Tag Archives: science

Pararescue jumpers and combat rescue officers with the 103rd Rescue Squadron, 106th Rescue Wing conduct mass casualty training with the BATMAN system at FS Gabreski ANG, Aug. 25, 2015. The BATMAN system applies an airmen-centric design approach to all its research and development efforts to maximize the airmen's mission effectiveness and efficiency. New York Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher S Muncy

DoD Research Labs 101: Who They Are, What They Do

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Katie Lange

Electromagnetic railguns, exoskeletons, cockroach-sized robotics – these are all things the DoD’s research labs are working on to protect our fighting force.
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Posted in Defense Discussions, DoD News, Education, Force of the Future, Inside the DoD, Rotator | Tagged Air Force Research Lab, Army Research Lab, Batman, CAMEL, electromagnetic railgun, FERRET, Force of the Future, iHAS, Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, Naval Research Lab, robotics, science, vigilant spirit | Leave a comment

Air Force Capt. Heather Stickney, an aerospace engineer, talks about her love of science at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, March 3, 2016. DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando

Love of Science Began at Early Age for Air Force Captain

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Katie Lange

Air Force Capt. Heather Stickney, whose childhood love of science and flight got her into aerospace engineering, gives advice to young people who share that love.
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Posted in DoD News, Education, Force of the Future, Inside the DoD, Rotator | Tagged aerospace engineer, Air Force, Air Force Research Laboratory, automatic collision avoidance technologies program, Capt. Heather Stickney, Force of the Future, math, science, STEM, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base | Leave a comment

Radar equipment used to peer into the skies over Kwajalein Atoll. U.S. Army Space and Missile Command photo

6 Technologies You Use All the Time, Thanks to the DoD

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Katie Lange

The DoD has come up with a lot of cool gadgets over the years. Several of them have changed our lives completely. Here are six that we can’t seem to live without.
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Posted in DoD News, Education, Force of the Future, Inside the DoD, Military History, Rotator | Tagged air travel, ARPAnet, Cold War, DARPA, Defense Department, engineering, GPS, internet, inventions, jet engine, microwave, radar, science, technology, U.S. Army Signal Corps, weather forecasting | 2 Comments

A rendering of what the new Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency lab in Hawaii will look like when it's completely finished. Photo courtesy of the DPAA.

State-of-the-Art Lab To Help Identify Lost Service Members

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Katie Lange

Scientists working at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency in Hawaii now have a state-of-the-art, centralized space to help them identify lost service members.
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