• AFRL, ASC team demonstrate Black Dart technology

    A joint Air Force Research Laboratory and Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) team recently designed, built, tested and demonstrated three unmanned air vehicles for a joint DoD exercise, known as Black Dart. Black Dart, organized and conducted by the Defense Intelligence Agency, NORAD and the Air

  • AFRL nanotoxicology image featured on journal cover

    The Toxicology Sciences journal featured on the front cover of its August edition an image from research conducted by the nanotoxicology research team at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Human Effectiveness Directorate. Dr. Saber Hussain, who leads the nanotoxicology research team at AFRL's Human

  • Manufacturing Technology Division Chief elected to SME College of Fellows

    The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), the world's leading professional society serving the manufacturing industry, has elected John P. Mistretta to the prestigious College of Fellows for 2006. Mr. Mistretta is the chief of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing

  • Air Force fosters worldwide anthropometry resources

    One researcher's vision of a 3-D anthropometric database has morphed into a nascent worldwide organization, uniting 10 countries on six continents, in a quest to better fit the human body with its clothing, technology and environment. Dr. Kathleen Robinette, principal research anthropologist for the

  • AFRL completes Subsonic Swept-Wing Laminar Flow Flight Test

    Turbulent air flow over an air vehicle wing surface increases airfoil drag and inhibits efficient flight. In an effort to reduce this problem, the Air Force Research Laboratory recently completed the Subsonic Swept-Wing Laminar Flow Flight Test (SWIFT). AFRL researchers completed SWIFT flight

  • Army praises Air Force for future battlefield improvements

    In front-line ground combat situations, specially trained Air Force warfighters must peer into the fog of war, collect target data from Army spotters, clearly grasp complex facts under high-stress chaotic conditions and render a decision that will rain lethal air strikes against nearby enemy

  • AFRL and JEDC enter into SpringBoard Partnership Intermediary Agreement

    The Air Force Research Laboratory will host members from the Juneau Economic Development Council (JEDC) and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) at a Oct. 26 kickoff meeting to begin work on the partnership intermediary agreement (PIA), referred to as SpringBoard. JEDC, a not-for-profit

  • First-ever laser test conducted using recycled fuel

    The world's first firing of a laser using recycled fuel was conducted recently by an Air Force and Boeing Company team. During an Aug. 24 test at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate, a chemical laser was supplied with its two main fuels--basic hydrogen peroxide and

  • Teams prepare for show stopper demonstrations

    Two, six-member Junior Workforce Challenge Project teams working on non-lethal, vehicle-halting prototypes for deployed area checkpoints will display their efforts at an upcoming competition. Each team consists of Air Force junior officers and civilians. They have been working on ideas since June,