by AFRL PA | Oct 25, 2019 | Press Releases
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Senior leaders from across the Air Force visited the Air Force Research Laboratory’s “Lab Life” podcast booth during the Air Force Association’s Air, Space, and Cyber Conference Sept. 16-18, sharing what the future of science...
by AFRL PA | Oct 24, 2019 | Aerospace
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Air Force Research Laboratory has successfully tested a state-of-the-art rocket engine preburner to elevate the U.S. technology base for high performance oxygen-rich staged combustion. The preburner was designed, developed, and...
by AFRL PA | Oct 10, 2019 | Press Releases
YUMA PROVING GROUND, Arizona — The XQ-58A Valkyrie completed the third flight of the Low Cost Attritable Strike Demonstration program Oct. 9 at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. Unfortunately, high surface winds and a malfunction of the vehicle’s provisional flight test...
by AFRL PA | Oct 9, 2019 | Aerospace
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – In a move the Wright Brothers likely never anticipated but surely would approve, the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate is using a bicycle to demonstrate how virtual and augmented reality could...
by AFRL PA | Oct 2, 2019 | Munitions, Success Stories
In 2016, our researchers invented and patented a new weapons-grade steel alloy, “AF9628,” that reduces cost and improves the performance of many air-delivered weapons. The formulation was developed in under a year and cut costs by removing a pricey ingredient which...
