by Patrick Londergan | Apr 3, 2025 | Aerospace, Artificial Intelligence, Human Performance, Munitions, Sensors, Space, Success Stories
SAFE TRUSTED AUTONOMY FOR RESPONSIBLE SPACECRAFT KEY TECHNOLOGIES Reinforcement learning-based AI neural network control for multi-spacecraft operations Safe close-proximity operations using run-time assurance technology to maximize mission life Human-autonomy...
by Patrick Londergan | Mar 25, 2025 | Aerospace, Success Stories
LOW COST ATTRITABLE AIRCRAFT PLATFORM SHARING Leverages best practices of consumer industries to rapidly develop and build autonomous collaborative platforms (ACP) in large numbers. The goal is to achieve affordable mass by streamlining the design and development...
by Patrick Londergan | Apr 3, 2024 | Aerospace, Success Stories
MODULAR PROPULSION – 1 TANK, 1 PROPELLANT, 2 CAPABILITIES WHAT IS IT? Modular Propulsion (ModProp) will enable U.S. Space Force and U.S. Space Command to perform Sustained Maneuver operations, Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS), and Space Mobility and Logistics...
by AFRL PA | Mar 6, 2024 | Aerospace, Success Stories
KEY BENEFITS The XQ-58A Valkyrie is a high speed, long range, low cost unmanned platform designed to offer maximum utility at minimum cost. This aircraft falls under the AFRL Low Cost Attritable Aircraft Technology portfolio. The XQ-58A was successfully designed,...
by Patrick Londergan | Feb 5, 2024 | Aerospace, Success Stories
COMPACT EXPENDABLE / LIMITED LIFE SUPERSONIC PROPULSION FAST FACTS High-Mach turbine engines (HMTE) expand munition design and employment trade space with several key benefits over traditional high-speed propulsion approaches: Increased fuel efficiency, for greater...
by AFRL PA | Sep 10, 2023 | Aerospace, Space, Success Stories
SOLID ROCKET MOTOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE THE COST AND SCHEDULE OF ENERGETICS / TACTICAL ROCKET MOTOR DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURE NEW APPROACH TO MANUFACTURING SOLID ROCKETS AFRL’s Rapid Energetics & Advanced Rocket Manufacturing (RE-ARM) program is...
