• Human Effectiveness Deputy Honored by Peers with Prestigious Award

    United States Air Force Colonel Douglas Hodge, Deputy Director of the Human Effectiveness Directorate, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, received the American Academy of Physician Assistants' 2011 Federal Service PA of the Year

  • Memristor-Based Neural Network Fabricated, Characterized

    AFRL's in-house Computational Intelligence research group, led by Dr. Robinson E. Pino, has achieved a critical milestone in the design, fabrication, and characterization of a 100-synapse memristor-based neural network. In collaboration with Boise State University (BSU), the team fabricated and

  • X-51A Waverider Honored with National Space Society’s Pioneer

    The National Space Society has awarded the 2011 Space Pioneer Award in the Science and Engineering category to the X-51A Scramjet Engine Demonstrator - Waverider team for their historic accomplishment during 2010.This Space Pioneer Award was given specifically to the X-51A team (Air Force, Boeing,

  • Battlespace Environment Laboratory Dedicates New Location

    The Air Force Research Laboratory celebrated the grand opening of the Battlespace Environment Laboratory with a technology outreach event and ribbon-cutting ceremony. The Battlespace Environment Laboratory, or BEL, will house the Battlespace Environment Division (RVB) of the Space Vehicles

  • Researchers Develop Groundbreaking Flexible Solar Cell Technique

    A groundbreaking research technique demonstrated by the Air Force Research Laboratory detects performance variability at a microscopic scale during operation of flexible solar cells. This technique will be essential in evaluating new materials and architectures for organic solar cells, and improving

  • Mosquito Becomes Easily Portable with Mounting, Towing Prototype

    An urgent warfighter requirement developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory provides the capability to perform quick and efficient ground-hardness surveys needed for landing-zone preparation in support of remote operations. AFRL researchers developed prototype methods for mounting and towing the

  • AFRL Steps Up Vital Role in Incident Investigations

    Computer simulations are often the best -- and sometimes the only -- way to piece together complexities of aircraft incidents, allowing investigators to virtually recreate events that are impossible to stage in a real-life scenario. Researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory are playing a key

  • Single Board Computer Debugging Enhancements Up and Running

    The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Single Board Computer (SBC) is now running on the emulation board and has been verified via the program counter to run all the way through the boot code, just as the Register Transfer Level (RTL) version does.The Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter

  • Flies in Flight Provide Insight for Aircraft Altitude Control Research

    AFRL-funded Caltech researchers are studying flying insects for inspiration and information on altitude control, hoping to transfer that intelligence into technology for a variety of Air Force aircraft. The study is focusing on how flies use visual information to guide flight in natural

  • System upgrade to affect DBIDs registration

    Wright-Patterson Air Force Base registration for the Defense Biometric Identification System will temporarily halt the month of October to enable system upgrades. Mobile registration that were scheduled after Oct. 1 will be canceled due to the system upgrade. This includes registration that had been