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The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded HawkEye 360 a $15.5 million contract to provide radio frequency analytics research and development, and to help the government test and evaluate its hybrid space intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance architecture.

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Today’s advanced Air Force technologies require greater material performance for exacting applications. To meet this need, the AFRL Composites Performance tea

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) team successfully flight tested the Hypersonic...

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Sixth-generation fighter based on the model of Lockheed Martin for AFRL ESAV studies

AFRL, in partnership with Azmark Aero Systems, an aerospace gas turbine developer and aircraft hardware manufacturer, has developed and demonstrated the lightest weight turbocharger in its power class. This work was funded by AFRL as a Small Business,

Richard Joseph, AFRL chief scientist, said THOR was “better than anything else” the service has right now...

BlueHalo won an $11 million contract from AFRL to develop a pair of optical laser communications terminals and a ground station.

Blue Force Technologies ("BFT") and the Air Force Research Laboratory ("AFRL") have successfully completed a ground test for a novel carbon fiber composite

Lockheed Martin received a $33.7 million AFRL contract for the JETSON program to mature high-power nuclear electric power and propulsion technologies and spacecraft design.

25 February, 2016 BY: James Drew Washington DC The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) says it has begun early research into a miniature air-to-air missile that would be carried on the next-generation of advanced fighter jets. Known as the Small Advanced Capabilities Missile (SACM), AFRL officials say the conceptual missile would be far smaller and cheaper…

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Through collaborations with multiple federal agencies, including the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), NASA, and the Department of Defense High PerformanceComputing Modernization Program, ATA Engineering (ATA) has been developing a suite of tools that fill a fundamental role in the design, modeling, and analysis of hypersonic vehicles. These tools include a multiphysics engine capable of […]

According to Space.com Within the next year, the U.S. Air Force plans to unveil novel spacecraft concepts that would be powered by a potentially revolutionary reusable engine designed for a private space plane. Since January 2014, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has been developing hypersonic vehicle concepts that use the Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine…

