by AFRL PA | Jan 30, 2020 | News, Space
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Recently SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, welcomed 72 new Fellows of the society, including the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Drs. Wellesley Pereira and Christopher Wilcox. They are being recognized for...
by AFRL PA | Jan 29, 2020 | Press Releases
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – An Air Force Research Laboratory satellite, called the Very Low Frequency Propagation Mapper, or VPM, will be released from the International Space Station Jan. 31. VPM was launched on a SpaceX resupply mission to the...
by AFRL PA | Jan 27, 2020 | Aerospace
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Air Force Research Laboratory and Blue Origin are developing a new test facility for the Blue Origin BE-7 lunar lander engine at the AFRL rocket lab here. Capital improvements, funded by Blue Origin, will allow BE-7 testing in a...
by AFRL PA | Jan 24, 2020 | Aerospace
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory, along with partner Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., completed the successful fourth flight test of the XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned air vehicle demonstrator Jan. 23, 2020, at...
by AFRL PA | Jan 15, 2020 | Aerospace
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s X-60A program recently achieved a key developmental milestone with the completion of integrated vehicle propulsion system verification ground testing. The X-60A is an air-launched rocket...
