• Reconfigurable FPGAs Designed for Satellite Program

    A Cooperative Research and Development Agreement enabled collaboration between Air Force Research Laboratory and Xilinx Corporation is developing a space-hardened version of the company's latest field-programmable gate array product: the Single-Event-Upset Immune Reconfigurable FPGA, or SIRF. Now

  • USAF School of Aerospace Medicine's DIMO takes trauma training to Tajikistan

    The Defense Institute for Medical Operations, a unit of the U. S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) currently based at Brooks City-Base, San Antonio, presented medical professionals in the Central Asian country of Tajikistan a training course focused on regional trauma and disaster

  • Record Crowd turns out for Air Force Marathon

    Nearly 10,000 runners - an almost 35 percent increase over last year -- lined up at the starting line here for the 2009 U.S. Air Force Marathon. The 13th annual running event started with remarks by Lt. Gen. Thomas J. Owen, commander of the Aeronautical Systems Center, and included a first-ever

  • Crystal-Clear Path to Advanced Encryption and High-Resolution Photography

    Air Force Research Laboratory-funded research of unconventional imaging methods may prompt advancements for the Air Force, particularly in the areas of data encryption and wide-area, high-resolution photography. Princeton University's Dr. Jason W. Fleischer leads a team exploring the use of a

  • Energy Harvesting for Future UAVs

    Dye-sensitized solar cells constitute an emergent technology expected to power Air Force unmanned air vehicles of the future. The basis of this expectation lies in the cells' capacity as optimum energy harvesters, power sources that may ultimately enable longer flight times without additional

  • New Generation of Energy-Efficient UAVs

    Driven by ever-increasing military demands to reduce unmanned air vehicle size and weight but lengthen flight times, Air Force Research Laboratory is funding a project exploring the integration of solar power sources directly into the base materials used to build UAVs. Dr. Max Shtein and his team of

  • Curved Laser Beams Just Around the Bend

    Research exploring the use of curved laser beams in the space environment may one day enable charged particles to be accelerated and high-power microwaves and radio frequency waves to be guided while in the air, advantageous capabilities for the Air Force in terms of remotely detecting explosives

  • Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft Makes First Flight

    The famed "Skunk Works®" advanced development program launched a new era of aircraft manufacturing technology and performance with the successful flight of the Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft, a vehicle developed jointly by Air Force Research Laboratory and Lockheed Martin. Conducted at US Air

  • Successful Launch for AFRL TacSat-3 Satellite

    An Air Force Minotaur I rocket launched the Air Force Research Laboratory's TacSat-3 satellite, National Aeronautics and Space Administration's PharmaSat microsatellite, and NASA's CubeSat Technology Demonstration experiments into low earth orbit. The launch team declared the event successful after

  • SecDEF announces return of KC-X program

    Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced the return of the KC-X program to the Air Force during the 2009 Air Force Association Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition at the National Harbor, Oxon Hill, Md., Sept. 16. The announcement sparked applause as KC-X, the Air Force's tanker