• AFRL Physicist Captures American Physical Society 'Fellow' Title

     Dr. Timothy Bunning, a polymer physicist at the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Hardened Materials Branch, has received a "Fellow" appointment from the 45,000-member American Physical Society. He was recognized for contributions in the field of advanced

  • AFRL Supports F-35 JSF With Acoustic and Impact Testing

    AFRL signed a commercial test agreement with Northrop Grumman to conduct acoustic fatigue and impact testing of a thin-gage composite material with a SynCore™ center structure. This material system is intended for use on the interior walls of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's (JSF) inlet duct.

  • Active Aeroelastic Wing Flight Research Vehicle Receives X-53 Designation

    AFRL researchers received word regarding the Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW) flight demonstrator's assignment to mission design series number X-53. The designation makes the vehicle AFRL's first successfully initiated X plane since the X-24 lifting body concept, which was later employed on the space

  • AFRL Develops One-of-a-Kind Bearing Test Rig

    AFRL high-speed turbine experts developed a one-of-a-kind test facility to demonstrate the Revolutionary Approach to Time-Critical Long-Range Strike (RATTLRS) forward-thrust bearing technology. RATTLRS is a high-Mach air vehicle program funded by the Office of Naval Research. AFRL's new research

  • Community leaders tour Tinker Air Force Base

    Community leaders from 11 states with ties to Air Force Materiel Command visited one of the command's three depot repair bases -- Tinker AFB, Okla. -- May 1-3 as part of AFMC's Community Leadership Program. The program increases community leaders' awareness and understanding of the Air Force's role

  • Three AFRL researchers combine for 88 years of human-centric experience

    When they departed the Air Force Research Laboratory's Human Effectiveness Directorate recently after highly successful careers, three researchers-- Mr. Robert "Bob" Lee, Dr. Grant R. McMillan, and Dr. Glenn F. Wilson--took with them more than 88 years of experience in human-centric research. A

  • Mission Accomplished for AFRL's Joint Cockpit Office

    The Air Force Research Laboratory's Joint Cockpit Office (JCO) is expected to close this summer, having served for more than 12 years as a watchdog and advocate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for standardized military aircraft cockpit technology and symbology. The office was chartered in 1994 to