Renovation of AFRL space earns award for 88th Civil Engineer Group

by Patrick Londergan | Dec 13, 2022 | Aerospace

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) — The 88th Civil Engineer Group will receive the 2022 Citation Award, part of the U.S. Air Force Design Awards Program, for their work renovating building 45 on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, which is part...

AFRL, CNM Ingenuity shift innovation to next level at Hyperdrive Space Summit

by Patrick Londergan | Dec 6, 2022 | News, Space

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, partnered with CNM Ingenuity, or CNMI, the economic development arm of Central New Mexico Community College, to hold the 2022 Hyperdrive Space Summit in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Nov. 15-17, 2022....

AFRL joins New Mexico national labs in postdoc speech competition

by Patrick Londergan | Nov 25, 2022 | News, Space

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, collaborated with Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory and the New Mexico Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, to conduct a postdoctoral, or postdoc, Ted...

AFRL breaks ground on new FORTRESS space lab

by Patrick Londergan | Nov 18, 2022 | News, Space

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) — The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, held a ground-breaking ceremony, Nov. 16, 2022, beginning construction on the Facility for Radiation Tolerance Research on Electronics for Space and Strategic Systems, or...

AFRL encourages public sector collaboration, insight at New Mexico Cyber and Space Symposium

by Patrick Londergan | Nov 17, 2022 | News, Space

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, in partnership with Deloitte and Central New Mexico Community College held the New Mexico Cyber and Space Symposium in Albuquerque, Oct. 12-14, 2022, with more than 150 attendees from...

AFRL awards contract for pioneering spacecraft in region of Moon

by Patrick Londergan | Nov 14, 2022 | News, Space

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a $72 million contract to Advanced Space LLC to demonstrate space situational awareness, object detection and tracking in the region of the Moon, supporting a resurgence of interest in...