• High-Strength, Conductive Adhesives a Sticky Proposition

    Air Force Research Laboratory Small Business Innovation Research resourcefulness is behind new adhesives promising increased performance and substantial cost savings for a wide variety of Air Force and Department of Defense air and space platforms. Specifically, the SBIR Phase II work--performed by

  • New Materials Technology a Coat of a Different Color

    Working under an Air Force Research Laboratory Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract, Conductive Composites Company, LLC, produced new polymer coatings novel in their capacity to provide--via single-material solution--both the conductivity needed for effective electromagnetic

  • Nanolithography Nets Biopolymer EO Device Improvements

    Researchers from the Air Force Research Laboratory and the University of Arizona collaborated to demonstrate the first-ever fabrication of DNA biopolymer nanostructures via nanoimprint lithography, a technology of merit for low-cost, portable (in-field) production of chemical and optical sensors,

  • Micro AVIARI, Big Results

    In a May 2010 ribbon-cutting ceremony, the Air Force Research Laboratory launched the Micro Air Vehicle Integration and Application Research Institute, or µAVIARI, Indoor Flight Test Laboratory, the new $1.5 million facility dedicated to the advancement of Micro Air Vehicle technologies.The Indoor

  • Enlightened Treatment of Battlefield Injuries

    A new, light-activated nanosuture technology known as photochemical tissue bonding may soon facilitate more effective treatment of traumatic battlefield injuries sustained by Airmen. Developed as a result of research managed by Air Force Research Laboratory and funded by the Office of the Secretary

  • Out-of-Autoclave Method Cures Materials and Cost Concerns Alike

    Air Force Research Laboratory Manufacturing Technology engineers expect a recent breakthrough in bismaleimide resin technology to generate significant improvements in the cost and fabrication of high-performance composite aerospace structures. The discovery eliminates the need for BMI composites to

  • AFMC leaders told to seek efficiencies, get back to basics

    Challenging times ahead and developing efficiencies to accomplish the mission were among the key topics highlighted at the semi-annual Air Force Materiel Command Senior Leaders Conference here Aug. 23-25.AFMC Commander Gen. Donald Hoffman led his center and wing commanders, along with other command

  • Veterans encouraged to submit claims for retroactive stop loss

    In working closely with the Office of the Secretary of Defense staff on a congressional action involving veterans submitting claims for Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay, major command and wing-level officials are working to inform veterans who were affected by stop loss. Eligible Airmen include