• Maui Center Tailors Weather Forecast Data to Telescope Needs

    When you're dealing with highly sensitive telescope operations, just knowing if it's going to rain is not enough. Weather plays a critical role in determining the effective use of AFRL's Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing site. The National Weather Service provides forecasts, but the

  • AFOSR Awards Grants to 15 Universities for Design Challenge Program

    The Air Force Office of Scientific Research announced that it will award $300,000 in grants to 15 Universities to participate in the Air Force Research Laboratory's University Design Challenge (UDC).The UDC program will run for 3 years, and in each academic year will pose a new challenge to a small

  • A Brief History of the Military Photomedicine Program

    The Greek physician Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, was responsible for a scientific or rational approach to medicine. Like all great thinkers, he was ahead of his time, categorizing illnesses and introducing medical terminology still in use today. Due to his efforts, the practice of

  • Hormone injections could save the ash trees on base

    A research program under way on base is evaluating the use of hormone injections to thwart a pest that has ravaged tens of millions of ash trees across the United States. The Emerald Ash Borer is an exotic beetle native to Asia. It was unknown in North America until June 2002, when it was discovered

  • Marathon slots available through Air Force Enlisted Village

    The Air Force Enlisted Village is offering the only remaining full and half marathon slots in exchange for raising funds for the charity according to a news release.The Air Force Marathon, scheduled for September 17, sold out all its full and half marathon slots more than three weeks ago.  This

  • Scramjet Team Receives Aviation Week Excellence Award

    The X-51 Scramjet Engine Demonstrator (SED) WaveRider team was honored by Aviation Week at its Program Excellence Awards. The X-51 SED Team includes members of AFRL's Propulsion Directorate, Boeing Phantom Works, and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. The team was recognized in the category of System Level

  • School of Aerospace Medicine Dean Achieves Prestigious Nursing Honor

    Colonel Karen Weis, dean of the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, was inducted as a Fellow into the American Academy of Nursing at the Academy's 37th Annual Meeting and Conference in Washington, D.C. Membership in the Academy is one of the most prestigious honors in the field of

  • Flexible Aerogel Materials Production Increased, Energy Savings to Follow

    Domestic manufacture of high-quality, low-cost aerogel-based blanket material is being expanded, thanks to a DPA Title III program that partners Aspen Aerogels with the Air Force Research Laboratory. Aerogel materials provide thermal and acoustic insulation, infrared signature reduction, and thermal

  • New Body Armor is Lighter, Cooler, Safer

    Air Force personnel are losing weight and gaining comfort thanks to new non-ceramic ballistic armor developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory. Working with Universal Technology Corporation and Armacel Armor Company, AFRL scientists developed armor that demonstrates protection against ammunition