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The Air Force has long suffered from a software sustainment drain: individual program offices were required to maintain their ‘personal’ versions of the software they employ. The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/RV) engaged with Wright Brothers Institute to tackle this ...

Heater, the bright green, bottom-heavy mascot of the Dayton Dragons, is notably earthbound. That said, he does reside in Dayton, Ohio, where man learned to fly - and he is to all appearances a dragon. Dragons fly. Heater walks, skips, jumps and dances, but Heater doesn’t fly.

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The rapid prototyping expertise of Wright Brothers Institute was brought to bear on an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) initiative to advance Air Force patented technology from Technology Readiness Level 3 (TRL 3) to TRL 6 while providing a fully demonstrable system with multiple dual-use applic...

Ohio students from the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) and experts at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), along with Wright Brothers Institute, have teamed up to create a uniquely Dayton STEM challenge. The ‘Advanced Manufacturing Challenge – Make Heater Fly!’ kicks off next week for a select...