Tag Archives: AFRL

The newly-established Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute will help enable a new class of stretchable, conformal devices that can add greater utility to existing products and make possible new tools and technologies. (U.S. Air Force photo/James Deneault)

AFRL Seeking to Advance a New Breed of Electronics

Posted on November 5, 2015 by glenn.selby

AFRL is paving the way for a new class of innovative military & commercial tools through the establishment of the Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute.
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Posted in Articles, Rotator, STEM, Technology | Tagged AFRL, Air Force Research Laboratory, FHE-MII, Flexible Hybrid Electronics, Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute, prosthetics | Comments Off

An F-15 outer piston is anodized and sealed with new potassium permanganate sealer at Ogden Air Logistics Complex. AFRL researchers identified and tested this non-chromium sealer as a safer alternative to chromium-based products, and it is now fully incorporated into OO-ALC’s coating process. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

AFRL Uncovering Safer Solutions for Aircraft Corrosion Prevention

Posted on November 1, 2015 by glenn.selby

U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Environmental Technology Program and Coating Technology Integration Office are playing a critical role in the discovery of environmentally-safer inorganic coatings solutions for protecting and extending the life of aluminum landing gear.
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Posted in Articles, Physical Sciences, Rotator, STEM, Technology | Tagged AFRL, Chromium, Environmental Protection Agency, Ogden Air Logistics Complex | Comments Off

Students Take On Lab Design Challenge at Natick

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Yolanda R. Arrington

More than 150 students participated in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s design challenge to create a heat stress prevention kit.
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Posted in Articles, Challenge | Tagged AFRL, Air Force Research Laboratory University and Service Academy Design Challenge, Natick Soldier Systems Center | Comments Off

DoD Lab Day Showcases Robots, Missiles & More

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Yolanda R. Arrington

DoD Lab Day showcased the best of the military’s science and technology developments. We’re highlighting a few today.
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Posted in Articles, Featured | Tagged AFRL, Air Force Research Laboratory, CHAMP, DoD Lab Day, FERRET, MAARS, Marine Corps Combat Development & Integration, research, science, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, spawar, Systems Center Atlantic, wireless binoculars | Comments Off

(U.S. Defense Department graphic illustration by Jessica L. Tozer/Released)

Seeking Alternatives for Beryllium in DoD Weapon Systems

Posted on February 17, 2015 by jtozer

Because of increasing regulatory restrictions, the U.S. Air Force is actively investigating a suitable replacement for the military-preferred raw and additive material beryllium.
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Posted in Articles, Education & Culture, Engineering | Tagged aerospace applications, AFRL, Air Force Research Laboratory, alternative environmentally preferred technologies, beryllium, beryllium containing components, berylliumcontaining components, Department of Defense, EnviroTech, sbir, Small Business Innovative Research, Technology Readiness Levels, U.S. Air Force | Comments Off

Enabling a New Breed of Rocket Component Materials

Posted on February 1, 2015 by jtozer

AFRL scientists team up to develop new tech that could reduce erosion in metallic rocket components/production costs, and introduce new, environmentally-friendly propellants.
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Posted in Articles, Energy, Engineering | Tagged accelerate oxidation, AFOSR's Visiting Scientist Program and a Cooperative Research and Development, AFRL, California Institute of Technology, Caltech, Dr. Robert Grubbs, Dr. Rusty Blanski, easily-obtainable component materials, extreme operational environments, metallic rocket components, nvironmentally-friendly propellants, organometallic, oxidation-resistant metal, oxidation-resistant metal coatings, reduce erosion, reduce production costs, rocket engine components, Supercritical Chemical Fluid Deposition, synthetic catalysts | Comments Off

How the Air Force Helps Keep Technology Cool

Posted on January 25, 2015 by jtozer

The Air Force Research Laboratory is working with a small business to develop tech that they hope will enable the use of high-power processors that operate on satellites!
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Posted in Articles, Space, Space Matters, Technology | Tagged AFRL, air force, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, aluminum, army, copper, Copper Molybdenum composite, LLC, navy, OHP, Oscillating Heat Pipe, sbir, Small Business Technology Transfer, space-based systems, state-of-the-art technologies, ThermAvant Technologies, titanium | Comments Off

Advancing DoD’s Ability to Test Critical Microelectronics

Posted on January 9, 2015 by jtozer

DARPA has developed a “virtual lab” with an integrated CAD and file-sharing environment to transfer the large volumes of data accumulated during microchip analysis and debugging.
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Posted in Articles, Lasers, Technology, Top Technology | Tagged advanced failure analysis, AFRL, AFRL Wright Patterson, Air Force Research Laboratory, DARPA, DARPA program manager, DARPA’s virtual lab, Kerry Bernstein, multiple scanning optical microscope techniques, Naval Surface Warfare Center, NSWC, NSWC Crane, ntegrity and Reliability of Integrated Circuits program, state-of-the-art equipment, unauthorized tampering, University of Southern California’s Information Sciences Institute | Comments Off