• Plastic Magnets Attract More Than Warfighter Attention

    AFRL is funding the research of plastic magnets, a technology of value to warfighters in detecting weapons hidden in clothing or packages. Led by Dr. Arthur Epstein, professor of physics and chemistry and director of the Institute for Magnetic and Electronic Polymers at The Ohio State University, a

  • Air Force PETS Maximizes Value of Live-Virtual-Constructive Training

    AFRL leveraged Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA) with multiple partners to streamline the integration of Performance Evaluation Tracking System (PETS) core technology into Air Combat Command's Warfighter Readiness Assessment and Performance Measurement and Tracking System, a

  • Exercise Tests Coalition Shared Database for MAJIIC ACTD

    AFRL participated in a 3-week simulation exercise held at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Consultation, Command, and Control Agency (The Hague, Netherlands) and Distributed Common Ground Station. The exercise was for the Multisensor Aerospace-Ground Joint ISR [Intelligence,

  • Cyber Defense Simulation Trainer Demonstration

    Researchers demonstrated the AFRL-developed Cyber Defense Simulation Trainer (CYDEST) to the Director of Human Resources and Training (Assistant Secretary of Defense/National Information Infrastructure, Defense-Wide Information Assurance Program), as well as to members of the Defense Information

  • ACC Performance and Training-Related ATD "WRAPs" Up

    AFRL completed a Category I advanced technology demonstration (ATD) for Air Combat Command's (ACC) Warfighter Readiness Assessment and Performance Measurement and Tracking System (WRAPMTS). This research program developed and demonstrated an integrated capability for performance measurement and

  • Improving AF Situational Awareness with Smart Satellite Imagery

    Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) and small business Geosemble Technologies are improving Air Force situational awareness with software that presents vast amounts of map data in a more manageable format for its commanders in theater. Using basic research funding from the

  • 'Conductive ink' solar panels capture sun power for soldiers

    Scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL/RX), in a concerted effort with Plextronics, Inc., and the Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center, both located in Pittsburgh, Pa., developed a ready-to-use, cost-reducing technology that can

  • Base exercise to run July 8 - 10

    Base and local emergency response officials plan to jointly exercise response actions following two simulated aircraft crashes here July 8-10. Other exercise activity will also be going on throughout the three days. Several scenarios will test fire fighting, security, command and control and other