Today’s space domain awareness just got better as new AFRL Space lab opens

by AFRL PA | Apr 20, 2022 | News, Space

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate held a ribbon cutting ceremony April 11 to open a new facility named Skywave Technology Laboratory. The 3,500 square foot, $3.5 million lab is located in a remote...

AFRL’s Cislunar Highway Patrol System seeks industry collaboration

by AFRL PA | Mar 23, 2022 | News, Space

KIRTLAND AFB, New Mexico (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate is seeking partners to design and inform the capabilities of the Cislunar Highway Patrol System (CHPS) satellite, to provide space domain awareness beyond...

AFRL upholds 20-year tradition of hosting Thanksgiving feast for pararescue students

by AFRL PA | Dec 6, 2021 | News, Space

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NEW MEXICO (AFRL) – As the nation celebrated the 400th anniversary of Thanksgiving, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy and Space Vehicles Contracting Divisions carried on a 20-year tradition of providing a Thanksgiving...

AFRL collaborates with Magdalena Ridge Observatory to further space exploration

by AFRL PA | Nov 23, 2021 | News, Space

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT) astronomers are one-step closer to having their own high-powered window to space and the universe, after receiving congressional funding for the Magdalena Ridge...

AFRL awards record-breaking $1B contract to Space Dynamics Laboratory

by AFRL PA | Nov 15, 2021 | News, Space

KIRTLAND AFB, New Mexico (AFRL) — The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded its largest-ever contract for space-related technology development and mission support. The contract, worth up to $1B, was awarded to Utah State University Space Dynamics...