AFRL - SENSORS RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
AFRL/RY Sensors Directorate
Research Facilities and Programs:
AFRL/RY Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
The Sensors Directorate develops sensor technology for air- and space-borne applications under three technology thrusts: Radio Frequency Sensors and Countermeasures (RF thrust), Electro-Optical Sensors and Countermeasures (EO thrust), and Automatic Target Recognition and Sensor Fusion (ATR thrust). Research within the Directorate is conducted in laboratory facilities at three sites and by contractors across the nation.
The largest site is at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. Exploratory development and advanced development is conducted in the areas of RF, microwave, and EO sensors and countermeasures. The site has modern device fabrication facilities operated jointly with facilities belonging to the Materials Directorate, including a number of state-of-the-art molecular-beam epitaxy machines. Research into model-based vision ATR is conducted at the Wright Patterson site under the ATR thrust.
At the Rome site in upstate New York, emphasis is placed on radar research under the RF thrust, but there is also a significant electro-optics research effort that focuses on photonics applied to the control of microwave-phased arrays and development of optical analog-to-digital converters.
At Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts, the Sensors Directorate conducts basic and applied research in support of all three technology thrusts. Specific research areas include antennas technology, electromagnetic scattering phenomenology, opto-electronics, and infrared sensors technology, including hyperspectral imaging. The research offers opportunities for experimental and theoretical work and also device design and fabrication.
All three sites have extensive laboratory facilities and indoor and outdoor test ranges. For all 3 sites it is important that applications have a green card or US citizenship to enable convenient base access.