The aircraft we present today is a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) named Aurora Flight Sciences Orion which was developed by the Aurora Flight Sciences as their medium range and long endurance UAV. The world of UAV is popularly referred to as the generic accumulation of the name Drone which is to produce a MALE (Medium Altitude Long Endurance) flight platform that can fit well into the military budgets and also has low operation long term costs. One of the few in this line that have achieved the military’s approval is the Boeing’s Phantom Eye and the AeroVironment Global Observer, both of which are powered by the hydrogen powered multiple engines. A new contender in this field I the Aurora Flight Sciences Orion that was created in the Manassas, Virginia. The minimum capabilities of this aircraft are to create a MALE platform which can have 120 hours of endurance at an altitude of 20000 feet as well as carry a payload of nearly 1000lbs. In order to let our readers know more about the Aurora Flight Sciences Orion we present to you some of the lesser known facts about the Aurora Flight Sciences Orion. Background:- The work on the project for the Aurora Flight Sciences Orion started back in 2006 after the US Army had funded the project HALL (hydrogen Fuelled, High Altitude, Long Loiter) UAV. Originally the Aurora Flight Sciences Orion was started as a single engine UAV which was powered by hydrogen fuel as well as have the high altitude and ability to carry a payload of 400 lbs at an altitude of 65000 feet.  Other similar aircraft in its design and specifications were already present like he Boeing Phantom Eye and the AeroVironment Global Observer. The project for the Aurora Flight Sciences Orion as elected by the AFRL (Air Force Research laboratory) back in 2007 and then in 2009, the AFRL won a joint contract with Aurora Flight Sciences to build the Orion. A high endurance UAV:- The benefits for the long endurance UAV were obvious in these times due to their low operating costs  as they did not needed to return to their base of take-off quite often. The nature of the flight systems also did not put the life of the pilots for these UAVs at risk while traversing through the enemy territory. Now adding these capabilities with its other features allowed for a MALE UAV to complete numerous missions with limited use of manpower due to the lessened requirement for the repeated landings for one sorties. The only MALE UAV that fulfilled these requirements as per the 120/1000/20000 project was Orion and it also fell in line with US Military’s many of the HALL UAVs. The possibility for this kind of system is going to increase in the future for not only military but for civilian applications as well. Surveillance Platform:- The main purpose for the Aurora Flight Sciences Orion UAV was to act as a surveillance platform instead of being a fighter one. The other UAV for example to have this likeminded surveillance platform is the Northrop Grumman’s Global Hawker drone family. So it is not to be confused to be an armed UAV like that of Predator family. Brief intro about the Aurora Flight Sciences:- The company behind the creation of Aurora Flight Sciences Orion is Aurora Flight Sciences which was founded by the engineer named John S. Langford III back in 1989 and they are currently a team of 350 people working in 4 main locations across USA. Their concern for developing the UAV system started with the data that they collected from the climate changes. This data was also the contributor for the creation of many concepts on other UAV programs like the Northrop Grumman Global Hawk as well as the many of the in-service Sikorsky helicopters. As for the Aurora Flight Sciences, they have used their data to create their own in-house family of UAVs like Perseus, Chiron, Theseus, GoldenEye, SunLight Eagle, MarsFlyer, Odysseys and now the Orion. Design of Aurora Flight Sciences Orion:- The design of the Aurora Flight Sciences Orion takes on the conventional look of an aircraft which houses a centralized fuselage as well as have monoplane wings with a traditional tail section. The fuselage s a little bit oversized in order to offer space for mission equipment, fuel stores as well as avionics. The wings of the Aurora Flight Sciences Orion are straight in appearance and have a long span but still flexible. They were designed in a way where a single piece of the carbon fiber was placed atop the fuselage for generation of needed lift and also to help the clearance for engines. The tail unit for the Aurora Flight Sciences Orion s comprise of a vertical rudder as well as 2 of the horizontal planes. The undercarriage for the Orion is partially retractable which means that the nose leg retracts backwards inside the fuselage whereas the main legs remain fixed in their place as the wheels are covered in the aerodynamic covers. Expected roles for Aurora Flight Sciences Orion:- In the scope of military service, Orion is expected to be used only for the following mission roles. Surveillance Intelligence gathering Reconnaissance As for the payload carrying capacity of the Aurora Flight Sciences Orion, they are to be used for housing the following mission sensitive equipment. Cameras Optics Sensors Collection equipment First flight:- The very first successful test flight carried out by the Aurora Flight Sciences Orion was back on 24th August 2013 without having any other equipment. The exercise for the UAV spanned for about 3 hours and 31 feet where it reached at the maximum altitude of 8000 feet from mean sea level. Powerplant:- The powerplant for the Aurora Flight Sciences Orion is 2 of the Austro Engine AE300 turbo diesel engines which are the great solution for the size of the Orion’s airframe and its mission scope. These engines also allow for the Aurora Flight Sciences Orion to not consume

