AFRL tests NASA communications system

Engineer Dustin Gohmert of NASA’s Johnson Space Center installs a launch/entry helmet over the communications cap worn by test subject John Vinskey of General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems. NASA and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Human Effectiveness Directorate are conducting tests to determine the level of hearing protection that the equipment provides. (Photo by Chris Gulliford, AFRL/HE)

AFRL tests NASA communications system

Engineer Dustin Gohmert of NASA’s Johnson Space Center locks a launch/entry helmet into place on test subject Beth Greschner of General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems. NASA and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Human Effectiveness Directorate are testing a next-generation communications system for shuttle astronauts. (Photo by Chris Gulliford, AFRL/HE)

AFRL tests NASA communications system

Engineer Dustin Gohmert of NASA’s Johnson Space Center installs a launch/entry helmet over the communications cap worn by test subject John Vinskey of General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems as audiologist Dr. Richard W. Danielson of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute observes. NASA and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Human Effectiveness Directorate are conducting tests to determine the level of hearing protection provided by a new communications system. (Photo by Chris Gulliford, AFRL/HE)

AFRL/HE chief scientist retires

"...I approached each problem with a passion and a sense that time was critical because I was leaving soon..." Dr. Kenneth R. Boff, AFRL/HE chief scientist, whose first position out of New York's Columbia University evolved into a 30-year career with the Air Force Research Laboratory. (Photo by Chris Gulliford, AFRL/HE)

AFRL/HE chief scientist retires

"Turned out I was the only one with the right expertise to deal with the problems..." Dr. Kenneth R. Boff, AFRL/HE chief scientist, on his early success in applying human factors psychology to complex systems design. (Photo by Chris Gulliford, AFRL/HE)

AFRL, FAA team up for laser safety research

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Tech. Sgt. Darrell Martin and electrical engineer Brenda J. Novar, an AFRL/HEDO contractor with Northrop Grumman’s Information Technology Group and creator of the laser control optics, adjust the laser guidance system they developed and integrated with the Federal Aviation Administration’s full-motion flight simulator at the FAA’s facility in Oklahoma City, Okla. (Photo by John Schutte AFRL/HE)