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Human Peformance
We tackle the challenge of improving the lives and operational standing our Airmen and Guardians across the world. Our experts research technologies in the disciplines of biology, cognitive research and more while collaborating with our Defense Health Agency, Air Force Medical Service, university and industry partners.
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BATDOK®
BATDOK®, a fit-for-purpose, mobile capability designed for medical missions, is revolutionizing point-of-injury care throughout the Department of Defense.
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PROJECT BOAR
Project BOAR is a system designed to control multiple, unmanned vehicles of all kinds, encompassing land, air, sea and undersea from a centralized command and control station.
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INTEGRATED COCKPIT SENSING SYSTEM (ICS)
The ICS system provides a modular, airworthy platform for comprehensive physiological, life-support and environmental monitoring to improve pilot safety and performance.
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STARS
STARS seeks to address this concept by leveraging state-of-the-art artificial intelligence/ machine learning (AI/ML) technologies.
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EN ROUTE CARE TRAINING
The En Route Care Training Department in the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, or USAFSAM, trains medical personnel across the Department of Defense to transport and deliver care to warfighters all over the world.
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MECHANICAL VENTILATION
Providing care for combat casualties often requires the use of mechanical ventilation (MV) to provide accurate oxygen delivery and support safe, efficacious patient care during movement across expeditionary and en route care (ERC).
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KC-46 REMOTE VISION SYSTEM (RVS)
The KC-46 RVS 1.0 design resulted in degraded air refueling performance relative to the legacy tankers.
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BIOTECH
Biotechnology is an engineering discipline that works with living systems to produce a wide range of technologies and products. Much like artificial intelligence, this disruptive technology will have global economic, socio-political, and military impacts.
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RESEARCH ALTITUDE CHAMBERS
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Research Altitude Chambers (RAC), managed by the lab’s 711th Human Performance Wing, are a family of four computer-controlled altitude chambers where researchers can perform a variety of studies to ensure the durability of flight equipment as well as to determine the effects altitude has on the human body.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRAINING
The Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills, or C-STARS, in Omaha, Nebraska, is a medical training program offered through the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM), in partnership with the University of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Medicine.
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AIRCRAFT DECONTAMINATION
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 technique. Since the coronavirus spreads easily and may remain viable on surfaces for days under certain conditions, transporting infected patients aboard aircraft places aircrews and passengers at risk for potential exposure.
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EPI LAB – EPIDEMIOLOGY REFERENCE LABORATORY
The Epi Lab, as it’s commonly referred to, is the Air Force’s sole clinical reference laboratory, and because of this, has proven experience testing respiratory infection samples and working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention processes. This lab has been operating since 1990.
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Synthetic Biology
AFRL is leveraging advances in synthetic biology to optimize Airmen performance and health, and to develop next-generation materials to provide an asymmetric advantage to our warfighters and weapon systems.
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Secure Live Virtual Constructive Advanced Training Environment
The Secure Live Virtual Constructive (LVC) Advanced Training Environment (SLATE) training is filling major training gaps for our pilots.
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Rapid Prototyping Cell
Air Force Special Operations personnel face a number of challenges in the battlefield. Many of these can be attributed to complexity and weight (over 100 pounds) of the gear they carry on a typical mission. The Rapid Prototyping Cell program works to eliminate these challenges.
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