• Air Force Eyes Mini-Thrusters for Use in Satellite Propulsion

    Mini- thrusters or miniature, electric propulsion systems are being developed, which could make it easier for the Air Force's small satellites, including the latest CubeSats, to perform space maneuvers and undertake formidable tasks like searching for planets beyond our solar system.With Air Force

  • Research Continues on Secure, Mobile, Quantum Communications

    Air Force Research Laboratory's Dr. David H. Hughes leads a lab-funded research team in the investigation of long-distance, mobile optical links imperative for secure in-theater quantum communications. The Rome, New York-based team is conducting high-data-rate experimentation using an optical laser

  • Advanced Propulsion Technology to Benefit Nanosatellites

    Lab-sponsored University of Michigan Professor Alec D. Gallimore is developing the NanoFET, a novel electric rocket thruster that enables spacecraft to travel faster and with less propellant than previous technology allowed. The half-inch thruster uses nanoparticle electric propulsion, a technology

  • Unique New MAV Operates With High Aerodynamic Efficiency

    Joint funding by Air Force Research Laboratory's European Office of Aerospace Research and Development and the French Department of Defense facilitated a French researcher's design of a new micro air vehicle concept capable of high aerodynamic efficiency even in adverse conditions. Dr. Jean Marc

  • Algebraic Algorithms Dramatically Enhance Surveillance Imagery

    Technology developed through Air Force Research Laboratory funding of two innovative mathematicians, Dr. Myoung An and Dr. Richard Tolimieri, is expected to advance object and target detection for the Air Force. The pair's work is founded in their remarkably insightful use of sophisticated algebraic

  • Lab-Funded Research Shatters Traditional Notions of Laser Limits

    University of California Berkeley Professor Xiang Zhang, a researcher funded jointly by Air Force Research Laboratory's Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative and the National Science Foundation, demonstrated the world's smallest semiconductor laser, a milestone of considerable importance

  • WPAFB Gates set for temporary closure to make way for Improvements

    Gates 12A (AFMC HQ) in Area A and 1B (Springfield Rd.) in Area B are set to close as new overhead canopies and guard booths are installed beginning on Mar. 8.The gate projects, designed to protect security personnel and motorist from the elements and enhance force protection entry control

  • Developing Web Technologies to Share Secure Information

    Dr. Lalana Kagal and fellow researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing a standard policy language to achieve flexible and dynamic Web security when information is shared between agencies, countries and organizations.The research, funded under the Air Force Office of

  • Welcome home combat nerd

    Senior Airman Tre Porfirio returned to Wright-Patterson aboard a Kentucky Air National Guard C-130 just after lunch Feb. 18. He was greeted to the roar of applause by more than 200 people, including friends, co-workers, veterans groups, and news media, inside the base operations hangar here.Porfirio

  • Air Force Uniform Office wants your opinion

    The Air Force Uniform Office conducted its first-ever field solicitation for Airmen suggestions and concerns about Air Force uniforms to incorporate into a uniform strategic plan for future developments. These forums took place at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Jan. 25-26; and Maxwell AFB and Gunter