AFRL team wins AFCEA’s annual writing contest on CHSS

by Patrick Londergan | Jul 21, 2023 | NEWS, Space

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – An Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, team won first place in the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association International, or AFCEA’s, Cyber Edge Writing Contest for SIGNAL Magazine titled “Holding the...

AFRL completes flight tests for directed energy laser system beam director

by Patrick Londergan | Jun 5, 2023 | AEROSPACE

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory completed a successful flight-test campaign for a new beam director concept that can be used with directed energy laser systems integrated onto aircraft. The Hybrid Aero-Effect Reducing...

A Mission Out of This World: The Benefield Anechoic Facility tests first space satellite in decades

by Patrick Londergan | Jun 5, 2023 | NEWS, Space

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The Benefield Anechoic Facility (BAF) at Edwards AFB recently tested its first orbital satellite in decades. Anticipated to launch in late 2023, Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) will be the Department of Defense’s first...

AFRL, NASA partner with 8 universities for new Mission Concept Program

by Patrick Londergan | May 15, 2023 | NEWS, Space

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) — The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, and NASA announced their collaboration with eight universities for a new Mission Concept Program, or MCP, from Jan. 5 to Feb. 3, 2024. The program, sponsored by AFRL’s Space...

AFRL celebrates 2022 achievements at annual awards ceremony

by Patrick Londergan | Mar 7, 2023 | NEWS, Space

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) — The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, recognized its top performers of 2022 at the AFRL Annual Awards Ceremony March 2, 2023, at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall at Wright-Patterson...