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One AFRL - Two Services
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) stands ready to solve the most complex space problems by developing and delivering technology from satellites to rocket fuel and beyond. Our one AFRL team will create solutions for the United States Space Force to ensure continued space superiority for decades to come.
SUCCESS STORIES
STARS
STARS seeks to address this concept by leveraging state-of-the-art artificial intelligence/ machine learning (AI/ML) technologies.
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RE-ARM
AFRL’s Rapid Energetics & Advanced Rocket Manufacturing (RE-ARM) program is developing inexpensive Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) production equipment enabling revolutionary, affordable, flexible, scalable capability to produce state-of-the-art SRMs to support national defense needs.
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Space CAMP
An official branch of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Space Commercially Augmented Mission Platform (Space CAMP) is a Department of Defense software factory that provides research and discovery, custom product design, Agile software development training and technology services that transform space operations.
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SMALL SATELLITE PORTFOLIO
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate’s Small Satellite Portfolio is developing, testing, and transitioning small satellite technologies to support the Hybrid Architecture vision for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force.
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ORACLE FAMILY OF SYSTEMS
Oracle is a spacecraft developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, to demonstrate the technologies the United States Space Force will need to detect and track space objects, both artificial and natural, at lunar distances and beyond (a range of 385,000 km).
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ARACHNE
Arachne is the keystone flight experiment in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s SSPIDR project, which aims to prove and mature essential technologies for a prototype space-based solar power transmission system capable of powering a Forward Operating Base.
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ROCKET CARGO FOR AGILE GLOBAL LOGISTICS
The Department of the Air Force is exploring rocket cargo transportation capability for DOD logistics. Based on advertised commercial capability and business objectives, the Air Force Research Laboratory is currently assessing emerging rocket capability across the commercial vendor base, and its potential use for quickly transporting DOD materiel to ports across the globe.
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SPACE POWER BEAMING
SSPIDR is a series of integrated demonstrations and technology maturation efforts at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate to develop space-based solar power collection and transmission capabilities.
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Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-Toxic (ASCENT) Propellant
ASCENT (Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-Toxic) propellant, formerly known as AF-M315E, is an advanced monopropellant formulation developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Rocket Propulsion Division (RQR).
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NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE – 3 (NTS-3)
NTS-3 builds on the legacy of NTS-1 and NTS-2, which were launched in the 1970’s, and it will push the boundary of today’s space-based position, navigation, and timing (PNT) technology to pave the way for a more robust, resilient, and responsive architecture for satellite navigation (SATNAV) technology.
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DEMONSTRATION AND SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS (DSX) SATELLITE
Launched on June 25, 2019, the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate’s Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) spacecraft will conduct applied research designed to boost the Department of Defense’s (DoD) capability to operate in the harsh radiation environment of medium-Earth orbit (MEO).
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Strategic Atomic Navigation Devices and Systems (SANDS)
Archive Content | The SANDS program invested in Quantum Timing and Sensing components to improve the DoD’s Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) warfighting capability.
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EAGLE – Satellite Space Experiment
EAGLE, short for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) Augmented Geosynchronous Experiment, is part of a multi-mission spacecraft which launched in April 2018.
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Roll-Out Solar Arrays (ROSA)
Our Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) uses stored strain-energy in composite slit-tube booms to deploy a flexible blanket array
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Space Situational Awareness
Freedom to maneuver in space is critical to meeting the United States Air Force’s mission to fly, fight, and win in air, space and cyberspace. The ability to exploit the characteristics of space gives the warfighter a competitive edge in virtually all engagements.
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