by AFRL PA | Sep 3, 2021 | Aerospace
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Researchers from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Aerospace Systems Directorate recently secured a patent for their control surface technology after successfully developing and demonstrating additively manufactured,...
by AFRL PA | Apr 19, 2021 | 100 Years, Success Stories
Take a look into the evolution of the laboratories that would one day meld into One Air Force Research Laboratory. Since its beginnings at McCook Field in 1917, AFRL’s science and technology pioneers have understood that research is the key to air supremacy and...
by AFRL PA | Apr 19, 2021 | 100 Years, Success Stories
At the beginning of the aviation age, the airplane had one mission, staying in the air. As the speed and altitude of planes increased, they quickly outpace the pilot’s ability to react to the ever-increasing sensory load. From the early instrumentation of the Wright...