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Robotic wheelchair competition unleashes student creativity
Students participating in the Robotic Sentry portion of the 2017 AFRL Student Challenge prepare to demonstrate their robot on the obstacle course. This yearly AFRL-sponsored project enables college seniors to gain practical experience in aerospace engineering by taking on real-world Air Force needs. (Photo courtesy of Ohio Aerospace Institute)
Safety perspective has allowed Human Systems Integration program to thrive
Maj. Shawnee Williams (second from right) stands with her team (from left) -- Maj. Bryan Jackson, Dr. Daniel Mountjoy, Mr. Corey Shanahan, and Capt. Dan Neal -- in the newly renovated anthropometry lab at the 711th Human Performance Wing's Human Systems Integration Directorate. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rick Eldridge)
Robotic wheelchair competition unleashes student creativity
The student team from Worcester Polytechnic Institute poses with a tracked all-terrain chair, donated by Action Trackchair, that they will use to build their prototype robotic sentry as part of the AFRL Student Challenge. (Photo courtesy of Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
NextFlex Fellow named from AFRL
Dr. Richard Vaia (left), technical director, in the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, was one of six people selected to receive the NextFlex Fellow award. Vaia is congratulated by Dr. Benjamin Leever, senior materials engineer and Government Chief Technology Officer of NextFlex. (U.S. Air Force photo/Karen Schlesinger)
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Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, tries out the controls of remote-control, ultra-light aircraft March 2, 2018 at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala. While visiting with Team Kirtland on the last day of the AFRL Commander’s Challenge. The aircraft is designed to drop an autonomous vehicle, which can then transport supplies in an effort to resupply remote warfighters. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, visits with the members of Team Bug 2, the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base AFRL Commander’s Challenge team, March 2, 2018, at the end of the competition on the Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala. The team from Wright-Patterson AFB was one of the four teams responding to the challenge to come up with innovative ways to resupply troops in remote areas. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Senior Airman Rob Dome, right, a member of Team Eglin, shows Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, a remote-controlled helicopter March 2, 2018, he designed and built for his team to use in the AFRL Commanders Challenge at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala. Team Eglin, which won this year’s challenge, designed and built the helicopter and a supply canister that uses the principle of auto-rotation to deliver supplies to remote, forward-deployed troops. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Thomas R. Christopher, AFRL command chief, pose with Team Eglin, the winners of the AFRL commander’s challenge during the awards ceremony March 2, 2018, in Huntsville, Ala. Team Eglin designed and built a helicopter and a supply canister that uses the principle of auto-rotation to deliver supplies to remote, forward-deployed troops. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
AFRL partners with entrepreneurs to light the way for the warfighter
AFRL-developed microencapsulated chemiluminescent materials can be used to create “crayons” to write glowing messages or mark items in the field. This technology was recently licensed to startup company Battle Sight Technologies LLC for commercial production. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Holly Jordan)
AFRL partners with entrepreneurs to light the way for the warfighter
The AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Technology Transfer office recently licensed in-house developed microencapsulated chemiluminescent materials to startup company Battle Sight Technologies LLC. These materials can be used in glow stick “crayons” to write messages or mark items in the field. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Holly Jordan)
AFRL partners with entrepreneurs to light the way for the warfighter
AFRL-developed microencapsulated chemiluminescent materials were recently licensed to Battle Sight Technologies LLC for the production of glowing “crayons” that can be created in many colors for different uses. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Holly Jordan)
AFRL partners with entrepreneurs to light the way for the warfighter
AFRL-developed microencapsulated chemiluminescent materials can be formed into large beads for a variety of potential “glow stick” applications. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Holly Jordan)
AFRL partners with entrepreneurs to light the way for the warfighter
AFRL Materials Engineer Dr. Larry Brott demonstrates the process through which he microencapsulates chemiluminescent materials for use in applications such as multi-use glow stick “crayons.” (U.S. Air Force Photo/Holly Jordan)
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Members of Team Hanscom fill a weather balloon with helium Feb. 27, 2018, as they prepare for their Air Force Research Laboratory Commander’s Challenge demonstration at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. Teams from Wright-Patterson, Eglin and Kirtland AFBs joined the Hanscom team in competition to meet the challenge of developing a solution for resupplying isolated troops. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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A radio-controlled, ultra-light aircraft flies over a training area Feb. 27, 2018, on the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of the Kirtland Air Force Base entry in the 2017 Air Force Research Laboratory Commander’s Challenge. The ultra-light carried a crate containing an autonomous vehicle with supplies, which was dropped by parachute with the hope it would be able to make its own way to a rendezvous point. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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John Farris bolts a wing onto the Team Kirtland aircraft Feb. 26, 2018, as he and his teammates prepare for the Air Force Research Laboratory Commander’s Challenge on the Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala. One of the goals of the challenge was to get teams to take a fresh look at ways to overcome the obstacles faced in meeting the needs of forward-deployed troops. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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1st Lt. Michael Ledford, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, briefs Air Force Research Laboratory Commander’s Challenge judges Feb 26, 2018 on the smart-application the Wright-Patterson team created to help warfighters and support bases efficiently and quickly resupply remote troops out in the field. The competition, held on the Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala., had the goal of getting teams to take a fresh look at ways to overcome the obstacles faced in meeting the needs of forward-deployed troops. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Erin Sowers, Team Wright-Patterson leader, demonstrates to Air Force Research Laboratory Commander’s Challenge judges Feb. 26, 2018, in real time, how software produced by her team can help remote warfighters get quickly resupplied. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Origami may be key to complex Air Force needs
Researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory are exploring origami concepts in relation to science, physics, mathematics and engineering to create new solutions for the Air Force. This image shows a printed frequency selective surface up close. Folding enables deployment and operational tunability. (Courtesy photo)
Origami may be key to complex Air Force needs
Researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory are exploring origami concepts in relation to science, physics, mathematics and engineering to create new solutions for the Air Force. This image shows a folded frequency selective surface composed of printed spirals on a polypropylene substrate, where a Miura-ori fold pattern has been imprinted through laser scoring. Folding enables deployment and operational tunability. (Courtesy photo)