• Two brothers from Dayton taught the world to fly

    Aviation enthusiasts, Air Force and local government leaders gathered here Dec. 17 to remember how two brothers from Dayton, Ohio changed the world.The brief ceremony, held adjacent to the Wright Brothers Memorial on base, recognized the 106th anniversary of the first powered flight at Kittyhawk,

  • AFMC Freedom's Call Tattoo 2010 scheduled for June 25

    'Tis the season for most people to host or attend holiday parties; but, for officials, here, 'tis the season to be in the midst of planning for one of southwest Ohio's largest summer celebrations.The Air Force Materiel Command Freedom's Call Tattoo is Friday, June 25, 2010. Officials expect another

  • Wright-Patt Airman wounded in action

    A Wright-Patterson Airman was wounded in action by hostile gunfire in Afghanistan November 21. Senior Airman Tre Porfirio, a voice network systems technician for the 88th Communications Squadron here, was serving with the 755th Air Expeditionary Group at Combat Outpost Spera, Afghanistan. "We're

  • Public invited to First Flight ceremony at WPAFB

    The public is invited to a First Flight ceremony at the Wright Memorial Hill here Thursday, Dec. 17 at 10 a.m. The event commemorates the 106th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first successful powered flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C. on Dec. 17. 1903. Brig. Gen. Paul Sampson, mobilization assistant to

  • NASCAR All Ears on Effort to SPEARhead Hearing Protection

    Listen up, NASCAR. The Air Force and SPEAR Labs, LLC, want technologies originally developed for battlefield hearing protection and communications to benefit motorsports as well. Created under Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between SPEAR Labs and Air Force Reserach Laboratory's 711th

  • SBIR-Produced Patterns Replace Wax With Foam Technology

    Funded in part by Air Force Research Laboratory Manufacturing Technology Small Business Innovation Research contracts, FOPAT Production, Inc., is producing breakthrough foam patterns for casting foundries and other manufacturers of aerospace components. The advanced patterns will improve casting

  • Space Access Capability Boosted by Wind Tunnel Test Success

    With help from Air Force Research Laboratory, the Air Force is pursuing a Reusable Booster System concept as the potential next step towards a low-cost space access capability. Whereas current booster systems are entirely expendable and require long lead times prior to launch, an RBS equipped with

  • Research for Bat-Inspired Micro Air Vehicles Taking Wing

    Air Force Research Laboratory-funded researchers from several universities are studying the flexible, flapping wings of bats (as well as birds and certain insects) in order to mimic desirable biological attributes towards micro air vehicle improvements in agility, speed, and adaptability. If

  • Gotcha Radar Dishing--or "Desching"--Up Meaningful ISR

    The Air Force Gotcha radar program will leverage "Desch"--Air Force Research Laboratory's newest supercomputer and the 308th-fastest device in the world--to translate massive amounts of radar surveillance data into high-resolution, three-dimensional video images for observing activity over an entire

  • Tuning In to Multispectral and Polarimetric Target Detection

    Having completed Phase I of a Small Business Innovation Research effort ultimately pursuing a full-scale sensor capability available for ready integration into small unmanned aerial systems sensor suites, Applied NanoFemto Technologies has begun SBIR Phase II work on the heretofore highly successful