AFRL partners with NASA in CubeSat navigation, communication mission

by Patrick Londergan | Feb 2, 2023 | NEWS, Space

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — The Air Force Research Laboratory’s, or AFRL, newest sensor experiment deployed from the International Space Station Dec. 29, 2022, hosted on NASA’s six-unit cube satellite named petitSat, or Plasma Enhancements in the...

New AFRL mission area leads integrate, execute space S&T needs

by Patrick Londergan | Jan 27, 2023 | NEWS, Space

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle announced new space mission area leads, or MAL, in December 2022. With the growing national space community, she said, adding space MALs will...

US Space entities examine future space technology

by Patrick Londergan | Dec 16, 2022 | NEWS, Space

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) — Seventy professionals from the space ecosystem gathered for the Space Futures Workshop, Nov. 29-30, to examine future technologies and forge a path towards ensuring the U.S. maintains its advantage in the increasingly...

AFRL reveals Advanced Munitions Technology Complex at Eglin Air Force Base

by Patrick Londergan | Dec 16, 2022 | Munitions, NEWS

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFRL) — The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Dec. 15, 2022, for the lab’s new Advanced Munitions Technology Complex, or AMTC, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. AFRL constructed the AMTC, a...

AFRL, AFTC collaborate on future technology via weeklong autonomy summit

by Patrick Londergan | Dec 13, 2022 | AEROSPACE

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) — Leaders and personnel from Air Force Materiel Command organizations collaborated virtually during the fall Air Force Research Laboratory-Air Force Test Center, or AFRL-AFTC, Summit Nov. 14-18, 2022, to discuss the...