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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Embedded Ventures Announces 'First of its Kind' Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with United States Space Force
Embedded Ventures, a new venture capital firm investing in dual-use space startups beyond launch, today announced an unprecedented multi-year agreement with United States Space Force (USSF)'s ...
U.S. Air Force Research Lab Collaborates With India for Rare Nanomaterials
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory said it is working to increase availability of rare nanomaterials and strengthen U.S. scientific and manufacturing ties with India. Nanomate ...
AFRL scientists present results from DSX spacecraft experiments
Fifty scientists from Department of Defense laboratories, industry, and research universities met virtually Sept. 22-23, 2021, to discuss the initial findings f ...
Air Force, university scientists share vision for unconventional computing
Conventional computing hardware represents information as ones and zeros, depending on the state of electronic transistors. This creates artificial bottlenecks in the flow of information processing by ...
AFRL Gathers Scientists to Discuss DSX Spacecraft Findings; William Robert Johnston Quoted
AFRL said Tuesday it administered a virtual meeting where representatives from Leidos, NASA, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other organizations to discuss findings of the Demonstration ...

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AFRL scientists present results from DSX spacecraft experiments
Fifty scientists from Department of Defense laboratories, industry, and research universities met virtually Sept. 22-23, 2021, to discuss the initial findings f ...
Air Force, university scientists share vision for unconventional computing
Conventional computing hardware represents information as ones and zeros, depending on the state of electronic transistors. This creates artificial bottlenecks in the flow of information processing by ...
AFRL nano team takes lead in building stronger ties with India
The Air Force Research Laboratory is working to increase availability of rare nanomaterials and strengthen U.S. scientific and manufacturing ties with ...
Tech RAID developed to advance AFRL research
Tech RAID The Doolittle Institute will offer three menu options to facilitate intellectual property development. Collectively called Technology Researcher’s Agile Invention Development (Tech RAID), ...
Air Force Research Laboratory awards Battelle Major Contract to Conduct Human Performance Research and Engineering for Warfighter Readiness
COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 29, 2021--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Battelle has received a five-year, $89.6 million task order contract to conduct human performance research and engineering for the Air Force ...