• AFIT graduates Class of March 2010

    Two hundred five scientists, engineers, and management specialists are now the recipients of graduate and doctoral degrees from the Air Force Institute of Technology. AFIT's Graduate School of Engineering and Management held its March 2010 graduation ceremony Thursday at the National Museum of the

  • BEYA Honoree Blazes Trails for Others (Diversity)

    Mr. Ed Lee, Air Force Research Laboratory Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions program manager, recently received a Trailblazer Award at the 23rd Annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Global Competitiveness

  • Joint Service/Industry Alliance Jams on JAMMA

    An Air Force Research Laboratory/Army/industry effort successfully addressed unique Air Force Special Operations Forces requirements by overseeing the TAC-V company's development of JAMMA, a Joint All-Terrain Modular Mobility Asset that reigns as the world's only armor-ready, four-passenger, hybrid,

  • ManTech/SBIR Effort Drills Into Time and Cost of JSF Production

    Thanks to Air Force Research Laboratory's Manufacturing Technology and Small Business Innovation Research--enabled results, technology supporting affordable, high-rate, and ergonomically sound production practices is transitioning to the Joint Strike Fighter program. The new technology comprises

  • Mini-Thrusters No Small Achievement in Satellite Propulsion

    Based on the in-progress development of miniature electric propulsion systems, or mini-thrusters, small satellites--including CubeSats, the Air Force's latest--may soon perform space maneuvers with greater ease and undertake increasingly formidable tasks, such as searching for planets beyond earth's

  • Base security forces train for the worst

    "On Me"With the simple two word instruction Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Jones, 88th Security Forces Squadron, went from being a searcher to point man, and three other members making up the diamond formation snapped left, each encountering new roles and responsibilities within the team structure. This was

  • Chilling Results for MURI Effort

    Thanks to Air Force Research Laboratory Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative funding, a team led by University of New Mexico professor Dr. Mansoor Sheik-Bahae created the first solid-state cryocooler capable of airborne and spaceborne sensor application. Also known as optical

  • New Models for Optimizing Mission Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

    With funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, engineers at Boston University are working on a theoretical approach to improve automated mission control and decision-making for fleets of unmanned aerial vehicles.While unmanned systems currently rely on the automation of low-level

  • Air Force takes step toward cleaner fuel, energy independence

    Air Force officials, embracing the national priorities of cleaner fuel and energy independence, took a step toward a greener, energy independent future when an A-10C Thunderbolt II here took to the air March 25 fueled with a blend of Hydrotreated Renewable Jet, or HRJ, and JP-8.This first-ever

  • AFRL Commander's Challenge 2009

    The Air Force Research Laboratory Commander's Challenge 2009 concluded with the announcement that Team Wright-Patterson had won the year's event, which hinged on developing a system to monitor mountain passes--the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan, for example--for insurgent activity.