Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is a scientific research organization operated by the United States Air Force Materiel Command dedicated to leading the discovery, development, and integration of affordable aerospace warfighting technologies, planning and executing the Air Force science and technology program, and providing warfighting capabilities to United States air, space, and cyberspace forces

Engineered ‘living’ machines hold potential for wide variety of societal benefits

First flight of ROBOpilot demonstrates a new flight capability

The Air Force Research Laboratory and DZYNE Technologies Incorporated successfully completed a two-hour initial flight of a revolutionary Robotic Pilot Unmanned Conversion Program called ROBOpilot Aug. 9 at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. “This flight test is a testament to AFRL’s ability to rapidly innovate technology from concept to application in a safe build up

First flight of ROBOpilot demonstrates a new flight capability

Manned and unmanned aircraft start flying together

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works®, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and Calspan Corporation successfully demonstrated manned/unmanned teaming to improve combat efficiency and effectiveness for the warfighter. “This demonstration is an important milestone in AFRL’s maturation of technologies needed to integrate manned and unmanned aircraft in a strike package,” said

Manned and unmanned aircraft start flying together

Gecko-inspired adhesive loses no traction in temperatures as cold as liquid nitrogen or as hot as molten silver

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University, Dayton Air Force Research Laboratory and China have developed a new dry adhesive that bonds in extreme temperatures—a quality that could make the product ideal for space exploration and beyond. The gecko-inspired adhesive loses no traction in temperatures as cold as liquid nitrogen or as hot as molten silver,

Gecko-inspired adhesive loses no traction in temperatures as cold as liquid nitrogen or as hot as molten silver

New materials that directly convert ultraviolet light into motion without the need for electronics

One of the impediments to developing miniaturized, “squishy” robots is the need for an internal power source that overcomes the power-to-weight ratio for efficient movement. An international group involving Inha University, University of Pittsburgh and the Air Force Research Laboratory has built upon their previous research and identified new materials that directly convert ultraviolet light

New materials that directly convert ultraviolet light into motion without the need for electronics

Hypersonic missiles could be operational in 2020s

Hypersonic missiles could be here faster than you know it. By 2020, the Air Force is likely to have operational prototypes ready for a program of record and testing to develop an operational unit, said Maj. Gen. Thomas Masiello, the commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory. By the 2030s, the technology could have expanded

Hypersonic missiles could be operational in 2020s

4-D Technology Allows Self-folding of Complex Objects

Using components made from smart shape-memory materials with slightly different responses to heat, researchers have demonstrated a four-dimensional printing technology that allowed creation of complex self-folding structures. The technology, developed by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), could be used to create 3-D structures that

4-D Technology Allows Self-folding of Complex Objects

New nanomaterial maintains conductivity in three dimensions

An international team of scientists has developed what may be the first one-step process for making seamless carbon-based nanomaterials that possess superior thermal, electrical and mechanical properties in three dimensions. The research holds potential for increased energy storage in high efficiency batteries and supercapacitors, increasing the efficiency of energy conversion in solar cells, for lightweight

New nanomaterial maintains conductivity in three dimensions

A thin ribbon of flexible electronics can monitor health, infrastructure

A new world of flexible, bendable, even stretchable electronics is emerging from research labs to address a wide range of potentially game-changing uses. The common, rigid printed circuit board is slowly being replaced by a thin ribbon of resilient, high-performance electronics. Over the last few years, one team of chemists and materials scientists has begun

A thin ribbon of flexible electronics can monitor health, infrastructure

Rediscovering Spontaneous Light Emission: LEDs Could Replace Some Lasers

“Sometimes the great discoveries are looking right at us and waiting.” Berkeley Lab researchers have developed a nano-sized optical antenna that can greatly enhance the spontaneous emission of light from atoms, molecules and semiconductor quantum dots. This advance opens the door to light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that can replace lasers for short-range optical communications, including

Rediscovering Spontaneous Light Emission: LEDs Could Replace Some Lasers

University of Minnesota engineers make sound loud enough to bend light on a computer chip

Device could improve wireless communications systems During a thunderstorm, we all know that it is common to hear thunder after we see the lightning. That’s because sound travels much slower (768 miles per hour) than light (670,000,000 miles per hour). Now, University of Minnesota engineering researchers have developed a chip on which both sound wave

University of Minnesota engineers make sound loud enough to bend light on a computer chip

Lighter, Cheaper Radio Wave Device Could Transform Telecommunications

The new circulator has the potential to double the useful bandwidth in wireless communications Researchers at the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have achieved a milestone in modern wireless and cellular telecommunications, creating a radically smaller, more efficient radio wave circulator that could be used in cellphones and other

Lighter, Cheaper Radio Wave Device Could Transform Telecommunications

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Air Force vice chief of staff visits Wright-Patterson
on April 30, 2021 at 7:33 am
Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David W. Allvin visited various Air Force Research Laboratory facilities at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base April 26 to see how the 711th Human Performance ...
Air Force NTS-3 navigation satellite to launch in 2023
on April 28, 2021 at 3:29 pm
The Air Force Research Laboratory is planning a 2023 launch of the NTS-3 experimental satellite the U.S. military will use for positioning, navigation and timing. AFRL previously announced the launch ...
Could the Air Force's solar beaming project deliver direct power to Earth?
on April 28, 2021 at 2:24 pm
Let the sun shine in! A promising new U.S. Air Force project scheduled to launch in 2024 hopes to beam solar power directly to Earth from orbit, possibly providing space-based power for an ...
Air Force Adds University of Dayton Research Institute to $96M Propulsion, Thermal Management Tech Project
on April 27, 2021 at 12:49 pm
The (UDRI) will help the U.S. Air Force further develop propulsion, power and thermal management systems for military use under a potential $96 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) ...
The Air Force is using quantum computing to track unmanned aircraft
on April 27, 2021 at 6:44 am
U.S. Air Force researchers are partnering with a quantum computing company to use its machine learning algorithms, Axios has learned.Why it matters: Quantum is the next generation of computing, and ...

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Air Force vice chief of staff visits Wright-Patterson
on April 30, 2021 at 7:33 am
Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David W. Allvin visited various Air Force Research Laboratory facilities at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base April 26 to see how the 711th Human Performance ...
Air Force NTS-3 navigation satellite to launch in 2023
on April 28, 2021 at 3:29 pm
The Air Force Research Laboratory is planning a 2023 launch of the NTS-3 experimental satellite the U.S. military will use for positioning, navigation and timing. AFRL previously announced the launch ...
AFRL at Wright-Patt and beyond is oriented to serve both Air and Space forces
on April 28, 2021 at 11:41 am
When Brig. Gen. Heather Pringle took command of Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base last year, she outlined her top goals. Chief among those: Orienting AFRL to ...
Air Force Research Laboratory Partners with QC Ware to Apply Quantum Machine Learning in Identifying Flight Patterns of Unmanned Aircraft
on April 27, 2021 at 8:06 am
ROME, N.Y. and PALO ALTO, Calif., April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and QC Ware are exploring the use of one of QC Ware's proprietary quantum machine ...
Air Force Research Laboratory Partners with QC Ware to Apply Quantum Machine Learning in Identifying Flight Patterns of Unmanned Aircraft
on April 27, 2021 at 5:30 am
ROME, N.Y. and PALO ALTO, Calif., April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and QC Ware are exploring the use of ...