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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As part of the AFRL contract deliverables, Ursa Major will provide statistically significant data sets from extensive testing of multiple Hadley engines including measurements of specific impulse (ISP), combustion stability, vibration and shock profiles, and ranges of inlet pressures and temperatures.
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has invested in ORSC technology to provide ORSC systems to the nation.
Dr. Heather Cowardin, Laboratory and In Situ Lead for the NASA Johnson Space Center Orbital Debris Program Office, is collaborating with AFRL on the MISSE-16 flight experiment.
AFRL anticipates that MISSE-16 will provide benefits for the U.S. Space Force, the space industry, and the broader space enterprise by improving understanding of novel material responses to the space environment.
AFRL performs imaging of MISSE-16 materials using a camera and illumination scheme identical to that installed on the ISS, and these data serve as training datasets for machine learning algorithms developed by GTRI to analyze material degradation.
The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate collaborated with the Georgia Tech Research Institute, NASA, and DuPont de Nemours on the Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE-16).
AFRL’s objective for MISSE-16 is to use real space weather exposure on the ISS to validate simulated space weather exposure of materials tested on the ground.
The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate collaborated with the Georgia Tech Research Institute, NASA, and DuPont de Nemours, Inc. on the MISSE-16 spacecraft materials experiment.
AFRL anticipates that MISSE-16 will deliver several important benefits to the U.S. Space Force, the space industry, and the broader space enterprise.
AFRL plans to launch a $100,000,000 experimental satellite named Arachne in 2025 to collect solar power in outer space for use back on Earth.
AFRL is seeking to strengthen its technical workforce and to partner with private industry contractors for upcoming space experiments.
The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate plans over the next three years to launch major military experiments including advanced navigation, space-based solar power, and a deep-space cislunar monitoring mission.
The Air Force Research Laboratory found that in a contested environment, LEO constellations are more resilient to signal jamming and provide the low latency required to support tactical missions.
The Air Force Research Laboratory found that in a contested environment LEO constellations are more resilient to signal jamming and provide the low latency required to support tactical missions.
The ISTB demonstration was conducted at the Air Force Research Laboratory test facilities at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
SCOUT Space will work with AFRL/RIE (Intelligence Systems Division) and Space Operations Command Delta 2 to advance classical space domain awareness metric observation tasking and catalog augmentation using space-based sensing.
The XQ-58A Valkyrie was developed in cooperation with the Air Force Research Laboratory on the Low Cost Attributable Strike Demonstrator Program.
The Skyborg Program team includes the U.S. Air Force Fighters and Advanced Aircraft Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, USAF 40th Flight Test Squadron, USAF 46th Test Squadron, and Kratos.
The hybrid space architecture project is being conducted in collaboration with the Space Force and the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Recurve is a cubesat mission developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory to test adaptive radio-frequency technology in a mesh network.