• Plasma Aerodynamics an Area of Fluid International Collaboration (Diversity)

    Setting a new standard for innovative collaboration between international research partners, US and Russian scientists are jointly engaged in a unique, AFRL-organized research effort employing high-speed wind tunnels to make key discoveries in the critical area of plasma aerodynamics. Specifically

  • Team Honor "STEMs" From Flash-Bang Research

    As part of the Department of Defense effort to outfit warfighters with nonlethal escalation-of-force capabilities, an Air Force team studying the human effects of the Improved Flash-Bang Grenade earned the AF 2009 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Award for Outstanding Scientist

  • A New (Color) Vision for Pilot Safety and Performance

    Air Force Research Laboratory human performance experts are working with industry to implement a new color vision test that addresses issues with current test methods and, consequently, improves warfighter--particularly pilot--safety and effectiveness. Dubbed the Cone Contrast Test, the

  • AFRL Untiring in Fatigue Countermeasure Pursuits

    Air Force Research Laboratory and industry partner Kettering Innovation Center are conducting state-of-the-art research investigating why some individuals are resistant to fatigue while others are not. The team's latest effort involves functional magnetic resonance imaging, the results of which will

  • TacSat-3 Goes From Experiment to Asset

    Air Force Research Laboratory's Tactical Satellite-3, or TacSat-3, made the leap from experimental to operational asset with the June 2010 official transfer of control from the lab to Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Since launching in May 2009, the 880 lb satellite has

  • Is It Live or Is It...Virtual Dome Training?

    In pinpointing the Army National Guard's Grayling Air Gunnery Range, Air Force Research Laboratory researchers may well have identified the ideal test site for their Mesa, Arizona-based Warfighter Readiness Division's Joint Terminal Attack Controller virtual training dome. The dome's 4 m spherical

  • AFRL Unmasks Biodynamic Potential of New Pilot Protective Device

    The Air Force Research Laboratory performed key biodynamic assessment of the Type II (most recent) Joint Service Aircrew Mask, an incrementally developed head/eye/respiratory sustainment system intended primarily to safeguard individual Airmen against chemical and biological warfare agents. The

  • "HATS" Off to AFRL SBIR Advance

    In response to urgent Air Force (AF) and F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF demand for a highly specialized head orientation sensing system satisfying a host of exacting requirements, AFRL Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contractor Appareo Systems created the Head Attitude

  • BRAC brings husband & wife scientists to Wright-Patt

    The Base Realignment and Closure directives that are bringing more jobs and new facilities here is becoming more evident as scientists, engineers and other professionals have begun relocating to the base from Brooks City-Base, Texas and Mesa, Ariz.Dr. Christopher W. Myers and Dr. Tiffany