by Patrick Londergan | Feb 16, 2023 | Integrated Capabilities, Success Stories
GUN LAUNCHED AREA DEFENSE INTERCEPTOR AGAINST THREATS AND RAIDS (GLADIATR) OFFERS LOWER-COST, HIGH-MOBILITY BASE DEFENSE The Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation (SDPE) Office evaluated low-cost, high-technology-readiness-level capabilities...
by Patrick Londergan | Feb 16, 2023 | Integrated Capabilities, Success Stories
TRIDENT ELDING 2022 WHAT IS IT? The Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation (SDPE) Office evaluated low-cost, high-technology-readiness-level capabilities that could provide near-term air defense against cruise missiles. Analysis by SDPE and other...
by Patrick Londergan | Feb 15, 2023 | Aerospace, Success Stories
DISRUPTIVE ENGINE TECH FOR AFFORDABLE, HIGH MACH, MASS EFFECT WEAPONS WHAT IS A RDE? A Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) is essentially a more compact and efficient method of creating thrust for a wide variety of military relevant systems. These mechanically simple...
by Patrick Londergan | Feb 15, 2023 | News, Space
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) — The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, recently announced that engineers Dr. Andrew J. “AJ” Metcalf and Dr. Preston T. Webster are the U.S. Air Force nominees for the 74th Annual Arthur S. Flemming Award. The nominees...
by Patrick Londergan | Feb 2, 2023 | News, Space
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — The Air Force Research Laboratory’s, or AFRL, newest sensor experiment deployed from the International Space Station Dec. 29, 2022, hosted on NASA’s six-unit cube satellite named petitSat, or Plasma Enhancements in the...
