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AFRL reimagines tech development with virtual reality
Dr. Michael Gregg (left), director of the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate, uses a mixed-reality application to change the tire on a Wright Cycle Company bicycle as Capt. David Eisensmith guides the process. The demonstration, on display at the 2019 Air Vehicles Technology Symposium, is part of the Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality for Aircraft Maintenance team’s effort to show the technology’s potential for future aircraft maintenance. (U.S. Air Force Photo)
AFRL helps extend serviceability of hydraulic aircraft components
AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate engineer Brian Shivers helps develop and test a new visual inspection procedure to determine the difference between acceptable chafing into cold spray-applied protective coating and wear into underlying B-1 hydraulic tubing. AFRL helped develop, test, and validate the cold spray coating process for the life extension of B-1 aircraft hydraulic lines. (U.S. Air Force photo/John McClure).
AFRL helps extend serviceability of hydraulic aircraft components
Laboratory-produced examples of chafing into a titanium tube, one of many tests conducted by AFRL researchers to replicate wear through cold-spray applied coating into tubing material beneath. AFRL helped develop, test, and validate the cold spray coating process for the life extension of B-1 aircraft hydraulic lines. (U.S. Air Force photo/John McClure).
AFRL’s Advanced Power Technology Office efficiently ‘lifts’ C-5 maintainers
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Advanced Power Technology Office is in the process of testing a newly designed hybrid electric and battery powered mobile dock system for C-5 maintenance at Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex.The new system integrates ‘clean’ technology and has the potential to save maintenance time while increasing operational readiness of Air Force platforms. (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)
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kelly Huddleston, 51st Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology journeyman, welds together an A-frame at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 7, 2017. The Airmen assigned to the aircraft metals technology shop are highly skilled technicians with the training and equipment to repair or fabricate almost any metal piece needed across the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Victor J. Caputo)
Environmental sensing platform offers added protection against corrosion
The Air Force Research Laboratory is developing and testing a device that can measure environmental factors such as pollutants, salt, and moisture in order to predict corrosive conditions before they can start causing damage to valuable assets. (U.S. Air Force photo/Matthew Hartshorne)