• 711 HPW engineers design improved restraint system for mobile aircrew

    A new restraint system based on the same technology that brings speeding roller coasters to a smooth stop may soon help save warfighter lives and reduce military mobile aircrew injuries. Engineers at the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate

  • General Hoffman to lead Air Force Materiel Command

    Department of Defense officials announced April 18 that Lt. Gen. Donald J. Hoffman, currently the military deputy in the office of the assistant Air Force secretary for acquisition at the Pentagon, will become the sixth commander of Air Force Materiel Command. President Bush has nominated General

  • $194.5 million BRAC Human Performance Wing construction contract awarded

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District office announced April 16 the construction contract award which will house the bulk of missions consolidating here as a result of Base Realignment and Closure 2005 decisions. Archer Western Contractors, LTD. / Butt Construction Company, Inc., A

  • Royalty Check Presented to AFRL's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate

    Representatives of UES Inc., presented a royalty check to Dr. David Walker, director of the Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL/RX), April 1, which was based on the sale price of a technology developed on a government funded research contract here. The

  • 711 HPW student researcher tackles life at a fast pace

    When Robyn Bradford says she's ready to tackle a new project, her Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) colleagues might get a little defensive. They know that "tackle" is not just a figure of speech for Ms. Bradford, a student researcher with AFRL's 711th Human Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness

  • Air Force Basic Research Key to Successful Supersonic Bomb Release

    An Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)-funded program was crucial to the successful supersonic test release of an MK-82 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) from a weapons bay at Mach 2, or two times the speed of sound. It was the first successful test release of any air delivered

  • Young Iraqi burn victim progressing well

    Since 3-year-old Al Amreeki left Balad Air Base, Iraq, aboard an Air Force C-17, traveling to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, then to Andrews AFB, Md. and finally arriving by commercial air bus to Lunken Field Airport in Cincinnati, on March 21, he has come a long way--literally. He

  • Leading materials engineer and program manager earns international award

    George F. Schmitt, Jr., of the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL/RX), has received the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) International Award for Armaments Cooperation. The award is presented each year to individuals within the Command in recognition of

  • Date set for Retiree Appreciation Day

    The Retiree Activities Office here has announced the next Retiree Appreciation Day will take place Oct. 29 at the Hope Hotel. Plans are already underway to make the event even larger and more informative than last year's event, which attracted some 350 retirees, said retired Air Force Col. Paul

  • Research leads to improved wireless communication

    An Air Force Office of Scientific Research-funded researcher whose work focused on Multi-User Detection (MUD) technology has made radio reception clearer where interference is a challenge for the military in theater. Dr. Rachel Learned's AFOSR-supported doctoral work in multi-user detection examined