TYSON’S CORNER: All branches of the military really want laser weapons. But they don’t all want them for the same missions. What struck me after a recent conference here was how differently the US Air Force is approaching lasers. The USAF is pursing a two-pronged approach: They want to mount lasers on both the large AC-130 gunship and a smaller fighter, probably the relatively roomy F-15E Strike Eagle. Neither prong leads to the kind of missile defense system that’s the holy grail for the Army and the Navy. Instead, the Air Force wants lasers, initially, to shoot down incoming anti-aircraft weapons and, ultimately, to attack both flying and ground targets. All told, both the technical hurdles and the tactical applications for the Air Force are significantly more challenging than the other services’ laser efforts. “They are trying to do the hardest thing first,” future warfare expert Mark Gunzinger told me. Technically, it’s a lot easier to fit a laser weapon on a ground base, a Navy ship, or even an Army truck than in an airplane, especially one as small as a fighter, where every ounce counts and every component vibrates during flight. The world’s first and only operational laser weapon happens to be installed aboard the USS Ponce, which displaces almost 17,000 tons. By contrast, the Air Force AC-130J weighs 82 tons fully loaded, the F-15E just 40. Tactically, for the Army, Marine Corps, and the Navy, lasers are primarily defensive. The Army’s truck-borne High-Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL-MD), the Marine’s Humvee-mounted Ground-Based Air Defense (GBAD), and the Navy’s Laser Weapon System (LaWS) are designed to shoot down incoming artillery shells, rockets, and drones, although LaWS can burn out the motors of fast attack boats as well. The ultimate objective is a laser with the power and range to shoot down incoming ballistic and cruise missiles, protecting a base, ground unit, or naval task force. The Air Force mindset is a little more aggressive. “My customer is the enemy. I deliver violence,” said Lt Gen. Brad Heithold, head of Air Force Special Operations Command, at the directed energy conference. While the 105 millimeter cannon on his AC-130 gunships today gives him plenty of killing power, Heithold said, he’d like to add the option of a laser weapon that’s pinpoint-precise and capable of dialing energy up or down to be more or less destructive as needed. “Directed energy gives you that opportunity to be much more lethal,” said the vice-chief of Air Combat Command, Maj. Gen. Jerry Harris. “Right now, when we talk about an air-to-air engagement, we measure it in miles and minutes,” he told the conference. “With directed energy, you change that to milliseconds.” For comparison, an AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missile flies at about 3,000 miles per hour. (The exact figure is classified). A laser moves at the speed of light, 186,000 miles per second. What’s more, a laser only runs out of ammunition when you run out of electrical power. A single gallon of gas can power multiple blasts. So instead of carrying at most half-a-dozen supersonic missiles, a laser-armed aircraft could fire hundreds of shots that travel at the speed of light — and then rendezvous with an aerial refueling tanker to reload its weapons without ever landing. Because lasers can fire an infinite number of light-speed shots, they’re ideal for intercepting high-speed threats. The Air Force is hardly blind to their defensive value. But the Air Force perspective on defense is narrower than the Army’s or Navy’s: Rather than try to protect a ship, a base, or a fleet, the USAF focuses on self-protection of the individual aircraft carrying the laser. (Indeed, aircraft already carry low-power infra-red lasers — DIRCM and LAIRCM — that can blind some heat-seeking missiles, although not radar-guided ones). Such defenses could keep aircraft alive in the danger zones of a Chinese-style “anti-access/area denial” defense. The Air Force also sees lasers as multi-purpose offensive/defensive weapons that can fire in a low-power mode for self-defense, then dial up to a non-lethal offensive mode — burning out sensors or engines, for example — or all the way to “kill.” “I used to think offensive first and foremost,” Heithold said. But after talking to industry about the art of the possible, he went on, he came to realize that “a single laser can be defensive and offensive,” depending on the power applied. “Directed energy can be used against weapons coming at us but also used to go after the shooter,” Harris said. Near-term lasers may not have the raw power to blow an enemy aircraft out of the sky, but they could burn out its radar and other electronics. “It is possible in the near term to develop and field the next generation of laser defenses that will burn out, not just blind, sensors on SAMs [surface-to-air missiles] and air-to-air-missiles,” said Gunzinger, a former Air Force pilot now at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, which co-sponsored the conference. In fact, lasers would be especially effective against the most advanced missiles, those with sensitive multi-mode sensors. “Within the next five years,” he told me, “we could have 150-plus kW lasers on aircraft, [starting] on gunships and bombers.” The Air Force, however, is focused on fighters. That’s a tighter fit than gunships or bombers, so the Air Force Research Laboratory has a relatively cautious three-phase plan, AFRL commander Maj. Gen. Thomas Masiello said at the conference: A defensive system with “tens of kilowatts” of power called SHIELD, the Self-protected HIgh-Energy Laser Demonstration. It will be demonstrated circa 2020. A longer-range defensive system with 100 kilowatts of power, to be demonstrated in 2022. A 300-kilowatt offensive system capable of destroying enemy aircraft and ground targets at long range. All these systems will be weapons pods or other external add-ons to existing aircraft, not “fully integrated” inside the airframe like a gun or radar, Masiello cautioned. That means radar-evading aircraft like the F-35 or F-22 couldn’t use them without sacrificing stealth. “We’re talking decades to have some sort of a 300-kw laser possibly integrated into a fighter,” he said. The SHIELD demo will also look at engaging “soft” ground targets on behalf of Lt. Gen. Heithold and Air Force Special Operations Command. “Soft” wasn’t clearly defined, but it probably means sensors, communications equipment, and other delicate but high-value systems. After SHIELD, though, it seems likely the fighter laser and the gunship laser will diverge, since the AC-130 has so much more space, weight, and power available. Special Operations is also famous for getting new technology into the field faster than the regular military, albeit in small quantities. On an AC-130, “it is relatively easy to give up 5-10,000 pounds of weight to this,” Hehithold said. A gunship with a high-energy laser is just “a couple of years out,” he said. For the Air Force laser effort as a whole, he said, “that might be where we start.”