by Patrick Londergan | Nov 6, 2023 | Human Performance, Success Stories
AFRL/711HPW/RHBC OPERATIONAL BASED VISION ASSESSMENT LABORATORY RVS TECHNOLOGY Enables Boom Operator to move from direct view of the air refuling station in tail of aircraft to the front of aircraft behind the cockpit RVS 2.0 uses high resolution cameras and 3D...
by AFRL PA | Sep 20, 2021 | Coronavirus, Success Stories
The Air Force Research Laboratory has been supporting COVID-19 Operations and R&D Activities, mostly in our 711th Human Performance Wing (711 HPW), since the beginning of the pandemic. Researchers evaluated the past and present R&D efforts, repurposed them to...
by AFRL PA | May 27, 2021 | Munitions, News
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFRL) – The Department of the Air Force Golden Horde Vanguard program successfully completed the three objectives of the final flight test of its modified Boeing Small Diameter Bomb I (CSDB) on May 25, 2021 at White Sands Missile Range,...
by AFRL PA | Dec 15, 2020 | Aerospace
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory, along with partner Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., completed the successful fifth flight test of the XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned air vehicle demonstrator on Dec. 9, 2020,...
by AFRL PA | Sep 11, 2020 | Human Performance, Materials and Manufacturing, Success Stories
What is AFRL doing to protect Airmen from COVID-19? To ensure the health and safety of Airmen amid the pandemic, a team from the Air Force Research Laboratory evaluated various aircraft decontamination methods and identified the use of heat as the most promising...