The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is the primary research and development center for the Department of the Air Force, playing a key role in developing warfighting technologies for air, space, and cyberspace. As an integrated lab, AFRL supports both the Air Force and the Space Force, providing solutions ranging from satellites and rocket fuel to advanced materials and manufacturing processes. AFRL partners with organizations like NASA, other government agencies, academia, and industry to conduct research, develop technologies, and test new concepts for space-based capabilities, including space weather observation and data transport. Key areas of focus include space vehicles, rocket propulsion, directed energy, and advanced materials for aerospace systems.
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The SSPIDR Project aims for a space-based demonstration with an anticipated mission launch by AFRL in 2025.
The anticipated mission launch for the technology demonstration is scheduled with AFRL in 2025.
The SSPIDR Project is developed in partnership with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).
The Air Force Research Laboratory received a $72,000,000 contract award for an experimental spacecraft to monitor the xGEO region.
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate, in collaboration with AFRL’s Transformational Capabilities Office, awarded Advanced Space a $72,000,000 contract to deliver the Oracle spacecraft program.
AFRL scientists and engineers worked closely with the facility design and build team to ensure FORTRESS meets future research needs for nuclear and space missions.
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Advanced Space a $72,000,000 contract on 2022-11-10 to build Oracle, a mission to test space situational awareness technologies beyond Earth orbit out to the moon.
The experiment led by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate was previously known as the Cislunar Highway Patrol System (CHPS) and was renamed Oracle.
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $72,000,000 contract to Advanced Space to develop an experimental spacecraft to monitor deep space beyond Earth’s orbit.
Cognitive Space won a $1,200,000 contract extension on 2022-11-08 to continue development of the company’s satellite tasking software for the Air Force Research Laboratory.
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate planned TechSat 21 to operate three radar satellites in formation, and the program was canceled in 2003.
Earlier 2022, the Air Force Research Laboratory awarded SpaceX a $102 million, five-year contract to demonstrate technologies and capabilities to transport military cargo and humanitarian aid on a heavy rocket.
The cyber range concept includes four cubesats that AFRL plans to launch to low Earth orbit in fiscal year 2024.
Since 2019, Viasat has been developing an experimental Link 16 satellite under a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory contract.
Intermap’s AFRL Prime Contract work to develop IFSAR-enabled navigation was initially awarded under Other Transaction Authorities (OTA) in December 2021.
Intermap delivered an Interim Progress Report that received favorable acceptance under its continuing U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Prime Contract to develop IFSAR-enabled navigation for GPS-denied environments.
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Cislunar Highway Patrol System (CHPS) is a technology demonstration mission planned for launch in 2025 to operate in cislunar space and test technologies to track and identify objects there.
The Air Force Research Laboratory and SpaceWERX partnered to streamline the SBIR and STTR processes by accelerating proposal-to-award timelines and expanding opportunities for small businesses while implementing continual process improvements in contract execution.
Concurrent Technologies Corporation was awarded a $5,200,000 contract by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to build the world’s largest additive manufacturing machine.
As part of the AFRL contract, Ursa Major will provide the Air Force Research Laboratory with statistically significant data sets from extensive testing of multiple Hadley engines, including measurements of specific impulse, combustion stability, vibration and shock profiles, and ranges of inlet pressures and temperatures.