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  • The small-scale Microwave Mapping Transparency Sensor System is shown. The system was development by Compass Technologies Group under an Air Force Small Business Innovative Research agreement and loaned to the company through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate. (Photo courtesy of Compass Technologies Group)

    Air Force teams with industry to further aircraft and radome coating research

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio –The Air Force Research Laboratory and a small business are partnering to advance critical aircraft coatings. Under a cooperative research and development agreement, also known as a CRADA, the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL/RX) loaned a small-scale Microwave Mapping Transparency Sensor
  • A Northrop Grumman splice joint specimen is shown before (left) and after (right) undergoing testing in the 200 MTS Test Stand at the Facility for Innovative Research in Structures Technology in the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate. The testing was conducted under a cooperative research and development agreement between the directorate and Northrop Grumman. (Courtesy Photo/AFRL)

    Air Force testing shows advanced joint technology a viable method for aircraft assembly

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio – A partnership between the Air Force Research Laboratory and industry could help usher in a new era of advanced aircraft assembly. Testing performed by AFRL showed promising results for the use of composite skin splice joints in aircraft assembly. The tests were performed under a cooperative research and development

  • New agreement paves way for UC students to work in Air Force labs

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Materials science and engineering students from the University of Cincinnati now have the opportunity to gain research experience  at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate. The directorate recently signed an Educational Partnership Agreement with the College of

  • Air Force partnership with industry sparks a more robust STEM internship program

    EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA – The Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate and Cummings Aerospace have partnered to provide a unique internship experience for college engineering students. Under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, the two parties developed an internship program that will allow four college students in the
  • 711th Human Performance Wing shares Vigilant Spirit Control Station software

    AFRL shares UAV software to further research

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The 711th Human Performance Wing’s Airman Systems Directorate is using an information transfer agreement construct to provide commercial companies with access to its Vigilant Spirit Control Station software package, which allows operators to control multiple unmanned air vehicles, or UAVs, at once. The
  • Former U.S. Air Force Capt. Chris Perrine, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, chief of acquisitions for net centric services-2, from Robbins Air Force Base, Ga., monitors his team’s active shooter detection system during the 2015 Air Force Research Laboratory Commander’s Challenge.

    Commander’s Challenge active shooter technology licensed by new small business

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO – A recently signed Air Force Research Laboratory patent licensing agreement is set to commercialize an active shooter alert system developed by the Air Force. The AFRL Sensors Directorate signed a patent license agreement with the newly incorporated Protective Innovations. The company, soon to be headquartered
  • Students from the University of New Mexico’s Rocket Engineering Team built the world’s largest launched amateur rocket through an Educational Partnership Agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy and Space Vehicles Directorate. Under the agreement, students utilized Air Force facilities for building a similar version of the PGM-11 Redstone rocket for real world and predicted performance comparisons. (Courtesy Photo)

    World’s largest launched amateur rocket built through Air Force Educational Partnership Agreement

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, New Mexico – Students from the University of New Mexico’s Rocket Engineering Team built the worlds largest launched amateur rocket through an Educational Partnership Agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy and Space Vehicles Directorate.Under the agreement, students utilized Air Force facilities
  • A LocataLite transmitter, high on a peak for maximum range, transmits high-accuracy positioning signals across the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The Air Force Institute of Technology was chosen by the 746th Test Squadron to partner with the Locata Corporation through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement to develop a highly accurate navigation system for testing methods developed for overcoming GPS jamming, or electronic warfare. This system is tested on equipment, such as aircraft or land-based vehicles that are used in locations where electronic warfare prevents the warfighter from using GPS in battle. The collaboration allowed AFIT to provide research and government expertise for updating Locata’s system to meet the requirements developed by the 746th Test Squadron. (Courtesy photo/Locata Corporation)

    Advanced navigation system developed through Air Force agreement

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, the Air Force Institute of Technology and the Locata Corporation delivered a highly accurate navigation system that performs in wide-area GPS jamming environments caused by electronic warfare.The 746th Test Squadron at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, required
  • Sebastian Harrelson, an electroplater in the 309th Commodities Maintenance Group, prepares to submerge the nose gear of an F-16 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The organization is overhauling an increasing number of landing gear components with a more eco-friendly coating because of a new process developed by Utah-based ES3 under the Air Force SBIR/STTR Program. The coating - made possible by the new application process - has been shown to provide better protection for components and is expected to yield significant savings over the environmental cleanup needed for traditional coatings. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Alex R. Lloyd)

    AF SBIR/STTR program solves problems for major commands, strengthens economy through small business growth

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – On the ABC television show, Shark Tank, prospective entrepreneurs receive a chance to turn dreams of a successful business into reality. Contestants present their ideas to investors – who achieved their own business success – in hopes of financial support.In a way, the Air Force Small Business Innovation
  • Joe Diemunsch, a computer engineer with AFRL and the first person to enter AFRL’s Entrepreneurial Opportunities Program, prepares to launch a remotely piloted aircraft over a field of corn. Diemunsch is exploring the possibility of commercializing a tool that would be used with data received from sensors aboard an RPA to help farmers with more precise information about nutrient deficiencies, disease, pest damage and weeds. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Out of the lab and into the front office: Researchers boosting Air Force technology commercialization through new path to business ownership

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – For nearly two decades, Joe Diemunsch played a key role on teams developing the Air Force’s combat identification capabilities. Creating better sensors for pilots to automatically confirm their targets much sooner than could be done with the naked eye, provided a satisfaction the computer engineer thought he
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