The U.S. Air Force has awarded four companies positions on a five-year, $99 million follow-on contract to provide the service branch with minor construction, mechanical installation and infrastructure ...

Belying their slimy natures, the sticky patches of bacteria called biofilms often form intricate, starburst-like patterns as they grow. Now, researchers have combined expertise in molecular biology, ...

Brooke DiFlorio will launch her career as one of the first RIT Air Force ROTC cadets to be commissioned for the U.S. Space Force, the newest branch of the armed services. “I knew I wanted to be in the ...

The engineering of next-gen weapons and defense systems is a science built around speed. In 2018, Russia made headlines when President Vladimir Putin revealed the country’s hypersonic missile system, ...

DAYTON, Ohio—Researching and developing engines that could power intergalactic missions sounds like a job description ripped from the film script of "Men in Black." But there are no sleek black suits ...

The flow of fluids is important in many applications ranging from blood flow in the human body to air flow over the wing of a jet aircraft. As a result, this is a required course for mechanical ...