HomeNews

News Search

FILTER:
AFRL
Clear

  • The power of one small basic research investment

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A small basic research investment by the Air Force Research Laboratory, in partnership with the National Science Foundation, has created a community of origami researchers who in six short years have transitioned to working on applied technologies for the Air Force. The story begins in 2012 when AFRL’s Air
  • Aerospace metallic component production

    Metals Affordability Initiative brings together Air Force and industry for greater innovation, agility

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – At the heart of some of the most critical Air Force assets is something seemingly very basic—metal. But as hotter, faster, more efficient platforms increasingly become the norm, Air Force suppliers and original equipment manufacturers look toward advancing materials and processing techniques to keep up with
  • Dr. Khanh Pham received the Leadership Award in the Engineer/Scientist of the Year (Government category) during the 2018 Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers awards banquet.

    SASE honors AFRL researchers with annual awards

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers holds an annual awards banquet to celebrate the successes of SASE members who enhance the scientific and engineering professions through contributions to the global business world, academia and local communities. This year, the Air Force Research Laboratory has
  • Dr. Matthew Dickerson, Laboratory University Collaboration Initiative fellow award recipient, assembles an additive manufacturing system.

    AFRL researcher awarded for Harvard University collaboration

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO -- Dr. Matthew Dickerson of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate was recently selected as a Laboratory University Collaboration Initiative fellow. Ten researchers from across the military service labs receive this award each year. Dickerson, a materials research engineer in the Structural Materials
  • AFOSR Logo

    AFOSR Awards Grants to 31 Scientists and Engineers through its Young Investigator Research Program

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force Office of Scientific Research today announced it will award approximately $13.9 million in grants to 31 scientists and engineers from 24 research institutions and businesses who submitted winning research proposals through the Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program (YIP). The YIP is
  • Accelerated Combined-Effects Simulation test chamber

    Unique chamber brings real-world corrosion test capabilities to AFRL

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Aircraft corrosion is a multi-faceted issue that requires more than a simple, one-dimensional approach. To enable Air Force Research Laboratory personnel to arrive at a complete picture and find out how to best protect valuable military assets, a unique solution was required.Enter the Accelerated
  • Doug Carter (left), and Dr. Dean Evans were named AFRL Fellows for their scientific and engineering achievements.(U.S. Air Force Photo/Donna Lidner)

    Top notch researchers chosen as AFRL fellows

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Materials and Manufacturing Directorate recently announced that Doug Carter and Dr. Dean Evans were named AFRL Fellows for 2018. These researchers are outstanding in the fields of technology development, transition and research achievements. Douglas Carter is a Principal Materials Engineer and Lead of
  • Brig. Gen. Edward L. Vaughan, the Air Force Unexplained Physiological Events Integration Team lead, listens to George Miller, Principal Research engineer with the 711th Human Performance Wing, as he discusses the On- Board Oxygen Generation Systems (OBOGS) laboratory and the research his team is accomplishing during a tour Aug. 27 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

    UPE Integration Team Lead visits Wright-Patt; learns of collaboration

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Brig. Gen. Edward L. Vaughan, the new Air Force Unexplained Physiological Events Integration Team lead, visited Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Aug. 27 to tour the 711th Human Performance Wing’s Onboard Oxygen Generating System lab and learn how 711HPW is collaborating with Air Force Life Cycle Management
  • Maj. TJ Turner was recently awarded the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Individual Mobilization Augmentee of the year award. Pictured left to right are Col. Kirk Stabler, Commander, AFOSI, Maj. TJ Turner, Mr. Jeffrey Specht, Executive Director, AFOSI and Chief Master Sgt. Karen Beirne Flint, Command Chief, AFOSI. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

    AFRL research engineer receives AFOSI officer of the year award

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio  – Who knew that an Air Force Research Laboratory research engineer from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, an Air Force Office of Special Investigations reservist and a published novelist could be a four-time recipient of an AFOSI officer of the year award? Maj. Todd J. (TJ) Turner is a materials research
  • 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

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate recently completed an extensive effort to help certify a maintenance process that could extend the life of aircraft hydraulic system components.Through participation in a rapid innovation fund team led by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, AFRL
RSS