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...

UNMANNED LONG-ENDURANCE TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT (ULTRA)

by AFRL PA | Sep 15, 2022 | Integrated Capabilities, Success Stories

INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, RECONNAISSANCE DOMINANCE INEXPENSIVE LONG ENDURANCE UNMANNED AIR SYSTEM (UAS) WHAT IS ULTRA? The Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft (ULTRA) is an aircraft conceived by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Center...

AFRL spacecraft Recurve launches on Virgin Orbit Space Force mission

by AFRL PA | Jul 6, 2022 | News, Space

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) — The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate spaceflight experiment Recurve was launched July 2, 2022, from the Mojave Air and Space Port on the Virgin Orbit space system in California. The launch supported...

Earth Day focus — Beaming solar power from satellite array

by AFRL PA | Apr 21, 2022 | News, Space

KIRTLAND AFB, N.M. (AFRL) – In honor of Earth Day, the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, is highlighting its efforts toward harnessing the Sun’s energy, converting it to radio frequency, or RF, and beaming it to the Earth providing a green power source for the...

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...