Accession Number:
ADA528970
Title:
Breakthrough Technologies Developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory and Its Predecessors
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
2005-12-21
Pagination or Media Count:
347.0
Abstract:
This history narrates the development of breakthrough technologies by the Air Force Research Laboratory and its predecessor organizations. Encouraged by AFRLs Executive Director, Mr. Lester Mc Fawn, AFRLs history program researched and wrote nearly fifty scholarly essays. These extend over the full gamut of Air Force Technology activities. The essays elucidate, in a brief and informative manner, the development of much cutting-edgetechnology generated over the years by the United States Air Force and Installed into the Air Forces operational forces.
Descriptors:
- *AIR FORCE RESEARCH
- *AIR FORCE EQUIPMENT
- COMPOSITE MATERIALS
- COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
- COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
- LASERS
- WEATHER FORECASTING
- FUZES(ORDNANCE)
- AEROSPACE SYSTEMS
- SOLAR CELLS
- HISTORY
- SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
- RADAR EQUIPMENT
- SPACECRAFT COMPONENTS
- NIGHT VISION DEVICES
- AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT
- COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING
- COMPUTER NETWORKS
- LIFTING REENTRY VEHICLES
- HYPERSONIC FLIGHT
- JET ENGINE FUELS
- PLASTICS
- GUIDED WEAPONS
- BOMBS
- ADVANCED WEAPONS
- EXPLOSIVE WARHEADS
- ADAPTIVE OPTICS
- SOLID ROCKET PROPELLANTS
- PRESSURE SUITS
- HIGH BYPASS TURBOFANS
- TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
- AVIONICS
- SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Subject Categories:
- Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies