• AFRL-funded Research Leads to Super-Strong Nano-based Muscles

    Funding by the Air Force Research Laboratory is supporting a University of Texas/Dallas research team's pioneering work in artificial muscle types, including electrochemical carbon nanotube and conducting polymer muscles, as well fuel-powered muscles. This pioneering work stems from an exploratory

  • Nanocomposite Coating Offers Protection Against Assortment of Agents

    Research funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory has resulted in a coating that shields surfaces from myriad liquids, including toxic hydrochloric and sulfuric acids. The coating also provides protection against the coffee, soy sauce and vegetable oil, and has proved resistant to resistant to

  • Smaller Antennas Could Further Shrink Hand-held Electronics

    Just when it appeared that our hand-held electronic devices could not get smaller or more efficient, a research program funded by the Air Force Research Lab developed an innovative fabrication process to produce small, efficient antennas about the size of a quarter. Dr. Anthony Grbic leads a team of

  • Air Force Announces Basic Research Awards

    The Air Force Office of Scientific Research granted seven awards to various academic institutions to perform multidisciplinary basic research. The AFOSR awards, totaling $67.5 million, are the result of the Fiscal Year 2013 competition conducted by AFOSR, the Army Research Office, and the Office of

  • AFRL STEM Team Wins National Recognition

    The STEM team from the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy and Space Vehicles Directorates are this year's top national award-winner, taking home the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer's 2013 STEM Team Award. This honor is is one of the FLC's top recognitions, with

  • OBVA Laboratory to Test Aviators’ Visual Capabilities

    The United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base recently completed the installation of a high fidelity flight simulator in its Operational Based Vision Assessment (OBVA) laboratory. The simulator will be used to quantify the relationship between

  • Day on the Job: EOD techs

    Explosive ordnance disposal technicians deployed to Afghanistan perform counter-improvised explosive device operations in harsh conditions daily. Equipment and supplies are an essential element to this mission and without the modular supply depot here at the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer

  • 711 HPW Assists Air Force Recruiting Service in New Ad Campaign

    The Air Force Recruiting Service (AFRS) is currently developing a campaign called "Collaboratory." It's an initiative that encourages Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) inclined students, influencers and people to engage and collaborate with the Air Force to solve real-world