• AFRL Engineers Collaborate With DoD Cyber Crimes Center

    AFRL's Steganographic Intelligence (STEGINT) group is collaborating with the Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Crime Center (DC3), Linthicum, Maryland, through research, transition, and information exchange sessions on steganographic technologies. The DC3 comprises three organizations: the Defense

  • AFRL Commences GDE-2 Testing

    AFRL engineers began testing the second-generation Ground Demonstration Engine, known as GDE-2, at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's 8 ft high-temperature tunnel (Hampton, Virginia). The GDE-2 is a hydrocarbon-fueled supersonic combustion ramjet

  • AFRL Establishes AMIST for Focused Warhead Development

    AFRL and the Department of Energy's Kansas City Plant are collaborating to provide ordnance designers the initiation tools necessary for developing focused warheads, such as the dual-role munition. These advanced weapons will require an interdisciplinary technical solution that incorporates

  • AFRL Successfully Tests V-22 Flight Dynamics

    AFRL engineers completed successful wind tunnel tests of the V-22 Osprey, a 6%-scale model, to improve their understanding of the vehicle's flight characteristics. They tested the model in the vertical wind tunnel at different orientations; propeller speeds; and sideslip, nacelle, and blade angles.

  • AFRL Successfully Tests Automated Refueling Subsystem

    AFRL completed a successful flight test of an automated aerial refueling ( AAR), inner- loop control laws (IL CLAWS) system. A flight control computer (FCC) hosted the IL CLAWS system, which interfaced with the Calspan Learjet variable stability system (VSS) using discrete, analog signals. As part

  • AFRL Designs Tapered Ground Plane for SUAV

    AFRL scientists designed, built, and tested a tapered ground plane design. The team used an important in-house facility--namely, the Radiation and Scattering Compact Antenna Laboratory--as a resource for testing verification. The improved ground plane reduces the susceptibility of a Global

  • AFRL Demonstrates Transparent ZnO Electronics

    AFRL scientists demonstrated transparent microelectronic circuits using nanocrystalline zinc oxide (ZnO) transistors. Large-area electronics for electromagnetic, chemical, and mechanical sensors, as well as large-display electronics, can be more useful in compact system applications such as unmanned

  • AFRL Commences GE VAATE Core Compressor Testing

    AFRL engineers began testing General Electric's (GE) long-range strike (LRS) Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engine (VAATE) core compressor at AFRL's Compressor Research Facility (CRF). These tests will further develop the front three stages of the dual-use core compressor to increase part

  • AFRL Presents Latest Display Technologies at SPIE Conference

    AFRL's Advanced Visualization and Interactive Displays team presented its latest research and development advancements on large, tiled displays during the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) Defense and Security symposium. The team presented techniques for expanding the datawall's