte

Michael Karns, a Consortium Research Fellows Program student-researcher at AFRL/HE, wins regional TriBeta award.

AEDC camera assists in turbine tests

A periscope camera on loan from AEDC provided images of a Williams International turbine engine augmentor rig test at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. The camera provided visuals of metal temperatures in areas of concern that otherwise would not have been known. (AFRL Photo)

AFRL demonstrates technology to Ermey, VFW

Marine Corps veteran and host of The History Channel's Mail Call, R. Lee Ermey (left) and Mr. Melvin Snyder, past commander of VFW Post 9550, inspect a portable lightweight battery developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory to reduce weight borne by combat controllers in the field. (Photo by Chris Gulliford, AFRL/HE)

Nine-O-Nine

The B-17 Flying Fortress known as the "Nine-O-Nine" is the aircraft that that 1st Lt. Dan Montes, Air Force Research Laboratory, jumped out of to experience "living history" during a recent skydive. The aircraft, restored to its original wartime configuration, is named by the Collings Foundation in honor of a 91st Bomb Group, 323rd Squadron plane of the same name which completed 140 missions without an abort or loss of a crewman. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Dan Montes)

Nine-O-Nine

First Lt. Dan Montes, Air Force Research Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., completed a skydive jump from a B-17 Flying Fortress named "Nine-O-Nine" March 3. The B-17, serial number 44-83575, was restored to its original wartime configuration by the Collings Foundation, a non-profit educational foundation founded in 1979. Its purpose is to restore antique American vehicles and enable Americans to learn more about their heritage through "living history" events. Since 1989, the foundation began to include aviation related events to include the "Wings of Freedom Tour" of WWII aircraft. (Courtesy photo)