• Group increases Wright-Patt footprint

    How do you move a mission across the country without the Airmen you support everyday feeling any impact? The 77th Aeronautical Systems Group is intent on doing just that. The decision to move the 77th from Brooks City-Base, San Antonio to Wright-Patterson was made by the 2005 Base Realignment and

  • Phase-Locked Amplifier Arrays Pave the Way for Fiber Laser Weaponization

    In a substantial step towards realizing weapons-class fiber lasers, AFRL researchers successfully phase-locked five 145 W amplifier chains, obtaining a total laser power output of 725 W. Achieved via the lab's coherent beam combination technique known as LOCSET, the Locking of Optical Coherence by

  • AFMC Freedom's Call Tattoo 2009: At a Glance

    Air Force officials have announced the key elements of this year's Air Force Materiel Command Tattoo event. WHERE: National Museum of the U. S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio WHEN: Friday, June 26, 2009 ADMISSION: Free and open to public TIMELINE: 4:30 p.m. - Gates open 5 p.m. -

  • AFMC Freedom's Call Tattoo 2009 to showcase many new attractions

    There's a saying that there are no extraordinary people. Rather, there are ordinary people who are placed in extraordinary situations. The concept of that adage can be applied to Air Force Materiel Command's Freedom's Call Tattoo, whose singular additions this year are combining into an

  • AFRL Transitions 250°C Thin Film Capacitor Technology

    Dearborn Electronics, Inc., is using a commercialized version of an AFRL-developed diamond-like carbon as a high-temperature dielectric film, packaging the material into a stacked capacitor capable of operating at temperatures up to 250°C at 200 V. The company recently announced this thin film

  • AFRL Develops Money-Saving Methods for Aircraft Fuel Tank Repair

    AFRL researchers developed a program aimed at reducing the cost of aircraft fuel tank repair. Their research results indicate that using a diethylene glycol monomethyl ether (DiEGME)-resistant coating to line the interior of aircraft fuel tanks decreases repair frequency and, consequently, cost. The

  • Making High-Quality, Lower-Cost Transistors for Flexible Electronics

    A team composed of researchers from DuPont and Cornell University has found a way to separate metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotubes, a discovery with potential advantages in the creation of transistors--specifically, those designed for flexible electronics applications. The AFRL-funded

  • X-51A Scramjet Advances a Step Closer to Flight Clearance

    AFRL completed a series of ground tests on the SJX61-2, or X-2, the hydrocarbon-fueled scramjet [supersonic combustion ramjet] engine designated for flight clearance purposes by the X-51A Scramjet Engine Demonstrator program. The purpose of these latest program tests was to validate engine hardware

  • Low-Band Array Jammer Technology Demonstration

    The Joint Aircraft Survivability Program Office funded AFRL's demonstration of low-band array jammer technology. The funding applied to test and evaluate performance of the ITT Corporationdeveloped low-band, high-power-transmitting phased-array facilitated assessment of beam forming, steering, and