by AFRL PA | Jan 2, 2020 | Munitions, Success Stories
Low Collateral Damage Precision Weapon for Urban Environments AFRL conducted a successful flight test for a low-cost autonomous weapon that will make prosecuting targets in urban environments more effective. SSKW is an unmanned aerial system (UAS) designed to...
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...
by AFRL PA | Sep 17, 2019 | Integrated Capabilities, Space, Success Stories, Vanguard Success
VANGUARD: SOLUTIONS TO 21ST CENTURY THREATS AGAINST GPS THE NTS-3 DEMONSTRATION RELIES ON THREE MUTUALLY-INTERDEPENDENT SEGMENTS: A space-based experimental satellite Ground-based command and control system Agile software-defined user receivers These segments are...
by AFRL PA | Sep 17, 2019 | Space, Success Stories
Description of Technology Launched on June 25, 2019, the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate’s Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) spacecraft will conduct applied research designed to boost the Department of Defense’s (DoD) capability to...
by AFRL PA | Sep 17, 2019 | Information Technology, Success Stories
Workflow-Centric, Domain-Agnostic Development Flyleaf is a capability that models operations-floor actors, actions and activities as a set of processes represented as instrumented workflows. These workflows enable, track, monitor, manage and assess C2 application...
by AFRL PA | Sep 16, 2019 | Information Technology, Success Stories
CONNECTING AT MACHINE SPEEDS Transformation Driver: DoD Needs Rapid Compatibility and Capability of Radio Communication Technologies The Department of Defense uses many different methods and technologies to communicate, most of which are not compatible out of the box....
