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.