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Testing done at Wright-Patterson made Perseverance and the search for life on Mars possible

This image taken by NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance shows tracks from the rover’s first drive. It also shows an area that was scoured clean by the craft’s descent stage rockets — the lighter-colored area shown near the center-top. Testing done at AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing ensured the landing craft’s protective coating would survive being blasted by that debris. (Photo courtesy of NASA)

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U.S. Air Force Col. Tracy Hunter, interim director of the Air Force Research Lab Sensors Directorate, and Col. Paul Burger, commander of the 88th Mission Support Group, cut a ribbon to open the Wingman’s Courtyard Café inside the Sensors Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio on April 6, 2021. The opening of Wingman’s was delayed nearly a year due to COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ty Greenlees)

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A gauge stand measures the effect of an explosion during the snow mitigation test on March 18, 2021, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The foil pieces are used to measure the blast caused by the explosion. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Danielle Sukhlall)

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U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) flight, the Iceman Spark Innovation team, Air Force Reach Laboratory innovation team, and other partners set off an explosion for the EOD snow mitigation test on March 18, 2021, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The experiment tested the use of snow to mitigate the damaging effects of explosions in an arctic environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Danielle Sukhlall)

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U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Flight prepare bags for the snow mitigation experiment on March 18, 2021, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The experiment tested the use of snow to help mitigate explosive effects. Because of Alaska’s arctic environment, the usual method of using water to reduce blast wave peak pressures is often impractical. Therefore, Icemen Spark and EOD sought to use a more readily available material: snow. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Danielle Sukhlall)

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While visiting Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel Command, presented his coveted challenge coin to Pete Finlay (right) and Joe Volza (left) to recognize their team’s contributions in advancing the Air Force’s base defense priorities. (Courtesy photo)

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Air Force Research Laboratory Commander Brig. Gen. Heather Pringle provided a rare glimpse into the path she has blazed as a leader, woman and mother during a 30-year career in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Diane Buhrmaster, engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, received the 2020 Brigadier General Wilma Vaught Visionary Leadership Award in the Civilian Category. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

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Air Force Research Laboratory physicist 1st Lt. James Wymer tests a laser source in one of the Directed Energy Directorate’s high power microwave labs while fellow researcher Alex Englesbe looks on. (Courtesy photo/AFRL)

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Dr. Chad Husko, CEO and founder of Iris Light, holds a 300 mm silicon wafer. (Courtesy photo)

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The Air Force Vanguard program, Golden Horde, uses digital technologies, such as digital twins and integrating datalink radios, in weapons system design to validate that networked weapons systems, such as small diameter bombs, can work together, autonomous of human intervention, to defeat targets. (Courtesy photo)

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The 355th Wing flies toward the future

Airmen load cargo onto an HC-130J Combat King II at Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, Ohio, March 23, 2021. The cargo was a LIFT Aircraft electronic vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that the 79th Rescue Squadron transported from Ohio to Texas. This transportation effort served as a proof of concept as the 355th Wing plans to integrate eVTOL into upcoming exercises to further its agile combat employment capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacob T. Stephens)

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The 355th Wing flies toward the future

A LIFT Aircraft electronic vertical takeoff and landing aircraft sits on a trailer at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Texas, March 24, 2021. The eVTOL was transported from Ohio to Texas by the 79th Rescue Squadron as part of an ongoing relationship between industry partners and Air Force units that are working together to develop emerging technologies in support of tomorrow’s fight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacob T. Stephens)

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The 355th Wing flies toward the future

Airmen offload a LIFT Aircraft electronic vertical takeoff and landing aircraft from an HC-130J Combat King II at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Texas, March 24, 2021. This transportation test provided 79th Rescue Squadron Airmen a better understanding of how eVTOL vehicles can potentially integrate into military capabilities in the future. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacob T. Stephens)

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The 355th Wing flies toward the future

An HC-130J Combat King II pilot from the 79th Rescue Squadron flies towards Austin, Texas, March 23, 2021. The HC-130J is the Air Force’s only fixed-wing personnel recovery platform, but it also conducts a variety of missions to include helicopter air-to-air refueling and forward area refueling points. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacob T. Stephens)

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The 355th Wing flies toward the future

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Alex Morris, 79th Rescue Squadron HC-130J Combat King II loadmaster, inspects oncoming cargo at Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, Ohio, March 23, 2021. The 79th RQS worked with AFWERX Agility Prime and the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron to transport a LIFT Aircraft vertical takeoff and landing vehicle from Springfield, Ohio to Austin, Texas. These partnerships exemplify the Air Force’s commitment to adapt to tomorrow’s fight by increasing capabilities and evaluating new technologies.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacob T. Stephens)

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Dr. Muralidhar Rangaswamy, the Radar Sensing technical lead with the Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate, recently won the NATO Sensors and Electronic Technology Panel Team Excellence Award for his contributions to the NATO SET-ET-236 panel on compressive sensing for radar and electronic support measures. (Courtesy photo)

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Jack Blackhurst, executive director of the Air Force Research Laboratory, will retire from federal service March 31 culminating a career of a combined 46 years of military and civilian federal service. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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An Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate laser physicist analyzes the output beam from one of the directorate’s advanced laser sources. AFRL scientists investigate novel laser sources that are easily maintained, environmentally friendly, and capable of high power levels. Benefits of directed energy for the warfighter include speed of light delivery, long-range engagement, low collateral damage and deep magazine. (Courtesy photo)

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AFRL researchers demonstrate record-breaking RF isolator performance in ultra-compact device

From the left to right, Drs. Derek A. Bas, Piyush J. Shah and Michael R. Page. In the tweezers, Bas is holding a chip that contains an array of four isolators. A state-of the-art commercial RF isolator has a much greater size and weight than the AFRL device. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dr. Michael Wolf)

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