• New Simulation Software Lights the Way to Better Antilaser Eyewear

    Air Force Research Laboratory's recent deployment of commercially produced software for assessing antilaser eyewear performance will enable uniquely qualified approval or rejection of a given manufacturer's proposed design for military use. Developed by OPTIS, the novel OptisWorks® software executes

  • Lab Demonstrates Robotic Ground Refueling of Aircraft

    Air Force Research Laboratory engineers successfully demonstrated a prototype of the lab-developed Automated Aircraft Ground Refueling system, which leverages robotics technology and, in turn, significantly improves the safety of personnel engaged in aircraft ground refueling activities. Though

  • Much-Needed HPM Sources the Pulse of Directed Energy Research

    In response to the Air Force's need for an inexpensive, moderate-power microwave source to support continuing high-power microwave research of benefit to warfighters, Air Force Research Laboratory contracted with Farr Research, Inc., to develop a microwave pulse compressor system. The MPC

  • New Antennas Conform to Air Vehicles, Not Status Quo

    Air Force Research Laboratory is developing conformal load-bearing antenna structures as an affordable improvement to the current generation of alternative antenna systems. With the ultimate goal of replacing costly, bulky antennas that disrupt airflow with affordable, low-profile antennas that are

  • RANGER-Created RADAR Addresses Supply Chain Issues

    Funded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Defense-Wide Manufacturing Science and Technology program and managed by Air Force Research Laboratory's Manufacturing Technology Division, the Risk Assessment for Next-Generation Supply Chain Readiness, or RANGER, program launched to identify and

  • Lab Collaborates With NCAMP on Material Properties Database

    Air Force Research Laboratory materials engineers are collaborating with researchers from the National Center for Advanced Materials Performance to generate a material properties and allowables database as part of an effort to qualify a high-temperature composite material for use in engine and

  • Lab-Funded Professor "Spins" Prestigious Turnbull Award

    Dr. David Awschalom, professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, earned the 2010 Materials Research Society's David Turnbull Award--one of its three highest honors conferred--for research funded in large measure by Air Force Research Laboratory. Slated for presentation

  • Benter Award Winner Explores the World of Imaging Research (Diversity)

    Dr. George Papanicolaou, Air Force Research Laboratory-funded researcher and Stanford University mathematics professor, received the first William Benter Prize in Applied Mathematics at the City University of Hong Kong. Established as a biennial award, the honor recognizes Dr. Papanicolaou's

  • 'Aim High ... Fly-Fight-Win' to be Air Force motto

    Incorporating extensive inputs from all ranks and career fields in the development effort, Airmen have selected "Aim High ... Fly-Fight-Win" as the service's motto. An enduring statement of Airmen's pride in their service, the motto is a two-part expression -- a call to action, with a response of

  • CFC encourages to give back today ... pay it forward tomorrow

    Hundreds of volunteers, charities and dance crews joined together to kick off the 2010 Miami Valley Combined Federal Campaign at Wright State's Ervin J. Nutter Center on Wednesday, Oct. 6.Last year the campaign brought in $3,084,700, exceeding its goal by 122 percent, the largest campaign in Miami