• AFOSR: New Reliable Software Model Expected to Reduce Time and Cost for DoD

    Air Force Office of Scientific Research funded researchers at Kansas State University have developed a new model that could potentially reduce software development time and costs while improving aircraft mission control systems. The model is called Cadena and the work is being done at KSU's

  • Air Force Funded Scientist Receives Technical Achievement Award

    A scientist in Missouri, funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research here, recently received the 2006 Technical Achievement Award of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Signal Processing Society. Dr. Arye Nehorai, chairman and professor of the department of electrical

  • Air Force Officer Helps Build Clean Drinking Water Infrastructure for Iraqis

    The challenge for those assigned water system reconstruction work in Iraq's desert environment is not lack of water. Both the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers run through the heart of Iraq. Rather, the challenge is water treatment. Someone with civil engineering experience is invaluable in helping fix

  • Air Force Awards $13.1 Million to Universities for Research Equipment

    The Air Force Office of Scientific Research here recently announced plans to award $13.1 million to 44 academic institutions to support the purchase of research instrumentation under the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program - DURIP. AFOSR selected 58 projects to fund after reviewing

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research Funds Academy Satellite Program

    The Air Force Office of Scientific Research is currently funding a research program at the U.S. Air Force Academy which involves cadets designing, building and launching satellites. The most recent satellite cadets created is FalconSat-3, launched in March from Cape Canaveral, Florida and currently

  • Foundation plans to break ground for new compassionate care facility

    The Fisher House Foundation will break ground in early 2008 to replace the existing Nightingale House, a compassionate care facility on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, with a new Fisher House. With construction expected to last eight months, the new facility will be located on the grounds directly

  • 96 civilian employees receive RIF notices

    Ninety-six civilian employees at Wright-Patterson AFB received reduction-in-force notices June 15. Due to fiscal year 2007 force structure changes and Air Force program budget decisions, the RIFs were necessary to address the resulting position reductions, said Eric Dilworth, civilian personnel