• RV4 Moving Target Identification

    Air Force Research Laboratory conducted a successful flight demonstration of Radar Vision 4, an important new capability for automated cueing and recognition of combat moving targets. Developed under the Air-to-Ground Radar Imaging Advanced Technology Demonstration, RV4 employs radar-based

  • New Capability Quests Boldly, "AIMS" High

    Three years of focused collaboration between Air Force Research Laboratory researchers in Rome, New York, and Northrop Grumman personnel has yielded a lightweight, tactical storage resource broker for capturing, storing, and dispensing critical operational data for in-theater warfighter use. The

  • Mini Generator "Marx" the Way to Directed Energy Advances

    Working under Small Business Innovation Research contract to Air Force Research Laboratory, Physical Optics Corporation developed a novel generator technology of import to improvements sought for Air Force airborne and ground-based radar and high-power microwave systems. Applying its unique

  • Rad-Hard Boost for Space Communications

    Addressing the Air Force's mounting need for reliable space assets with increased operational magnitude, AFRL worked with industry partner Photon-X, LLC, to develop an optical amplification capability that increases communications bandwidth and otherwise improves the power output and dependability

  • FALCON Fast, Far, and First

    Working with industry partner ITT Advanced Engineering & Sciences, Air Force Research Laboratory sensors scientists demonstrated FALCON, an operationally capable Fast Airborne Laser Communications Optical Node. The long-awaited capability, which culminates decades of research into this technology,

  • I/ITSEC Exhibits Reflect Advantages of Collaborative Training Research

    While warfighter preparation is no game, Air Force Research Laboratory human performance expertise reveals that it nonetheless benefits from games--game-based military training and simulation, that is. Featuring technology developed and transferred via Cooperative Research and Development

  • Crew Comfort No Backseat Concern for AFRL

    Air Force Research Laboratory engineers didn't take requests from deployed troops lightly, but they did take the feedback sitting down--literally. Fortunately for personnel engaged in long-duration flights, this approach--founded in complex and interrelated human factors considerations--proved

  • Night Flight presents annual tribute to Glenn Miller

    The U.S. Air Force Band of Flight's Night Flight Jazz Ensemble will celebrate the heritage of the great American band leader, Maj. Glenn Miller, in a concert Saturday, May 15 at 6:00 p.m. at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The performance will take place outside the museum's Modern Flight

  • Refinery fire directs evacuation of nearby Brooks City-Base

    A large fire at a fuel refinery in south San Antonio resulted in the precautionary evacuation of all Air Force and Department of Defense personnel from nearby Brooks City-Base. The evacuation order is per the direction of the Bexar County Emergency Operations Center, and was coordinated with Col.

  • Human Performance Wing's Fatigue Research Targets the Brain

    Researchers from the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing's Human Effectiveness Directorate, or 711 HPW/RH, and the Kettering Innovation Center are moving into a state-of-the-art phase of fatigue research that aims to shed light on identifying people who are fatigue resistant