June 15, 2022 Propulsion team continues flow visualization study to save time, money Team members with the 717th Test Squadron, 804th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Arnold Air Force Base are continuing to collect shadowgraph measurements of high sound pressure level nozzle acoustic events to validate computational fluid dynamics, or CFD, prediction methods.To
June 1, 2022 Digital Acquisition and Signal Simulation Capability expands research, training opportunities at Arnold AFB Engineers and researchers at Arnold Air Force Base, headquarters of Arnold Engineering Development Complex, will soon have access to a 64-channel high-speed data acquisition and analog voltage signal generation capability, known as Data Acquisition and Signal Simulation Capability, or DAQSIM.The
May 24, 2022 Air Force visits Boom Supersonic The engagement with Boom is part of a larger effort to fuel the burgeoning commercial resurgence of high speed passenger travel, dubbed the “Vector Initiative.” The initiative aims to partner with commercial sector leaders to accelerate their development and advance enabling technologies that could
April 18, 2022 PEO Digital team wins small business award The Air Force Materiel Command recently honored the Aerospace Management Systems Division with a small business award.
April 14, 2022 AFVentures opens opportunity window for STRATFI/TACFI program AFWERX AFVentures has issued a notice of opportunity for its Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) and Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) programs.
March 17, 2022 Innovative partnership connects SBIR awardees with Air Force programs The third iteration of The U.S. Air Force Lab with MassChallenge program concluded with a virtual demo event on Zoom March 16.
March 14, 2022 U.S. Air Force, BETA Technologies make history with first Airman flight of an electric aircraft through AFWERX Agility Prime Program WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – United States Air Force pilots Hank “Hog” Griffiths and Maj. Jonathan Appleby flew BETA Technologies’ electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, ALIA, as the first-ever Airmen to fly an electric aircraft with a military airworthiness March
Jan. 28, 2022 AEDC engineers assist with SBIR effort researching noise reduction of aircraft engines Through a Small Business Innovative Research contract awarded to MetroLaser, Inc., by the U.S. Navy, a system is being developed to measure the gas velocity of engine exhaust to help find ways to reduce noise from aircraft.Bernie Williamson, Air Force project manager, explained that in November the
Dec. 20, 2021 Virtual reality capability used during sensor validation in AEDC test cell When performing sensor validation tests in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Sea Level Test Cell 1, or SL-1, this summer, AEDC engineers at Arnold Air Force Base had the opportunity to view in nearly real-time a three-dimensional representation of the test hardware and support systems using
Nov. 22, 2021 AFWERX Agility Prime – A New Era of Aerospace ARLINGTON, Texas (AFRL) – AFWERX Agility Prime, launched in April 2020, is the Air Force’s collaborative initiative to work with the industrial base on testing and experimentation, accelerating development of the commercial electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft industry while