• AOS Team Aids Haitian Earthquake Recovery

    In their development and subsequent application of a new chemical system for rubber removal, Air Force Research Laboratory materials specialists were able to remove dangerous buildup from a runway at Port-au-Prince's Toussaint Louverture International Airport. Compact, lightweight, and requiring no

  • Gold Nanoparticles Increase Viral "Brainpower"

    As a first step in exploring viral (peptide) bonding mechanisms that could eventually form the building blocks of highly complex computational systems and other transition-metals-based technologies of tomorrow, researchers from the Air Force Research Laboratory and the University of Mexico

  • Space Responsiveness à la Carte

    In the ongoing pursuit of operationally responsive space technologies, Air Force Research Laboratory scientists created the first miniature plug-and-play Appliqué Sensor Interface Module. The mini module, Space Plug-and-Play Avionics-1, is an ultracompact, ultra-low-power protocol that supports the

  • "Radiation Hardening by Design" Techniques Improve Commercial FPGA

    After nearly 3 years of building test circuits and prototypes, Xilinx Corporation has planned an initial pilot run of its fully redesigned Virtex-5™ field-programmable gate array--a flagship device that, thanks to Air Force Research Laboratory-developed radiation hardening techniques, will be better

  • The Genesis of Better Satellite Telemetry

    The success of Air Force Research Laboratory's Genesis Black Box program translates to a breakthrough capability for transmitting critical satellite data--whether emergency or nonemergency--from almost anywhere in space to the ground. A recent launch activity confirmed the viability of using a local

  • Science "CAREs" About Edge-of-Space Cloud Behavior

    In the interest of investigating the phenomena of noctilucent--or night-shining--clouds, Air Force Research Laboratory worked with other science community participants to assist the Naval Research Laboratory and Department of Defense Space Test Program in launching the Charged-Aerosol Release

  • Butterfly Biology Inspires New Sensing Capability

    A collaboration of Air Force Research Laboratory, General Electric, and academic researchers are leveraging the chemical sensing properties of butterflies to develop nanostructured photonic sensors that, if implemented, would not only enable faster and more selective detection of dangerous chemical

  • Interturbine Burners Ignite Quest for Fuel-Efficient Engines

    The successful demonstration of Small Business Innovation Research-enabled interturbine burners in an FJ44-3 engine furthers the ITB technology's viability towards improved operational versatility of gas turbines for a variety of military systems, including manned and unmanned aircraft and missiles.

  • Dr. Siva Banda Earns Distinguished Senior Professional Honors

    Dr. Siva S. Banda, director of the U.S. Air Force Center of Excellence in Control Science at the Air Force Research Laboratory, earned the Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Senior Professional. Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley presented Dr. Banda with the prestigious award during an

  • Multiobjective Optimization Better Propulsion Design

    Optimally performing propulsion systems require that the competing needs (i.e., individual design parameters) of various components be considered holistically--enter Air Force Research Laboratory research partner Prairie View A&M University and its successful demonstration of a solution that does