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Resonant 'bowtie' FASOR cavity, achieving 55W: The exiting port carries 55W of power with near perfect beam quality. (AFRL Image)
Resonant 'bowtie' Frequency Addition Source of Optical Radiation (FASOR) cavity, achieving 55W, which ensures adequate system performance during more nights of the year. The exiting port carries 55W of power with near perfect beam quality. (AFRL Image)
AFRL’s VADER, one of two thermal management experiments to fly on Endeavor. (AFRL Image)
AFRL’s VADER (Variable emissivity device Aerogel insulation blanket, Dual zone thermal control, Experiment suite for Responsive space), one of two thermal management experiments to more efficiently control and manage heat transfer. VADER and MHTEX (Massive Heat Transfer Experiment) were included in this year’s Endeavor shuttle flight. (AFRL Image)
TacSat-3 (Air Force Image)
TacSat-3 recently celebrated its two-year anniversary on-orbit, surpassing original mission requirements. (Air Force Image)
Solar cell optimized for use on Earth. (AFRL Image)
United Solar Ovonic’s existing terrestrial solar cell product, optimized for use on Earth and deposited on a heavy 5 mil stainless steel substrate. (AFRL Image)
The component, called Static Random-Access Memory, or SRAM, allows the Department of Defense to address “big space” satellite needs to support warfighter and customer needs.
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s investment in radiation-hardened components pans out with Texas Instruments’ newest release – a commercially available 16 Mb radiation-hardened memory component.
The P-34 Rapid Intervention Vehicle will be the first major acquisition of a firefighting vehicle in the Air Force fleet to use new ultra-high pressure firefighting technology. (Courtesy graphic/Pierce Manufacturing)
The P-34 Rapid Intervention Vehicle will be the first firefighting vehicle in the Air Force fleet to use new ultra-high pressure firefighting technology, which is three times more effective than conventional methods. (Courtesy graphic/Pierce Manufacturing)
The newly developed Precision Lethality MK82 , a Quick Reaction Capability acquisition program. (AFRL Image)
The newly developed Precision Lethality MK82 , designed to minimize fragmentation, decreasing damage and injury to nearby structures and personnel. (AFRL Image)
AFOSR Celebrates 60th Anniversary with Invited Speaker Sir John Pendry
AFOSR-funded researcher, Sir John Pendry spoke to a crowd of over 200 at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s (AFIT) Kenney Hall Auditorium Monday as part of AFIT’s regular speaker series and in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
October 2011 marks the eighth anniversary of the Coriolis satellite that carries the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Solar Mass Ejection Imager, or SMEI.
October 2011 marks the eighth anniversary of the Coriolis satellite that carries the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Solar Mass Ejection Imager, or SMEI.
The Improved Solar Optical Observing Network (ISOON) contract for construction at Kirtland Air Force Base was awarded to GranCor Construction on July 1, 2011.
Construction is expected to be completed in early 2012. Following building construction, the ISOON telescope will be relocated from the National Solar Observatory, Sunspot, New Mexico, to Kirtland AFB.
SCINDA is currently a prototype system and is fielded at stations in South America
SCINDA provides the warfighter with an efficient, graphical interface needed to evaluate the effects of local ionospheric scintillation on critical military space communication and navigation links.
An Airman practices donning and doffing procedures with the new Joint Firefighter's Integrated Response Ensemble suit at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. (Air Force Image)
Staff Sgt. Timothy Cruz practices donning and doffing procedures with the new Joint Firefighter's Integrated Response Ensemble at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. Airmen participated in a final field evaluation of the suit testing the time to put on the JFIRE suits versus the previous version. Cruz is a firefighter assigned to the 8th Civil Engineer Squadron. (Air Force Image)
Jeremy Banik, program manager and co-inventor of the TRAC boom, with a TRAC mast. (AFRL Image)
Jeremy Banik, program manager and co-inventor of the TRAC boom, with the slender, 13-foot TRAC mast, fabricated at Kirtland Air Force Base. (AFRL Image)
Point Source Image through Turbulence (GA Tyler Associates Image)
Point Source Image through Turbulence (GA Tyler Associates Image)
Pupil Plane Depiction of Phase Distortion and Scintillation of a Point Source Propagating through Turbulence (GA Tyler Associates Image)
Pupil Plane Depiction of Phase Distortion and Scintillation of a Point Source Propagating through Turbulence (GA Tyler Associates Image)
Simulation of Cultural Identities for Prediction of Reactions. (Aptima Inc. Image)
Simulation of Cultural Identities for Prediction of Reactions (SCIPR), developed by Aptima Inc. (Aptima Inc. Image)
This multi-megawatt, high-speed generator was successfully demonstrated. (AFRL Image)
Representatives from the Department of Defense and members of industry were witness to a successful demonstration of this multi-megawatt, high-speed generator by AFRL and a SBIR Phase II partner Electrodynamics Associates Inc. (AFRL Image)
University teams (left); Propulsion System Demonstration sponsored by AFRL’s Propulsion Directorate. (AFRL Images)
Four university teams (left) took part in the Propulsion System Demonstration sponsored by the Propulsion Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory. (AFRL Images)
University teams (left); Propulsion System Demonstration sponsored by AFRL’s Propulsion Directorate. (AFRL Images)
Four university teams (left) took part in the Propulsion System Demonstration sponsored by the Propulsion Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory. (AFRL Images)
AFRL’s new High Pressure Particulate Physics (HP3) Facility. (AFRL Image)
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Munitions Directorate is standing up a new capability, the High Pressure Particulate Physics (HP3) Facility, which will be operational at the end of 2011. (AFRL Image)