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Air Force Small Business Innovation Research provided seed and prototype funding to California-based Opto-Knowledge Systems Inc to develop a system to detect and analyze spectral emissions from the high-temperature combustion of rocket engine propellants. The Optical Combustion Analysis System, also known as OCAS, finds trace amounts of metallic elements that indicate wear or erosion of the engine…
The Department of Defense now has access to a portable antenna with tracking capability that can be deployed in places where these capabilities are traditionally limited.
With support from the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer Program and the Air Force Research Laboratory, Alabama-based GATR Technologies developed a version of its inflatable antenna that can follow moving targets. Also known as GATR TRAC, the new antenna is relatively lightweight and has a low-stowage volume so it can be easily transported then quickly assembled.
The Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program funds teams of investigators that include more than one traditional science and engineering discipline in order to accelerate the research progress. Notable examples include self-assembled materials (SAM), microcontact printing and advances in fully optical data control and switching.
AFRL’s Innovation Hubs
Battle Sight Technologies worked with the Wright Brothers Institute, who acted as a guide, in the Technology Acceleration Project to discover an AFRL chemiluminescent writing device technology, license the technology from AFRL and leverage community resources to scale up and find customers.
Air Force Technology Transfer
A patent developed by Air Force scientists and engineers to Protective Innovation to commercialize an active shooter alert system. The system was developed as part of the Air Force Research Laboratory Commander’s Challenge. Protective Innovation was founded by a veteran, former USAF Captain Chris Perrine, who participated in the team that produced the technology. Perrine hopes to deploy the technology to schools, airports and military bases.
AFRL worked with the Air Force’s newest innovation team, AFWERX, to partner with Techstars and run an Autonomous Technology Accelerator. The accelerator brought together startup companies that were developing ideas to improve the Air Force’s drone systems.
The Air Force Research Laboratory and ABL Space Systems are collaborating to develop and test rocket propulsion elements for use in launch vehicles thanks to a 3-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) both organizations have agreed to.
The Air Force Research Laboratory and Blue Origin are developing a new test facility for the Blue Origin BE-7 lunar lander engine at the AFRL rocket lab here.
