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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’s Energy and Environment Team wins top Air Force acquisition leadership award
Another energy efficiency project managed by the award-winning Air Force Research Energy and Environment Team focused on the development and testing of a new, lightweight composite RAM Air Inlet system (right) for the C-5M Super Galaxy Transport Aircraft. The new part is intended to replace legacy air inlets, mitigating corrosion issues while providing a lightweight, cost-effective solution to help maintain the fleet. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)
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’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)
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 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)
Bio-inspired: Crickets, bats inspire AFRL researchers to develop smart ‘hair’ sensors for flight
Researchers at the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, have developed a novel, lightweight artificial hair sensor that mimics those used by natural fliers—like bats and crickets—by using carbon nanotube forests grown inside glass fiber capillaries. The hairs are sensitive to air flow changes during flight, enabling quick analysis and response by agile fliers. (Air Force courtesy photo).
Metals Affordability Initiative brings together Air Force and industry for greater innovation, agility
Through a Metals Affordability Initiative project, AFRL and industry partners study advanced techniques to reduce cost and lead time for the production of aerospace metallic components. The Air Force Research Laboratory-managed MAI effort helps ensure the advancement of metals technologies for the betterment of the both the warfighter and participating partners. (Photo courtesy of The Boeing Company)
Linking form with function: AFRL’s flex team drives future tech capabilities for the warfighter
Dr. Christopher Tabor discusses potential applications of liquid metal alloys. A member of the Flexible Materials and Processes team at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Tabor’s team is exploring possible uses of liquid metals for stretchable and reconfigurable electronics for the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo / David Dixon)
AFRL’s Energy and Environment Team wins top Air Force acquisition leadership award
The Air Force Forward Operating Base of the Future demonstration focuses on alternative energy sources such as smart controllers, microgrids, advanced batteries and solar cells to ensure operational energy sources exist to power the Air Force global mission. The project also evaluates energy reduction technologies such as shelter insulation and efficient HVACs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jason Goins)
AFRL’s Advanced Power Technology Office helps ‘lighten’ C-5 energy footprint with composite technology
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Advanced Power Technology Office is testing a new, lightweight composite RAM Air Inlet system (right) for the C-5M Super Galaxy Transport Aircraft. The new part is intended to replace legacy air inlets, mitigating corrosion issues while providing a lightweight, cost-effective solution to help maintain the fleet. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)
Next generation coatings booth poised to save Air Force millions in energy
A next generation F-35 coatings application booth at Hill Air Force Base is set to become initially operational by October 2017. The state-of-the-art coatings booth project, led by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Advanced Power Technology Office, is expected to save more than $330,000 annually in energy through the employment of advanced sensors, control logic and sophisticated software analysis tools to monitor and improve performance over the lifetime of the complex. (U.S. Air Force Courtesy Photo)
Digital Thread laces decision-making, data for Air Force acquisition
Dr. John Wertz, a materials research scientist in the Materials State Awareness Branch, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, demonstrates Digital Thread concept applications to aircraft maintenance activities. Real time aircraft data, checklists and feedback through Digital Thread capabilities can enable better decision making by warfighters on the field, enhancing life cycle sustainment of Air Force platforms. (U.S. Air Force photo / Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
Researchers turn to liquid metals for agile electronics
The oxide skin on gallium-based liquid metals, shown here in suspension, give the materials the ability to hold a shape and to be reconfigured into new shapes that can maintain electrical conductivity. Scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory have demonstrated the capacity for liquid metal alloys to be flowed through embedded material channels to create physically reconfigurable antennas and electronic circuits. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
Researchers turn to liquid metals for agile electronics
Embedded channel systems can be 3-D printed within an aerospace-grade structural composite in diverse shapes to flow liquid metal alloys to different positions, ultimately changing the function of embedded radio frequency antennas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
Researchers turn to liquid metals for agile electronics
Dr. Zachary Farrell, a research scientist with UES in the Nanoelectronics Branch of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, examines liquid metal nanoparticles following ultra-sonication. Researchers here are exploring new potential applications for liquid metals by examining their microscopic properties. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
Researchers turn to liquid metals for agile electronics
Scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory are using the unique characteristic of liquid metal alloys to explore new ways to wire electronic systems. The unique properties of liquid metal alloys enable droplets to stack upon one another, unlike traditional liquids which flow into a singular shape. (Air Force courtesy photo)
AFRL research to enable next-gen flexible, wireless communications
Scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory have demonstrated the growth and transfer of flexible Gallium Nitride devices which can be used to amplify communication signals for next-generation wearable electronics, flexible sensors and radar systems. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)
AFRL researcher honored with Presidential Early Career Award
Dr. Adam Pilchak, a materials research engineer at the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, is the recipient of the 2017 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government to science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their career. (U.S. Air Force Photo)