Organization · Arlington, VA (offices in London, Tokyo, Santiago)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
AFRL's basic-research funder. It paid for Sergey Macheret's plasma and MHD work at Princeton and his 2021 MURI at Purdue, and co-funded Purdue's Mach-6 quiet tunnel. It is the formal funding thread from McCasland's AFRL to Macheret.
On the record
- Purdue's 2021 AFOSR MURI, led by Macheret, studied plasma-metamaterial control of EM waves 'with applications to electronic warfare'.
- The Boeing/AFOSR Mach-6 Quiet Tunnel at Purdue was completed in 2001, funded by AFOSR, BMDO and Boeing.
- Princeton's Miles group lists AFOSR projects on plasma and MHD in supersonic flows.
Claims (2)
AFOSR's funding of Macheret is a hidden link between McCasland and Macheret.analysisSourced, unconfirmed
Plasma-sheath and MHD research is quietly aimed at UAP-like flight without sonic booms.speculationSourced, unconfirmed