• Vision-based research may result in agile, smart, autonomous munitions

    A team of University of Florida-led scientists has received, from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research here, a grant extension through November to continue research on agile autonomous munitions. The study seeks to develop technology necessary to field agile and smart munitions capable of

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research announces quarterly award winners

    The Air Force Office of Scientific Research honored 22 individuals and team members with quarterly and individual awards during its recent commander's call here. Maj. Joshua W. Meyer, AFOSR's executive officer, was selected as the Field Grade Officer of the Quarter. AFOSR officials said Meyer has

  • EMT Schoolhouse surpasses 2,000th student

    Airman 1st Class Matthew Rakowitz from the 88th Medical Operation Squadron was handed a coin as he entered the 445th Aeromedical Staging Squadron's Emergency Medical Technician classroom Monday morning. The Airman was the 13th student of 28 that entered the classroom. Not knowing what it was for,

  • Advanced Structural Analysis Tool Is a Collaborative Success

    An advanced modeling and analysis tool for complex composite structures, StressCheck™, is generating benefits across the aerospace industrial base. Industry innovation and a collaborative effort involving AFRL Small Business Technology Transfer, Navy Small Business Innovation Research, and Air

  • AFRL Researchers Support UAV Tests

    AFRL researchers provided technical and operational support to The Ohio State University's Collaborative Center of Control Science (CCCS) during unmanned air vehicle (UAV) flight tests. The CCCS UAV flight tests will aid efforts to determine the usefulness of UAVs for future intelligence,

  • AFRL Researchers Test Mars Flyer Concept

    AFRL research continues to play a critical role in the future of Mars exploration. Using the laboratory's Vertical Wind Tunnel (one of only two such facilities in the country), scientists from AFRL, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Ames Research Center, and the Naval Research

  • Alternative Jet Fuel Reduces Aircraft Engine Emissions

    AFRL researchers completed successful engine emissions tests to support the Department of Defense Assured Fuels Initiative, an effort geared towards securing domestic fuel sources to meet the military's energy needs. To assess the performance of a manned Air Force aircraft running on alternative jet

  • Final spin marks end of AFRL's centrifuge-based research at WPAFB

    Technical Sgt. Jewelle C. "J.C." Huggins of the Commander's Support Staff, 88th Mission Support Squadron, implanted herself firmly into Air Force research history recently when she served as the final human test subject to spin in the Air Force Research Laboratory's dynamic environment simulator.The

  • Reducing the shake, rattle, and roll on objects deployed in space

    Current deployment mechanisms operating aboard spacecraft primarily consist of heavy springs, which when activated, inflict shock to components such as solar arrays and antennae, often hindering the equipment's efficiency in the cosmos environment, but a developing technology to be evaluated in the