• Ergonomic Design Benefits Users of Large-Display Workstations

    Advances in computer and display technology and a dramatic shift in work responsibilities have rendered small, standard computer monitors inadequate because they no longer meet the demands of the workplace. There has been a great deal of work designing ergonomically friendly office furniture, but to

  • AFRL Addresses Urgent Need for Single Pass AirDrop Capability

    In response to urgent Air Force needs, a capability to conduct high-altitude airdrop operations without making two passes was developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory.The current airdrop process requires two passes by the aircraft before dropping supplies, putting the aircraft at risk. The

  • AFMC book commemorates command's 20th anniversary

    Air Force Materiel Command officials have released the command's limited-edition anniversary book, highlighting AFMC's 20 years of providing expeditionary capabilities to the warfighter.The release of this commemorative book, entitled 'Air Force Materiel Command: 20 Years of Warfighter Support,'

  • AFMC announces, honors annual enlisted award winners

    Air Force Materiel Command announced its top enlisted Airmen of 2011 during the command's Annual Enlisted Awards Banquet March 29, 2012, at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.More than 350 family members, friends, wingmen and command officials gathered in the modern flight gallery of

  • Miniature Common Data Link Transitioned

    The Miniature Common Data Link (Mini-CDL) is a small, lightweight, low power, low cost CDL system for use on small RPAs (Remotely Piloted Vehicles) for dissemination of ISR data.Mini CDL provides range of data rates up to 45 Mbps in an approximately 2.5 pound, 25 in3 package. Key technology enablers

  • User Needs Drive Air Space Cyber-User Defined Operational Picture

    The Air Force Research Laboratory's Air Space Cyber-User Defined Operational Picture (ASC-UDOP) program has embarked on a joint effort with MITRE and ESC to provide visualization solution to produce a Map the Mission capability for the Air Force's 624th Cyber Operations Center, San Antonio, Texas.

  • Data Exchange Becomes "Go-To" Software for Theater Information

    Combined Information Data Network Exchange (CIDNE) is CENTCOM's answer to managing the complexities of theater-wide operational reporting, quality assurance and quality control. With millions of records vetted and finalized for operational and intelligence reporting, CIDNE is the originating source

  • Military Customers Make Good Use of BATNET Capabilities

    The Battlefield Airman Targeting Network (BATNET) provides Special Operations Forces (SOF) with small, handheld, multi-data rate/multi-waveform, Internet Protocol (IP) capable radio network capability with UAVs, weapons, and the tactical air network. Flight and ground tests of the prototype radios

  • Efficient XML Program Moves to Commercial, Defense Markets

    A Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) effort by the Air Force Research Laboratory with AgileDelta has resulted in the development of a breakthrough data optimization technology, called Efficient XML™. The technology optimizes the bandwidth and resource utilization of Net-Centric data standards