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May 1, 2020
Air Force investigates using quantum materials in new navigation tool

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Air Force Research Laboratory researchers Drs. Robert Bedford, Luke Bissell, Chandriker Dass and Michael Slocum are finding practical applications for the curious phenomena that occur in quantum materials. Until the late 1990s, the properties — or even the
April 29, 2020
AFRL Aerospace Systems Directorate granted patent for precision ballistic airdrop apparatus, method

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Employees with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Aerospace Systems Directorate here have received a patent for developing an enhanced precision ballistic airdrop apparatus and method technology.“This technology provides a low-cost method of improving
April 29, 2020
AFRL supports study of advanced ventilation technology

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Under a cooperative agreement with the University of Cincinnati, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing is supporting a first-of-its-kind clinical trial involving closed-loop control of oxygenation during mechanical ventilation. In
April 29, 2020
AFRL Aircraft Decontamination Team ramps up battle against COVID-19

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Health of air crews is paramount, and ensuring Air Force systems are safe to operate, including aircraft, is crucial.To support the global fight against COVID-19, the Air Force Research Laboratory quickly stood up an aircraft decontamination team pooling
April 29, 2020
AFRL adapts PJ tactics for COVID-19 monitoring

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory is leveraging tactics from the Air Force pararescue (PJ) community, employing a new tool that can monitor multiple patients’ vital signs, helping to alleviate the lean doctor-to-patient ratio that many medical facilities are
April 23, 2020
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, AFRL technology protects medical facilities

ROME, N.Y. – The Department of Defense is deploying Counter-Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-sUAS) developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Information Directorate to military medical facilities in support of the medical response to COVID-19, including the hospital ships USNS Mercy and USNS
April 23, 2020
AFRL scientists investigate: Can microwaves reduce viability of airborne coronavirus spread?

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – Air Force Research Laboratory scientists draw on their academic and industrial connections in the science and technology ecosystem to investigate the possibility of using light and radiation to decontaminate and sterilize areas exposed to the coronavirus.The main objective of
April 16, 2020
Wright-Patterson Medical Center, USAFSAM Epidemiology Lab combat COVID-19 pandemic

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – With the coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19 pandemic posing a serious public health risk, new terms have become common in everyday conversations. New phrases such as “social distancing,” “flatten the curve,” “telework,” and others dominate discussions at
April 16, 2020
AFRL holds Biotech Days

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Biotechnology is a broad term that refers to the use of livings systems or mimicking biological processes to make useful materials, chemical, biosensors, and presents opportunities for defense innovation in a number of domains, including specialty materials
April 15, 2020
AF physician advises, ‘follow your nose’ to early COVID-19 diagnosis

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Col. (Dr.) Michael Xydakis, an ear, nose and throat surgeon in the Air Force Research Laboratory, assembled a multi-national team of nine other medical professionals, who consolidated their front-line observations and recommendations regarding early symptoms