• Computational analysis improves I-500 warhead survivability

    Air Force Research Laboratory engineers conducted dynamic computational analysis geared towards improving the survivability of a proposed I-500 warhead design. The intent of this warhead is that it provide hard-target penetration capability while duplicating the properties of mass (i.e., 500 lb

  • AFRL Conducts Successful Tests of Decision-Making Fuze Technology

    The drive towards faster, more accurate and capable weapons for defeating hardened and deeply buried targets has created the need for intelligent fuzes capable of active decision making under high-impact conditions. The Robust Intelligent Void and Layer (RIVAL) fuze provides an accurate, "smart"

  • AFRL-sponsored air turbulence research could enable safer flight operations

    The Air Force Research Laboratory is funding Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists who are researching ways to identify and predict turbulence through the detection of underlying air patterns. Dr. George Haller, professor of mechanical engineering, and MIT graduate student Manikandan

  • AFRL Participates in Exercise AVENGING EAGLE

    Air Force Reseach Laboratory members participated in Exercise Avenging Eagle, the first U.S Air Force and British Royal Air Force coalition training exercise to employ distributed simulation systems to connect operational bases. Avenging Eagle linked GR4, F2, and Airborne Warning and Control

  • Ground breaking to mark start of history making construction

    The largest base construction project here since World War II will kick off with a ground breaking ceremony for the 711th Human Performance Wing complex June 16 at 10 a.m. The ground breaking is not open to the general public, however invited guests, as well as interested base employees, retirees

  • Student summer hire and intern programs popular at Wright-Patterson AFB

    Base civilian personnel officials here have hired nearly 200 high school and college students seeking employment this summer. Students fill jobs in organizations across the installation ranging from life guards to administrative, science and engineering support positions, said Brenda Myers, base

  • Best selling author and minister to speak here

    Noted author and minister Don Piper will speak and participate in several events here and in the local area June 4 - 5. The 88th Air Base Wing chapel staff is sponsoring his visit, said Chaplain (Capt.) Dwayne Jones. Jones said Piper is most well-known for his best selling book, 90 Minutes in

  • MQ-9 Reaper UAV drops first GPS-guided weapon

    A test team with the 658th Aeronautical Systems Squadron completed the first live releases of the GPS-guided GBU-49 weapon from an MQ-9 Reaper at the Naval Air Warfare Center--Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif. on Tuesday, May 13. The 25-member team from the 658th AESS, General Atomics,

  • Pulsed detonation engine flies into history

    The engine that naysayers thought could never propel an aircraft across the sky is now at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, where it will be displayed this summer and remembered for its 2008 history-making flight. The pulsed detonation engine, developed by a team from the Air Force Research