• AFRL Team Helps Solve Cellphone Communication Challenges

    Instant and easy connectivity for mobile devices is often taken for granted, but modern cellular networks are tied to cell towers. How do you make a call when cell towers are not available?To answer this question, teams from the Air Force Research Laboratory's Information Directorate, the United

  • KC-135 Fleet Receives Upgrade

    The KC-135 Stratotanker fleet is receiving its third major avionics upgrade with Block 45, which modernizes key features of the aircraft.The upgrade converts the aircraft flight deck from analog to digital with a new engine instrument display, radio altimeter, flight director, and autopilot. This

  • Air Force funds development of high-performance munitions technology

    Critical Air Force missions take place both day and night in locations around the globe. In some cases, the use of high-performance munitions is critical to mission success.As a result, the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer program office recently

  • Sinclair Fire Academy Students Train at Wright-Patt

    Students from Sinclair Community College's Fire Academy participated in training exercises at the Fire Training Center located on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base July 9-16.The training is part of an agreement between the college and the base, in which firefighting students from Sinclair are able to

  • Portable door locks designed by AFRL team could save many lives

    Active shooter incidents across the United States seem to be occurring more and more often. Schools and military locations are not immune from such acts of violence.These types of incidents have many people thinking about how they can be better prepared to react quickly in case something like an

  • New AFMC mission, vision statements emphasize agility

    New mission and vision statements are the foundation of a new command strategy designed to push Air Force Materiel Command to be more agile as it delivers war-winning support to the warfighter.The command's new mission statement is succinct but declarative: "deliver and support agile war-winning

  • SEAC Praises Wright-Patt's Many Capabilities During Visit

    The nation's highest-ranking enlisted leader toured Wright-Patterson Air Force Base July 6-8 as part of his six-day trip to Ohio.Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (SEAC), met with many organizations here in order to get a first-hand

  • Marines are a big part of Wright-Patterson AFB

    Military Police Company Charlie, 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, is a reserve Marine contingent stationed here at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.  Their mission is to augment and reinforce active -duty Marine forces in time of war, national emergency or contingency operations, and provide service to

  • Tops In Blue to perform at Nutter Center

    On Aug. 11 the Air Force's premier entertainment showcase Tops in Blue will perform a free night of family entertainment in the Ervin J. Nutter Center at Wright State University at 7 p.m.The theme for this year is Freedom's Song. The tour features music from Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith,

  • Hanscom lab enables connections

    Operators of a lab here that helps connect and disseminate command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or C4ISR, elements are collaborating with multiple parties and producing benefits for all.The Tactical Data Networks, or TDN, Lab is located with the