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AFOSR Initiates Russian and U.S. Scientists’ Collaboration in Plasma Aerodynamics
Scientists from the U.S. and Russia, engaged in a unique collaboration organized by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), are conducting research in high-speed wind tunnel facilities to make discoveries in plasma-assisted combustion and plasma-based flow control. (Credit: Surampudi, EOARD)
711 HPW construction
The three new facilities constructed on Area B of Wright-Patterson will be the home to the 711th Human Performance Wing, including the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine. Wing officials now expect to start moving into the facilities in March 2011, several months earlier than initially projected.
Team America Rocketry Challenge
AFOSR Program Manager, Dr. David Luginbuhl (l), discussed educational opportunities at AFOSR with high school students during the Team America Rocketry Challenge. (U.S. Air Force Photo by LeAndrea White)
X-51A to make hypersonic flight try May 25
Air Force officials said the X-51A Waverider will make its first hypersonic flight test attempt Tuesday, May 25, after it’s released by a B-52 bomber off the southern California coast. Four X-51A cruisers have been built for the Air Force Research Laboratory by Boeing and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. The X-51A is powered by a supersonic combustion ramjet, or scramjet, engine which burns JP-7 jet fuel. (The Boeing Company)
X-51A to make hypersonic flight try May 25
Air Force officials said the X-51A Waverider will make its first hypersonic flight test attempt Tuesday, May 25, after it’s released by a B-52 bomber off the southern California coast. Four X-51A cruisers have been built for the Air Force Research Laboratory by industry partners Boeing and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. (Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne)
AFRL celebrates STEM outreach
Ron Stauffer from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Sensors Directorate explains aerodynamics at a Wizards of Wright! booth hosted at the 8th Annual TechFest.
Human Effectiveness Directorate Studies Effects of Live Vs. Simulator JTAC Training
Senior Master Sergeant Alan Van Pate (standing) calls in an airstrike to “destroy” an enemy tank during joint combat air support training on the Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) virtual training dome at the Grayling Air Gunnery Range in Alpena, Mich. Technical Sergeant Claire LaFleur (seated) enters information into the simulator so that the simulated aircraft reacts as intended. The 711th Human Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate’s Warfighter Readiness Research Division in Mesa, Ariz. is using the Grayling Range as a testing site for ways to improve JTAC training.
Human Performance Wing’s Fatigue Research Targets the Brain
Eric Zalusky, Research Technologist at the Kettering Innovation Center, Kettering, Ohio, conducts fatigue research on Technical Sergeant Chris Myers, an Aircrew Flight Equipment Craftsman with the711th Human Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Biosciences and Performance Division, Vulnerability Analysis Branch (711 HPW/RHPA) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. As part of the research, Technical Sergeant Myers takes a memory test as a functional MRI scans his brain so scientists can determine which areas of his brain are changing as he applies his memory. (Photo by Chris Gulliford, 711 HPW)
Mini Generator 'Marx' the Way to Directed Energy Advances
Physical Optics Corporation's third-generation Solid-State Mini-Marx generator, capable of generating maximum power of 50 kV x 100 A, fits in a 4" diameter tube. (POC photo)
Improving UAVs with Holographic Adaptive Optics
An image of a hologram lit by white light. (Credit: Geoff Andersen, USAF Academy)
Environmentally-Safe Fuel Cells May Emerge from Air Force Funded MIT Research
A carbon nanotube can produce a very rapid wave of power when it is coated by a layer of fuel and ignited. (Graphic: Christine Daniloff)
Light-Activated Technology for Battlefield Injuries
Harvard Medical School professor and Massachusetts General Hospital Wellman Center researcher, Dr. Irene Kochevar is pleased with the initial lab bench experiments involving light-activated technology that may benefit airmen’s traumatic battlefield injuries. (Credit: Harvard University)
Scientific Excellence Award Goes to AFRL Psychologist
Mr. Thomas Wells (pictured left), director of the Air Force Research Laboratory 711th Human Performance Wing, presents the 2009 Harry G. Armstrong Scientific Excellence Award to Mr. Brian Simpson, engineering research psychologist with the Human Effectiveness Directorate. (AFRL image)
RV4 Moving Target Identification
Conceptual depiction of AFRL's Radar Vision 4 technology, which uses radar-based high-range resolution to provide automated moving target identification (AFRL image)
Rad-Hard Boost for Space Communications
Air Force Research Laboratory Small Business Innovation Research funded High-Power Optical Amplifier (pictured), a radiation-hardened technology for improved space-based satellite and laser communications (Photo courtesy of Aydin Yeniay, Photon-X, LLC)
FALCON Fast, Far, and First
High-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle equipped with FALCON, the Fast Airborne Laser Communications Optical Node, for demonstration testing in Albuquerque, New Mexico (AFRL image)
FALCON Fast, Far, and First
DC-3 flying with FALCON, the Fast Airborne Laser Communications Optical Node, during demonstration testing conducted over Albuquerque, New Mexico (AFRL image)
Crew Comfort No Backseat Concern for AFRL
Air Force Research Laboratory engineers created the pictured seat cushion, which employs "air bladder" technology for relieving pressure and promoting proper blood flow, in response to aircrew feedback regarding the physical aches and pains of lengthy flights. (AFRL image)
Conference focuses on DoD acquisition workforce
More than 700 military, civilian and contractor acquisition professionals and defense industry partners gather for a 3-star panel discussion during the DoD Acquisition Insight Conference April 20, 2010 at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. The conference, sponsored by the Defense Acquisition University, focused on challenges faced by the Department of Defense acquisition workforce. (DoD photo/Erica Kobren)
USAF School of Aerospace Medicine Occupational and Enviromental Health Department (USAFSAM/OED)
Before receiving Air Force occupational and environmental health assignments, both officers and enlisted personnel undergo many weeks of specialized training, taught by the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine's Occupational and Enviromental Health Department (USAFSAM/OED). Here, a student in the Bioenvironmental Engineering Apprentice course measures the radioactivity level of a sample during training at the school. (USAF photo by Erik Brazones)