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AFRL’s AgilePod shows ISR versatility during Scorpion fit test
The use of Open Systems Architectures during manufacturing enables the Air Force Research Laboratory’s AgilePod to integrate on diverse air platforms with short notice. The AgilePod is an Air Force-trademarked, multi-intelligence reconfigurable pod that enables flight-line operators to customize sensor packages based on specific mission needs. A fit check held late December, 2017, provided an opportunity to demonstrate the ability of the pod to rapidly integrate onto the Scorpion Light Attack/ISR jet, highlighting the benefits of Open Architecture for augmenting Air Force mission needs. (U.S. Air Force photo / David Dixon)
AFRL’s AgilePod shows ISR versatility during Scorpion fit test
The use of Open Systems Architectures during manufacturing enables the Air Force Research Laboratory’s AgilePod to integrate on diverse air platforms with short notice. The AgilePod is an Air Force-trademarked, multi-intelligence reconfigurable pod that enables flight-line operators to customize sensor packages based on specific mission needs. A fit check held late December, 2017, provided an opportunity to demonstrate the ability of the pod to rapidly integrate onto the Scorpion Light Attack/ISR jet, highlighting the benefits of Open Architecture for augmenting Air Force mission needs. (U.S. Air Force photo / David Dixon)
Nobel Laureate returns to AFRL to talk determination, discovery
Nobel Laureate Dr. Dan Shechtman visited the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate on November 8, 2017, to share his research, advice, and groundbreaking discovery of quasicrystals as part of the AFRL Technical Mastery interactive lecture series. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Karen Schlesinger)
AFRL developing AgilePod ‘family’ to augment sensing grid
The AgilePod, the first physical system to be trademarked by the Air Force, is a multi-intelligence, open architecture, flight-line reconfigurable pod designed for the intelligence community. A new effort to develop a suite of platform-agnostic AgilePods in various sizes is currently in progress, teaming AFRL with industry partners. (U.S. Air Force photo/David Dixon)
AFRL, Harvard researchers invent new method of hybrid 3-D printing for flexible electronics
A technique called Hybrid 3D Printing, developed by AFRL researchers in collaboration with the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, uses additive manufacturing to integrate soft, conductive inks with material substrates to create stretchable electronic devices. To create these, a 3-D printer prints conductive traces of flexible, silver-infused thermoplastic polyurethane. Then, a pick-and-place method using empty printer nozzles and a vacuum system sets microcontroller chips and LED lights into the flexible substrate. (Courtesy photo/Harvard Wyss Institute)
AFRL, Harvard researchers invent new method of hybrid 3-D printing for flexible electronics
The Air Force acronym pictured here was created using a technique called Hybrid 3-D Printing, developed by Air Force Research Laboratory scientists in collaboration with the Wyss Institute at Harvard University. Hybrid 3-D printing uses additive manufacturing to integrate soft, conductive inks with material substrates to create stretchable electronic devices. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)
AFRL, Harvard researchers invent new method of hybrid 3-D printing for flexible electronics
A technique called Hybrid 3-D Printing, developed by AFRL researchers in collaboration with the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, uses additive manufacturing to integrate soft, conductive inks with material substrates to create stretchable electronic devices. A potential application is to create sensors to enable better human performance monitoring. (Courtesy photo/Harvard Wyss Institute)
AFRL selects fellows from Materials and Manufacturing Directorate
Dr. Ajit Roy, Air Force Research Laboratory's Computational Nanomaterials of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate principal engineer and group lead uses a Physical Vapor Deposition system set up for thin film materials deposition on a substrate. (Air Force Photo/David Dixon)
AFRL selects fellows from Materials and Manufacturing Directorate
Dr. Allan Katz, High Temperature Silicon-Carbide-Fiber-Reinforced Silicon Carbide Composites for Turbines program manager of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate observes an oxyacetylene torch test to screen materials for application on hypersonic platforms. (Air Force Photo/David Dixon)
AFRL researchers trace history of innovation during Aviation Heritage Tour
Gerald Landis examines a flight exhibit at the Wright Brothers’ Bicycle Shop. A group of military and civilian scientists, staff and engineers from AFRL's Materials and Manufacturing directorate visited significant aviation history sites across Dayton during an Aviation Heritage Tour to gain a better understanding of the evolution of innovation in Dayton, the legacy of which the AFRL carries on today. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
