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 AFRL awarded the funding to HawkEye 360 through an Experimental Purpose Agreement, a type of contract designed for rapid procurement of goods or services needed for experimentation, technical evaluation, and assessment of operational utility.
AFRL will use real-world scenarios under the agreement to explore how HawkEye 360’s radio frequency data and analytics can supplement and strengthen a hybrid satellite ISR architecture and to develop new tactics, techniques, and procedures for utility assessments.
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded HawkEye 360 a $15,500,000 contract to provide radio frequency analytics research and development and to help test and evaluate a hybrid space intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance architecture.
Under the new agreement, HawkEye 360 will provide personnel to support AFRL exercises, collect RF data, and offer tools for data ingestion and analytics.
HawkEye 360 previously supported AFRL exercises but had not supported AFRL through a direct contract vehicle prior to this agreement.
HawkEye 360 Inc. was awarded a three-year, $15,500,000 Experimental Purpose Agreement contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate.
The Air Force Research Laboratory approached ViaLite Communications to deliver a satellite communications downlink solution for transferring L-band signals through its ground station complex.
AFRL will leverage Intermap's unique capability and extensive archive to advance its next generation of PNT systems.
Under this new prime contract, Intermap will work with AFRL to advance the next generation of navigation systems.
Intermap Technologies has a new prime contract with the US Air Force to support the Air Force Research Laboratory in developing navigation solutions for GPS-denied environments.
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Northrop Grumman a $100,000,000 contract in 2018 to develop the payload for the Arachne demonstration.
Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Terran Orbital, was awarded an $8,400,000 contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate.
The $8,400,000 AFRL contract to Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems supports the Precise flight experiment that is scheduled to launch in 2024.
The MROI project team is composed primarily of researchers and students from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology collaborating with the University of Cambridge and partnered with the Air Force Research Laboratory.
On 2021-11-22, the Air Force Research Laboratory selected Blue Canyon Technologies to develop a satellite under AFRL’s Space Situational Awareness Micro-Satellite Bus program.
The new contract expands the scope of a December 2019 Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) award.
The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate awarded an $8,400,000 contract to Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems for an experiment in very low Earth orbit projected to launch in 2024.
In October, the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate signed a memorandum of agreement with Space Systems Command to use SSC’s established Other Transaction Agreement that provides a framework for decentralized execution of prototype awards.
The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate awarded an $8,400,000 contract to Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. to support the Precise flight experiment.
The XQ-58 Valkyrie is an experimental stealthy unmanned combat aerial vehicle that AFRL is modifying using EXTREME technology to reduce sensor volume and make room for additional sensors.