April 21, 2021 AFRL testing made Perseverance, the search for life on Mars possible On February 18, 2021, NASA’s rover Perseverance touched down on the surface of Mars to begin searching for evidence of past life. The success of this touchdown would not have been possible without the work of a team of researchers who operate unique erosion testing equipment in a windowless bunker
April 15, 2021 Team from Air Force Research Lab finds a way to use packaged snow as explosion protection In March 2021, a team from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s Junior Force Warfighter Operations in the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (designated “JFWORX”) led a collaborative, live-fire test with explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) personnel from the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron at Eielson
April 11, 2021 New ‘Air Force Review Boards Agency’ website launched The Department of the Air Force debuted a new website for past and present Airmen and Guardians to correct their military records, April 5.
April 6, 2021 Air Force Research Laboratory engineer receives Vaught Visionary Leadership Award Diane Buhrmaster, Coatings Technology Team Lead for AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, received the 2020 Brigadier General Wilma Vaught Visionary Leadership Award in the Civilian Category. This annual award was created in honor of General Vaught for her outstanding service and
April 5, 2021 New ‘Air Force Review Boards Agency’ website launched The Department of the Air Force debuted a new website for past and present Airmen and Guardians to correct their military records, April 5.
April 2, 2021 AFRL approves Cooperative Research and Development Agreement for silicon photonics The Air Force Research Laboratory recently approved a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between its Nanoelectronic Materials Branch and Iris Light Technologies. The collaboration will be working to develop hybrid silicon lasers. Sometimes called the “holy grail of optoelectronics,”
March 19, 2021 AFRL researchers demonstrate record-breaking RF isolator performance in ultra-compact device As the USAF continues with the unrelenting pursuit of driving down the size, weight and power of radio frequency (RF) components, the inherent challenges in these types of technologies are compounded. The typical difficulties of making smaller mechanical and physical components, however, are dwarfed
March 10, 2021 AFRL 'x-ray vision' tool to reduce costs, time for 3-D part qualification The Air Force research Laboratory, in partnership with the Materials Solutions Network at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) of Cornell University, has developed a tool that can look directly inside of and instantaneously inspect the structure of composite components while they are
March 4, 2021 AFRL launches collaborative biosensor effort to detect stress, fatigue biomarkers The Air Force Research Laboratory recently kicked off a $2 million partnership with Case Western Reserve University. The joint project will accelerate biosensor development, with an emphasis on the detection of biomarkers for stress and fatigue.
Feb. 12, 2021 DOD Partners With Underrepresented Youth on STEM Initiatives The Defense Department Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Institute is partnering with the Capital Youth Empowerment Program to launch an advanced manufacturing education and workforce training outreach initiative.