Water Survival Training

Water survival training at US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks City-Base, TX.

AFOSR-Funded Optical Links Advance Quantum Communications

Researcher Dr. David H. Hughes of the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) in Rome, N.Y. is leading a team that is investigating long-distance, mobile optical links imperative for secure quantum communications capabilities in theater. (Credit: Brian Rhea, Director, Corporate Communications, AOptix Technologies)

Wingman helps cancer survivor meet Air Force Half Marathon goal

Master Sgt. Mike Sanders runs for the finish line during the Air Force Half Marathon Sept. 19, 2009, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Sergeant Sanders ran the event one year and eight months after beating cancer. (Courtesy photo)

Unique New MAV Wins First Prize

French researcher, Dr. Jean-Marc Moschetta, funded by the European Office of Aerospace Research and Development, in London, England and the French DoD has designed a rugged micro air vehlcle (MAV) that is attractive to the U.S. Air Force because of its high aerodynamic efficiency, even in adverse conditions. Moschetta's students who contributed to the design and fabrication of the early prototypes of the MAV include: Boris Bataillé, Loris Rion, Charles Plachot and all the MAV club from ISAE. (Credit: ISAE)

First-Ever Airfoil Profile of In-Flight Bird May Inspire Future MAV Concepts

Using micro cameras and remote connection/communications technology, AFRL researchers exploring future micro air vehicle concepts place wireless camera packs on birds to observe various in-flight features. Shown are six simultaneous images revealing different perspectives of a falcon’s flight.

First-Ever Airfoil Profile of In-Flight Bird May Inspire Future MAV Concepts

AFRL is looking to natural flyers (such as this peregrine falcon, shown with an instrumentation pack) for insight into increased flight agility for future micro air vehicles.