Engineers at the Air Force Research Lab’s Munitions Directorate wanted to explore the idea of using replicated gunshots for military and possible civilian law-enforcement use.

Real life - logistics, tactics, and strategy - limit the options of the firearms operator with regard to enemy engagement. Th...

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.

The Air Force Research L...

In May 2021, Wright Brothers Institute (WBI) was asked to design, implement and oversee a training program for eventual use by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Aerospace Systems Directorate (AFRL/RY).

A brainstorming session with WBI’s Innovation Services personnel and AFRL/RY representatives resu...