• AFRL Increases Production Size of Sapphire Sheets for Windows

    Air Force Research Laboratory Materials researchers teamed with Saint-Gobain Ceramics and Plastics Inc., to develop new manufacturing processes that increase the size and thickness of sapphire sheets for electro-optic (EO) and infrared (IR) windows.This collaborative work pushed the state of the art

  • Unmanned Operational Envelope Expands Through Sense & Avoid Technologies

    The Air Force Research Laboratory took another step toward developing conflict and collision avoidance technologies for unmanned aircraft with the Multiple Intruder Autonomous Avoidance (MIAA) flight demonstration. The demonstration was a five-day effort to evaluate the software algorithms and other

  • Air Force announces workforce restructure

    Air Force officials announced 4,500 additional positions for elimination as a continuation of its FY12 Civilian Workforce Restructure. This reduction builds on the realignments announced in November, including the elimination of 9000 positions and the addition of 5900 positions against the Air

  • Base plans controlled burn at Huffman Prairie

    The annual prairie burn, originally scheduled for this past November will take place today at approximately 1 p.m.Base officials had to postpone the burn until favorable weather. To be successful, very precise temperature, relative humidity, wind direction, wind speed and ground moisture conditions

  • Value Stream Analysis Improves Processes, Saves Money

    Engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory have stimulated industrial base investments in infrastructure and technology by leveraging the value stream analysis (VSA) process to identify significant process improvement opportunities.As a result, General Electric Aviation, Pratt & Whitney and

  • Space Weather Imager Reaches 8-Year Anniversary

    October 2011 marks the eighth anniversary of the Coriolis satellite that carries the Air Force Research Laboratory's Solar Mass Ejection Imager, or SMEI.SMEI has successfully detected and tracked 360 coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and shown the practicality of forecasting effects at Earth of these

  • Observatory Construction Awarded

    The Improved Solar Optical Observing Network (ISOON) contract for construction at Kirtland AFB was awarded to GranCor Construction on July 1, 2011.The Improved Solar Observing Optical Network (ISOON) is collaboration between the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate, the Air Force

  • AFRL Develops Advanced Techniques for Electromagnetic Propagation

    The Air Force is interested in increasingly more complex optical systems, which often include optical propagation through the turbulent atmosphere followed by sensing and compensating with complex devices. The Air Force Research Laboratory, through a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)

  • New Firefighting Suit Increases Chemical, Biohazard Protection

    Military firefighters can count on increased protection from the effects of chemical and biological agents thanks to a cooperative project between the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency's (AFCESA) Fire Emergency Services Program. The new Joint Firefighter

  • New Fuel Cell System Reduces Weight for Warfighters

    Air Force Research Laboratory engineers are developing a new fuel cell system that will reduce the amount of weight that warfighters must carry in the field.The new UltraCell XX55 fuel cell system replaces batteries needed for recharging, allowing recharge of batteries for fielded gear via a