AFRL researchers trace history of innovation during Aviation Heritage Tour
A group of military and civilian scientists, staff and engineers from the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate pose for a photo outside the Wright Brothers Mansion during an Aviation History Tour of Dayton, September 13. The event, coinciding with the directorate’s 100 year anniversary, traced the evolution of innovation in Dayton, with stops at significant aviation history sites across the region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
AFRL researchers trace history of innovation during Aviation Heritage Tour
The AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate’s Aviation Heritage Tour ended at the new AFRL Wright Brothers Institute, located in the growing downtown Dayton innovation district, where today’s AFRL scientists and engineers carry on the Wright brothers’ legacy of innovation while working alongside business and industry entrepreneurs to accelerate the pace of technology for the future. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
AFRL researchers trace history of innovation during Aviation Heritage Tour
Col. Charles Ormsby, Acting Director, AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, views displays at the site of the original Wright Brothers’ Bicycle Shop in downtown Dayton, September 13. Ormsby accompanied a group of military and civilian scientists, staff and engineers from the directorate on a visit to significant aviation history sites across Dayton during an Aviation Heritage Tour to gain a better understanding of the evolution of innovation in Dayton, the legacy of which the AFRL carries on today. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
AFRL senior scientist to receive prestigious materials science and engineering achievement award
Dr. Sheldon ‘Lee’ Semiatin, the Air Force Senior Scientist for Materials Processing and Processing Science, has been named the recipient of the 2018 ASM International Albert Savuer Achievement Award. The prestigious award recognizes him for making significant contributions to materials research and development that have led to the establishment of the discipline of Processing Science, impacting the worldwide research endeavor. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Linking form with function: AFRL’s flex team drives future tech capabilities for the warfighter
One of the most notable, recent projects by the Flexible Materials and Processes team is the transition of 3-D printed conformal antennas to enable Link-16 radio communication on the MQ-9 reaper platform. The team’s expertise in additive manufacturing and functional materials enabled them to create a quick-turn solution to meet a communication need for the Air National Guard. (Courtesy photo)
Linking form with function: AFRL’s flex team drives future tech capabilities for the warfighter
A member of the Flexible Materials and Processes team at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate exhibits an additively manufactured electrical circuit embedded in a flexible material substrate. The flex team is exploring novel ways to use 3-D printing technology to create next generation flexible hybrid technologies for the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo / Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
AFRL researchers explore automation, additive technologies for cost efficient solar power
Dr. Santanu Bag, a project scientist at the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, is exploring cost-efficient manufacturing of solar cells using additive technology.
AFRL researchers explore automation, additive technologies for cost efficient solar power
Researchers at the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, have demonstrated the ability to print solar cells on three-dimensional surfaces using a modified aerosol spray printer. The ability to print three dimensionally opens the aperture for future application of solar cells on diverse surfaces for sensors, robotics and more.
AFRL leader named ACS Fellow
Dr. Timothy J. Bunning, Chief Scientist, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, was elected to the 2017 Class of the American Chemical Society of Fellows. ACS is the world's largest scientific society and a leading source of authoritative science information, with more than 157,000 members worldwide. The fellow honor, awarded to only 65 members this year, recognizes members for distinguished contributions to science and for their contributions to development and leadership of the society. Bunning is one of only a handful of AFRL scientists to ever achieve this honor. (Courtesy photo)
AFRL’s cutting edge ISR platform commences Harvest Reaper flight testing
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s AgilePod has commenced a series of flight tests aboard a Douglas DC-3 aircraft in preparation for integration on the Air Force MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle later this year. AgilePod is fully flight-line reconfigurable, and enables operators to meet a variety of mission sets with multiple sensors on a single platform. (U.S. Air Force photo/David Dixon)