Engineering Research -Impact on AFOSR

17 March 2008

DISTRIBUTION A. Approved for public release.

Dr. Brendan Godfrey, DirectorAir Force Office of Scientific Research(703) 696-7551; brendan.godfrey@afosr.af.mil

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AFRL Core Work Areas

SpaceVehiclesSpaceVehicles

Directed Energy

MunitionsMunitions

Propulsion

Human Effectiveness

InformationInformation

Air VehiclesAir VehiclesSensors

AFOSRAFOSR

Materials & Manufacturing

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AFOSR is USAF Basic Research Manager

• Identify Breakthrough Research Opportunities – Here & Abroad– Regular interactions with leading scientists and engineers– Liaison offices in Europe and Asia, soon in Latin America– 238 short-term foreign visitors; 28 personnel exchanges– 95 summer faculty; 30 postdocs/senior scientists at AFRL

• Foster Revolutionary Basic Research for Air Force Needs– 1181 extramural research grants at 227 universities– 239 intramural research projects at AFRL, USAFA, AFIT– 150 STTR small business - university contracts– 533 fellowships; 1390 grad students, 570 post-docs on grants

• Transition Technologies to DOD and Industry– 100 workshops conducted; 148 conferences co-sponsored– 664 funded transitions in FY06 (~55% response rate)

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Aerospace, Chemical & Materials Sciences

Mathematics, Information & Life

Sciences

Physics & Electronics

AFOSR Basic Research Areas

Sub-thrusts

Areas of Enhanced Emphasis- Complex Networks - Energy & Thermal Management- Robust Decision Making - Agile, Autonomous Flight- Adversarial Behavior Modeling - Space Situational Awareness

• Physics• Electronics• Space Sciences• Applied Math

• Structural Mechanics• Materials• Chemistry• Fluid Mechanics• Propulsion

• Info Sciences• Human Cognition• Mathematics• Biomimetics

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AFOSR HAS DOCUMENTED 664 TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS

ORGANIZATIONS THAT INVESTED IN THE NEXT STAGE

ORGANIZATIONS THAT PERFORMED THE RESEARCH

Follow-on Uses of AFOSR Research (FY2006)

0 100 200 300 400 500 600

Assist

Transfer

Transition

Number of Follow -on-Use

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500

University

Industry

AFRL TD

Number of Follow -on-Use

Government

Industry

TDs

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500

Government

AFRL TD

Industry

Number of Third Party Resources

UniversityTDs

Industry

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Recent AFOSR Transitions

• Joint Precision Air Drop System (JPADS):Using GPS and electro-mechanical steering actuators allows cargo bundles dropped from cargo planes to steer themselves to drop zones.

• Coatings and Corrosion Program: Developed non-chromate conversion coatings, primers, and top coats. Same cost as the chromium-based primer but without health and environmental risks.

• Physically-Constrained Iterative Deconvolution (PCID): PCID extracts most relevant information from image data by removing atmospheric and system blurring to produce a single high-resolution image.

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Recent AFOSR TransitionsCont.

• Rewritable 3-D Hologram: Developed dynamic holographic 3-D images that can lead to viewing battle space in nearly real time using realistic images.

• Self-Healing Materials: Research has demonstrated the ability to engineer high efficiency self-healing polymeric composites. One result would be more durable and longer-lasting aircraft.

• Electric Oxygen Iodine Laser (EOIL):EOIL uses on-board power to generate electrical discharge to eliminate hazardous chemicals. Minimize massive fluid supply-tankage subsystem by a small, fixed-mass electrical subsystem.

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Recent AFOSR TransitionsCont.

• Luminescent Polymers for Explosive Sensing: New polymer has been developed that allows rapid broad detection of all military nitrogen-based high explosives in a single application fluorescent test.

• TiAl Turbine Blades: Gamma TiAl was selected by GE-Aviation as the material for low pressure turbine blades in the GEnxengine. TiAl provides superior specific strength and creep resistance.

• Tough Nano-Composites:Advanced nano-coatings of ceramic grains in a hard amorphous matrix increased material toughness & resistance to failure in heavily loaded JSF engine gears & bearings.

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Recent AFOSR TransitionsCont.

• Joint Direct Attack Munition Release (JDAM): Research effort in microjet array actuators led to improved cavity and store control at Mach 2. Transition to DARPA Micro Adaptive Flow Control Program.

• Coherent Matter Wave Dynamics: Able to stop a light pulse in one Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) and revived it from a second, separate BEC. Results have clear and important application for coherent optical and quantum information processing.

• Bendable Electronics: Developed super-flexible silicon chips that are durable and can be attached to curved surfaces like airplane bodies or engines .

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AFRL Workforce

Employees Civilian Military ContractorTotal ~9600 ~4500 ~1200 ~3900S&Es ~3500 ~2700 ~800 ~2400

Dayton, OH; Albuquerque, NM; Rome, NY, Boston, MA;Lancaster, CA; Ft Walton Beach, FL; Panama City, FL; Arlington, VA

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AFRL Needs

• Careers at AFRL span scientific and engineering discipline, greatest number of opportunities in:

– Aerospace engineering

– Electronics/Electrical engineering

– Physics

– Computer science

– Chemistry

– Mechanical engineering

• For more information, see http://www.afrl.af.mil

– Click “AFRL Employment”

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Major AFRL Facilities

WRIGHTWRIGHT--PATTERSON PATTERSON PROPULSION (PR)AIR VEHICLES (VA)SENSORS (SN)MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING (ML)HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS (HE)COLLABORATIVE C2 (IF)

KIRTLANDKIRTLANDDIRECTED ENERGY (DE)SPACE VEHICLES (VS)

ArlingtonArlingtonAIR FORCE OFFICE OFSCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (AFOSR)

ROMEROMEINFORMATION (IF)SURVEILLANCE (SN)

EGLINEGLINMUNITIONS (MN)

MESAMESAWARFIGHTER TRAINING RESEARCH (HE)

EDWARDSEDWARDSROCKET PROPULSION (PR)

TYNDALLTYNDALLAIR BASE TECHNOLOGY (ML)

BROOKSBROOKSBIOEFFECTS, AEROSPACEPHYSIOLOGY (HE)

HANSCOMHANSCOMBATTLE SPACE ENVIRONMENTS (VS)ELECTROMAGNETICS (SN)

HQHQAFRLAFRL

40 Sites World-Wide

Detachments (15 )Detachments (15 )Operating Locations (63)Operating Locations (63)Commanders Reps (20)Commanders Reps (20)Major International Locations (3Major International Locations (3--London/Tokyo/Sao Paolo*)London/Tokyo/Sao Paolo*)HAARP/MAUIHAARP/MAUI

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60 Years of AFOSR Breakthroughs

Partial List

15FY07 S&T Appropriation

AF Budget InvestmentBy Budget Activity

TOTAL: $2.082 Billion

6.1$282M14%

6.3$720M34%

6.2$1,080M

53%

Directed

Energy$178M

Human

Effectiveness

$150MMunitions $101M

Propulsion$363M

Basic Research$282M

Sensors$221M

Space Vehicles$215M

Information

$178M

Mater

ials

& Man

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turin

g

$239

M

Air Vehicles$156M

17%

14%

11%7%11%

9%

10%

5%

7%9%