• Retired Army general featured speaker for Retiree Appreciation Day

    One of the things military retirees like about Maj. Gen. William Matz is he tells it like it is. The retired Army infantry officer, who's combat career spanned from the 1968 Tet Offensive in Vietnam to Operation Just Cause in Panama, will be the guest speaker at Wright-Patt's Retiree Appreciation

  • Air Force Launches ADVENT Technology Demonstrator Phase

    The Air Force Research Laboratory has completed its assessment of the two ADVENT, adaptive versatile engine technology, Phase I efforts and found both companies worthy of proceeding to Phase II. This finding follows an intensive two-year effort of design, analysis and component risk reduction

  • Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft gets X-plane designation

    Air Force officials have approved X-55A as the new designation for the Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft. The X-55A is a technology demonstrator for the design and manufacture of future aircraft using advanced composite materials. The X-55A is a modified Dornier 328J aircraft with the fuselage aft

  • Researcher Honored for Experimental Work in Nanotechnology

    Air Force-funded researcher, Dr. Óscar Custance from the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan has been chosen for the 2009 Feynman Prize for Experimental Work in Nanotechnology for his research in atomic-scale precision. The results of this research could someday lead to more effective

  • Seasonal flu shots available for high-risk military beneficiaries

    Wright-Patterson Medical Center will provide seasonal influenza immunizations for high-risk military beneficiaries Oct. 20-21 at building 142, Area C between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. High-risk individuals are children 6 months to 5 years old, pregnant women, people 50 years of age and older, people of any

  • Nanosatellites Expected to Benefit from Advanced Propulsion Technology

    A University of Michigan professor is developing an electric rocket thruster, NanoFET, that uses nanoparticle electric propulsion and enables spacecraft to travel faster and with less propellant than previous technology allowed. The Air Force Office of Scientific Research is funding Professor Alec

  • AFOSR Deepens Commitment to the Latin American Science Community

    The Southern Office of Aerospace Research and Development, an international detachment of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, recently conducted its first basic research initiative meeting to discover talented researchers and create meaningful partnerships in Latin America. This program

  • Advanced Appraisal of Protective Eyewear a Foreseeable Field Capability

    Air Force Research Laboratory and Physical Optics Corporation took a good look at eyewear worn to prevent laser-related damage and, through their resulting double vision--or rather, DOUBLET (Dual Optical Ultrawide Band Laser Eyewear Transmission) vision--provided field personnel a user-friendly

  • Laser Modeling With Wolfram Mathematica

    Air Force Research Laboratory scientists at the Directed Energy Directorate's Laser Division developed an extensive modeling and simulation software package in Mathematica to model fiber laser amplifiers. The modeling package is one of the world's most comprehensive.  Mr. Clint Zeringue, AFRL's