by AFRL PA | Jan 15, 2019 | Space, Success Stories
EAGLE, short for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) Augmented Geosynchronous Experiment, is part of a multi-mission spacecraft which launched in April 2018. ESPA is an innovative technology that increases the number of...
by AFRL PA | Jan 15, 2019 | Space, Success Stories
Our Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) uses stored strain-energy in composite slit-tube booms to deploy a flexible blanket array, eliminating a significant portion of the complex, expensive, and heavy components used in traditional arrays.
by AFRL PA | Jan 15, 2019 | Munitions, Success Stories
We’re leading the charge to change the paradigm of single weapon solutions to modular sub-system solutions. Scientists and engineers have developed a common architecture that enables weapon subsystems to achieve unique capabilities while allowing technology refresh at...
by AFRL PA | Jan 15, 2019 | Munitions, Success Stories
Our interdisciplinary team of biologists, physicists and engineers research the ways in which biological systems sense and navigate through their environments in order to understand the principles driving the efficient, robust performance they exhibit. The team...
by AFRL PA | Jan 15, 2019 | Munitions, Success Stories
Our researchers recently invented and patented a new weapons-grade steel alloy that reduces cost and improves the performance of many air-delivered weapons. The formulation was developed in under a year and cuts cost by removing a pricey ingredient, that was believed...
by AFRL PA | Jan 15, 2019 | Sensors, Success Stories
The ability to adapt a mission at a moment’s notice is a key tenet of the Air Force drive for flexibility in air power. For warfighters in the intelligence community, the AgilePod, makes that flexibility even easier on the field. This premier intelligence,...
