• 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

  • 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

  • Researchers Identify Path to Emulate Visual Cortex V1 and V2 Layers

    The Air Force Research Laboratory's Computational Intelligence research group has developed a rapid prototype of the functions traditionally attributed to the visual Brodmann Area 18 (V2) "pale stripe" and has been built to assess "templating" as a plausible mechanism for form perception. V2 pale

  • AFRL Materials Experiments Fly on Endeavour, Return on Discovery

    On 16 May 2011, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Endeavour space shuttle carried Air Force Research Laboratory materials on International Space Station Experiment - 8 (MISSE-8) to the International Space Station (ISS). AFRL researchers designed, built and are flying one of the

  • Modeling and Simulation Conference Kicks Off

    With the motto "Prepare the Force-Secure the Future", the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference 2011 formally got under way Nov 29th here.  The conference, which promotes cooperation among the Armed Services, industry, academia and various government agencies in pursuit

  • Guidestar Laser Reaches, Surpasses Wattage Goal

    The Air Force Research Laboratory's experimental guidestar laser system has achieved its design goal of 50 watts, providing sufficient power to enable operation of the adaptive optics system. Laser guidestars are used to adapt a telescope's optics to more clearly image space objects. This

  • Counter Electronics Aerial Platform Demonstrates Accuracy

    The Counter-Electronics High Power Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP) Joint Concept Technology Demonstration (JCTD) recently executed the flight-test Pointing Demonstration. This test demonstrated the navigational and pointing accuracy of the CHAMP aerial platform, as well as the ability to

  • True Time Delay Module Finds ‘Needle in a Haystack’ Frequencies

    The Air Force Research Laboratory, in conjunction with L3 ComCept of Rockwall, Texas, has integrated an AFRL True Time Delay (TTD) module into the L3 Miniature Reconfigurable Beamformer (MRB) cards. The MRBs were integrated into an aircraft pod in a ground demonstration, raising the technology