Air Force to host UAS Summit July 28-30

The United States Air Force will host an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Summit July 28-30 at Scitor Corporation 2251 Corporate Park Drive, 3rd Floor, in Herndon, Va., in which members of the Air Force, Joint service partners and industry stakeholders will have an opportunity to discuss the Air Force's

Second group of contracting specialists start work

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

Laser Technology Creates New Forms of Metal and Enhances Aircraft Performance

AFOSR-funded researchers at the University of Rochester are using laser light technology that will help the military create new forms of metal that may guide, attract and repel liquids and cool small electronic devices. Dr. Chunlei Guo and his team of researchers for the project discovered a way to

'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