• 3DAI Foils Costly Engine Inspection

    Seeking a more expedient approach to engine airfoil inspection, an Integrated Project Team established an alternate methodology expected to cut substantial time (and consequently, cost) over current techniques, which are too slow for full-rate/surge production or efficient maintenance operations.

  • Facility to Enhance Alternative Fuels Research

    With a ground-breaking ceremony here the Air Force ushered in a new capability for researching secure, eco-friendly, and renewable fuels. The symbolic excavation marks the start of a significant construction effort that will ultimately yield the Air Force Research Laboratory Assured Aerospace Fuels

  • SBIR Directs Energy Towards Laser-Based Target ID

    Air Force Research Laboratory-sponsored Small Business Innovation Research dedicated to improving target identification technology precipitated development of an Optical Target Identification System of benefit to directed energy weapons advancement, such as that facilitated by the Airborne Laser and

  • "AIMing" to Improve ISR Data Availability

    With successful testing of Air Force Research Laboratory's Advanced Information Management System comes a powerful new capability for high-speed recording, cataloguing, and brokering--and near-real-time dissemination--of critical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance information for

  • Geolocation Goes Underground With Latest Advance

    Location-finding technology has descended to a new level of low--beneath the earth's surface, that is. Air Force Research Laboratory sensors scientists participated in successful demonstration testing of subsurface navigation technology, which provides navigational solutions for scenarios involving

  • FalconSAT-5 Tests a Win-Win for AFRL/Academy Interests

    United States Air Force Academy cadets assisted the Air Force Research Laboratory workforce at Edwards Air Force Base, California, in conducting recent FalconSAT-5 operational testing. Historically, the collaboration between the two organizations has proven mutually beneficial, and this recent

  • New Ways of Measuring Catastrophic Risks May Enhance Air Force Efforts

    Noted Air Force Office of Scientific Research-funded researcher, Dr. Graciela Chichilnisky is pioneering a new approach for measuring, anticipating and managing catastrophic risks, sometimes called "Black Swans" or natural catastrophes like hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis and floods that may

  • Wright-Patt Captain Awarded The Bronze Star

    United States Air Force Capt. Derek Williamson modestly says he was just doing his job but the United States Army says otherwise. For exceptionally meritorious service while deployed to a combat zone in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM last year, Captain Williamson has been awarded the Bronze

  • Air Force Collaborates With Marines For More Effective Disaster Response

    If a major disaster such as a terrorist Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, High Explosive, or CBRNE, event occurs in a community, or a massive accident occurs at a hospital or industrial facility, specialized military teams are ready to deploy to assist overwhelmed civilian first