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Munitions loading is a critical element of Air Wing Operations. However, as airframes and weapons evolve, it becomes ever more difficult to adapt the rudimentary lifting technology of existing loaders to modern positioning demands. “Our legacy lift equipm

Munitions loading is a critical element of Air Wing Operations. However, as airframes and weapons evolve, it becomes ever more difficult to adapt the rudimentary lifting technology of existing loaders to modern positioning demands. “Our legacy lift equipment is no longer an effective agile solution creating a mission support gap affecting combat lethality and readiness for adaptive basing.â ...

Space-based systems have become indispensable elements of global communication, militaryreconnaissance and scientific research. The expenses associated with any space launch areenormous and, once in orbit, a system failure can have catastrophic consequences. ExtensiveEarth-based testing is essential to ensure a high success rate. To approximate the demands of space deployment, the Air Force mainta ...

Robust and accurate measurement of unsteady surface pressure is vital for the characterization, modeling, prediction, and control of hypersonic and airbreathing propulsion systems. However, time-resolved unsteady pressure measurements at many locations with high accuracy and reliability during propulsion, wind tunnel, and flight testing have been challenging for instrumentation engineers. In addit ...

Fourth State Communications’ Enhanced Thermo-Scatter System (ETSS) capability is the high-speed (200MBPS), omnidirectional, low-cost, resilient over-the-horizon (2000 miles) communications solution allowing the Air Force and its Special Operations Command

Routine maintenance for the F-35 Lightning requires aircraft washes every 30 days. To prevent damage to aircraft, maintainers are required to cover all flight critical areas (pitot tubes, flush ports, panel seams, etc.) with single use tape and barrier paper. Thorough  inspections are then required after each wash to ensure all tape has been completely removed from the aircraft. Aircraft whi ...

An F-22 canopy transport and maintenance fixture is proposed that will eliminate the need for the dedicated cart currently in use, freeing up precious cargo space (several pallet positions) during training and force deployments.

A software package known as Anomaly Detection Actively ProTecting-Security (ADAPT-Security) is proposed to detect anomalies in multivariate time series and perform diagnostics for observed anomalous patterns. The algorithms are designed to be implementabl

ABSTRACT: During normal course of research, development, and testing by AFRL at EAFB, small quantities of environmentally hazardous propellant, explosive, and pyrotechnic (PEP) wastes are produced. The objective of this SBIR Phase II project is to construct and field-demonstrate a prototype capable of destroying 30 pounds per month of PEP waste at AFRL Propellant Research Laboratory. After the ...

Fourth State’s Enhanced Thermo-Scatter System (ETSS) provides long range telecommunications capabilities through the creation of a geosynchronous virtual satellite network anywhere in the world, enabling connectivity up to 2000 miles and at data rates up to 200 Mbps, from a ground based communications station in secure and protected locations ensuring resilient communications. With the abil ...