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AFRL Reentry Structures Experiment rides aboard a Navy sounding rocket
Launched from White Sands Missile Range, N.M aboard a Navy-supplied sounding rocket, the AFRL-developed Reentry Structures Experiment (RESE) successfully completed a 6-minute hypersonic flight, traveling at Mach 5 to an altitude of 95,000 ft before landing 21 miles from the launch point. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael A. Smith)
AFRL-developed Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System
The AFRL-developed Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS) launched aboard a satellite platform as part of a joint effort with the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. The technology is aimed at helping the Department of Defense better understand and forecast the impacts of ionospheric scintillation on communication and navigation systems. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bill Lax)
Penny-sized sensor detects bombs
An Air Force Research Laboratory-sponsored research team from the University of California at San Diego has created an inexpensive, penny-sized sensor that detects bombs made with improvised peroxide explosive devices. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Ceramic composite engine nozzles tested
An F-16 Fighting Falcon F100 engine exhaust nozzle with five A500 Ceramic Matrix Composite divergent seals, identified by the yellow arrows. Air Force Research Laboratory and industry are partnering to test the ceramic materials as candidates to replace nickel-based superalloys currently used in exhaust nozzles. (U.S. Air Force photo)
AFRL a linchpin in Integrated Systems Health Management
Kevin Brown, an Air Force Research Laboratory engineer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, analyzes signals from a piezoelectric sensor array attached to a Global Hawk test article that has been subjected to impact loads. The sensor array, which can be used to detect structural damage, is one component of the Integrated Systems Health Management system. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Annual Air Force Corrosion Conference
Mr. Kevin Wilson, Salish & Kootenai Technologies and a member of the Air Force Corrosion Prevention and Control Office, provides assistance to Master Sgt. Vincent Snider, Air Mobility Command corrosion manager at the 39th annual Air Force Corrosion Conference held May 13-15 at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry, Georgia. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. David Rail)
Nearly 500 attend Air Force Corrosion Conference
Canadian military personnel are shown interacting with vendors in the main aisle of the vendor's fair at the Air Force Corrosion Prevention and Control Office’s 39th annual Air Force Corrosion Conference held May 13-15 at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry, Georgia. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. David Rail)
Air Force researchers model engine stress on B-2 bomber
Air Force Research Laboratory engineers, working with the 780th Test Squadron Aerospace Survivability and Safety Flight at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, have identified an effective method for measuring deformation in the aft deck of the B-2 bomber using a series of special engine tests. The engine test run configuration including manlift with mounted camera bar and test specimen is circled. Photo inset is a three-dimensional map on the test specimen showing out-of-plane deformation due to thermal expansion. (U. S. Air Force photos/Mindy Cooper)
Pictured left to right are BAE Systems/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) MUD Radio Development team members Mr. Joshua Niedzwiecki (BAE), Dr. Rachel Learned (BAE), Dr. Brian Pierce (DARPA), and John Tranquilli and Joseph Farkas (BAE).
Pictured left to right are BAE Systems/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) MUD Radio Development team members Mr. Joshua Niedzwiecki (BAE), Dr. Rachel Learned (BAE), Dr. Brian Pierce (DARPA), and John Tranquilli and Joseph Farkas (BAE).
Demonstration of near-instantaneous low-spool power extraction using a Pratt & Whitney JT15D engine
Demonstration of near-instantaneous low-spool power extraction using a Pratt & Whitney JT15D engine
Single-module reconfigurable robot capable of autonomously changing its physical shape, size, or formation (photo courtesy of Dr. Wei-Min Shen)
Single-module reconfigurable robot capable of autonomously changing its physical shape, size, or formation (photo courtesy of Dr. Wei-Min Shen)
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Long EZ aircraft powered by pulsed-detonation engine
Long EZ aircraft powered by pulsed-detonation engine
Highly magnified depiction of chirped grating enabling controllable tuning of laser emissions via laser physical positioning, a technology promising better remote sensing of chemical agents and other harmful substances
Highly magnified depiction of chirped grating enabling controllable tuning of laser emissions via laser physical positioning, a technology promising better remote sensing of chemical agents and other harmful substances
GLOBUS II is pictured above. GLOBUS II a radar system located at Vardo, Norway, that is operated solely by Norwegian personnel, but which was developed by the United States and serves as part of the 29-sensor, global space surveillance network that provid
GLOBUS II is pictured above. GLOBUS II a radar system located at Vardo, Norway, that is operated solely by Norwegian personnel, but which was developed by the United States and serves as part of the 29-sensor, global space surveillance network that provides data to the US Strategic Command. Engineers from AFRL/RX recently made a trip to Norway to perform thermography inspections on the radar cover.
Mr. Kenneth LaCivita, an AFRL/RX engineer performs a thermography inspection in Vardo, Norway.
Mr. Kenneth LaCivita, an AFRL/RX engineer performs a thermography inspection in Vardo, Norway.
Mr. Kenneth LaCivita, an AFRL/RX engineer performs a thermography inspection in Vardo, Norway.
Mr. Kenneth LaCivita, an AFRL/RX engineer performs a thermography inspection in Vardo, Norway.
Two active thermal management surfaces and four passive coatings packaged on the MISSE-6 flight module are shown.
Two active thermal management surfaces and four passive coatings packaged on the MISSE-6 flight module are shown. Pictures are courtesy of Sensortek Inc. and ATEC Inc.
Three heat flux sensors are shown after being attached to a copper plate.
Three heat flux sensors are shown after being attached to a copper plate. Pictures are courtesy of Sensortek Inc. and ATEC Inc.
A heat flux sensor is shown before being attached to a copper plate.
A heat flux sensor is shown before being attached to a copper plate. Pictures are courtesy of Sensortek Inc. and ATEC Inc.