FORT GREELY, Alaska — It is vital that military equipment work wherever in the world American Soldiers need it, and extreme cold is a weather condition troops have had to contend with frequently in American history. From Korea to Afghanistan, the lives of American soldiers have frequently depended on properly functioning equipment in inhospitably frigid…
Researchers are using new, experimental techniques like Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion (ShAPE™) and friction stir welding to produce metal components that are lighter, stronger, and more precise than ever before. But as we enter those new frontiers of metalworking, it’s crucial to understand the performance and properties of the resulting metals and the bonds…
Peaceful though it may seem from Earth, space is beset by “weather” that can prove perilous for the sensitive — and expensive — technology aboard the spacecraft and satellites increasingly populating the realms outside our atmosphere. To meet that challenge, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) researchers have developed the Compact Space Plasma Analyzer, a small…
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE (AFB), Calif. – The 60th Mission Support Group hosted the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) as they initiated the testing of the Base Oversight of Autonomous Response System on March 16, 2024. During this visit, the team from Project BOAR initiated a capabilities test during the Travis AFB Wings Over…
The Army expects future large-scale combat operations to be fast-paced and complex, with forces combating a variety of harsh terrains and environments, under constant enemy observation and attack. Two intertwined capabilities underpin a commander’s ability to overcome the demands of such chaotic conflicts: the network and the command and control (C2) systems that run on…
CRANE, Ind. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new strategic and hypersonics research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) facility on Thursday, March 21. The Missile Technology Evaluation Facility (MTEF) provides a new capability for NSWC Crane to ensure reliable performance of strategic hypersonics systems and is…
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. – When you are building the future of Army aviation, it is not enough to create revolutionary aviation technology. Sometimes you must also invent the infrastructure to make that technology happen. This is what researchers in the Technology Development Directorate at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center…
The U.S. Army Research Laboratory’s (ARL’s) Transonic Experimental Facility (TEF) is an all-purpose research firing range that has been used to investigate propulsion, materials, flight, guidance, and terminal effects across a spectrum of launch (mechanical) and flight (thermal) loads, including speeds from Mach 0.5 to 5+. Currently, there are very few experimental ground facilities for…