• CSAF to attend USAF Marathon

    In another historical first, Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, Air Force Chief of Staff, is scheduled to attend the U.S. Air Force Marathon on Sept. 19. General Schwartz's attendance marks the first time the service's most senior officer will attend the event, which is in its 13th year. The general, an avid

  • SBIR On Board With Engine Health Management

    A successfully demonstrated Small Business Innovation Research outcome could ultimately pay dividends in the area of maintaining aircraft engine health, specifically in the fielding of low-cost, onboard, integrated engine health management systems for monitoring engine vibration and other key

  • Conductive Ink Energizes Solar Use for Soldiers

    Check your pockets--you just might be sporting a novel technology that boosts your personal capacity to harvest solar energy power for your critical communication, navigation/location-finding, and other portable--and in some cases, wearable--devices. The main ingredient of this emergent capability

  • Affordable RadHard Components a Modified Foundry Away

    Absolutely integral to Department of Defense space missions, radiation-hardened electronics technology just got a little less costly to manufacture on a large-scale basis. The advance comes with Air Force Research Laboratory's demonstration of an innovative technique for modifying a high-volume,

  • Air Force Estimates Nearly $300 Million in Engine Rotor Cost Avoidance

    Air Force Research Laboratory's Engine Rotor Life Extension program engineers are making significant headway in reducing aircraft engine maintenance, repair, and overhaul costs. Overall, the ERLE program nets a nearly $300 million life-cycle cost avoidance for engine rotor MRO. It does so by safely

  • Robotic Technology Development a "Fuel-Filling" Endeavor

    Air Force Research Laboratory materials experts are exploiting robotics technology to create a capability that will significantly improve the safety of personnel engaged in aircraft ground refueling activities. While ground refueling equipment has improved over time, the operation itself remains

  • Robot-Assisted Convoys a Rolling Reality

    A novel robotic package developed for use aboard military convoy vehicles enables greatly improved vigilance and safety for mobile personnel. Developed by Air Force Research Laboratory, the University of Florida, and Autonomous Solutions, Inc., the technology allows designated personnel within the

  • AFOSR-Sponsored Researcher Develops New Type of Magnetron

    Researchers funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) at the University of Michigan invented a new type of magnetron that could improve radar resolution.  A magnetron is a type of vacuum tube used as the frequency source in microwave ovens, radar systems and other high-power

  • 711 HPW DIMO Unit Trains First Responders in the Caribbean

    The Defense Institute for Medical Operations (DIMO), a unit of the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, continued its commitment to high-quality international medical training by participating in Operation SOUTHERN PARTNER with the 12th Air

  • Air Force unveils new PT running shorts at USAF Marathon

    Air Force officials here will unveil new lightweight running shorts this month in time for the Air Force Marathon Sept. 19 here. The new shorts -- available at the AAFES Wright-Patterson Military Clothing Sales Store, or MCSS -- feature a durable, quick-drying nylon shell with polyester brief for