• AFRL advisor honored for work promoting cooperation in alternative fuels

    When a national coalition of energy authorities established an award to recognize work in alternative fuels, it found the perfect honoree at the Air Force Research Laboratory, headquartered here at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. William E. Harrison III, a technical advisor with AFRL's Propulsion

  • NRO opens liaison office

    A meeting held here last week highlighted the increased communication between DoD and the National Reconnaissance Office - an organization that has only been visible to the public for little more than a decade.Air Force Lt. Col. Chris Boring of the newly created AFMC/NRO Liaison Office, was

  • Ultramarathonman to speak at 2012 Air Force Marathon

    Dean Karnazes, the man who once ran 50 marathons, in all 50 U.S. states, in 50 consecutive days, will be the featured guest at the 2012 Air Force Marathon Sports & Fitness Expo Sept. 13-14 at Wright State University's Nutter Center. Registration for the 2012 Marathon begins at 12 a.m. on Jan. 1,

  • Base, Park to celebrate anniversary of flight

    A wreath will be laid at the Wright Brothers Memorial commemorating the 108th Anniversary of Powered Flight on Dec. 16 at 10:15 a.m. on Wright Memorial Hill near Area B. Base officials will gather with representatives from the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park in the ceremony that

  • Base to conduct controlled archery deer hunt

    Wright-Patt will hold a proficiency test/lottery drawing on Dec. 7 to identify participants for the controlled archery deer hunt.  Over the past few years the deer herd in the vicinity of the Twin Base Golf Course has been increasing, which has led to an increase in landscape damage to the course;

  • AFRL Scientist Becomes First U.S. Citizen Honored with British Award

    Lt. Col. Laura Barnes of the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing became the first U.S. citizen to receive the Special Commendation Coin from the United Kingdom's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL). The award, which Lt Col Barnes received Sept. 14, 2011, is one

  • Lightweight Megawatt Generator Comes Through in Demonstration

    The Air Force Research Laboratory and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III industry partner Electrodynamics Associates, Inc. demonstrated a multi-megawatt, high speed (15,000 rpm) generator to 25 members of industry and the Department of Defense.The demonstration showed 10X power

  • Universities Succeed in Small Hybrid Propulsion System Demonstrator

    The objective of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Small Engine Research Laboratory (SERL) Capstone Project was to develop a ground-based demonstrator platform to evaluate small, hybrid-electric propulsion/power systems of particular interest to the RPA development community. The project leveraged

  • Ferroelectric Nanoparticle Discovery Greatly Enhances Optical Materials

    AFRL researchers have developed the world's smallest ferroelectric nanoparticles. At less than ten nanometers in size, these materials, with enhanced ferroelectric properties, can be easily incorporated into a range of host materials with uses in photo-activated optical filters, liquid crystal