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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Kratos Unmanned Systems Division was awarded a $17,677,612, 12-month, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to design and develop an Off Board Sensing Station (OBSS) unmanned aerial system in support of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Autonomous Collaborative Platforms technology maturation portfolio.
EXTREME technologies are being employed in AFRL SDCP projects including Integrated Compact Electro-Optic/Infrared Systems (ICES), the XQ-58 Valkyrie, and the Air Launched Off-Board Operations (ALOBO) program.
AFRL is relying on EXTREME technology to modify EO/IR systems on the XQ-58 and ALOBO developmental platforms.
Rogue Space Systems announced the $1,100,000 AFRL CRADA in December 2020.
The $1,600,000 raise consists of $500,000 in cash and a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory valued at $1,100,000 in in-kind services.
Orbit Fab signed a technology sharing agreement with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory on 2021-10-13.
Orbit Fab expects the CRADA with the Air Force Research Laboratory to reduce the risk necessary to bring refueling to Department of Defense space assets.
The 18 P3 satellites will include 12 UHF and S-band satellites and six satellites that will carry yet-to-be-determined payloads from the Air Force Research Laboratory, the U.S. Army, or the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
The test firing of the eSR-73 demonstration motor builds upon Aerojet Rocketdyne's work for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory on the Missile Components Advanced Technologies Demonstration Motor program.
The CAS program started in 2016 when the Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Braxton Science and Technology Group a small business innovation research contract to explore commercial augmentation of the military satellite control network.
At its Central Florida location, L3Harris is developing and testing the experimental Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.
Benchmark Space Systems is working with the Air Force Research Laboratory and industry partners to develop a multimode electric-chemical engine that uses a common propellant tank.
Northrop Grumman tests the Arrays at Commercial Timescales Integration and Validation (ACT-IV) digital AESA system for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) at the company radar range in Linthicum, Maryland.
Phase Four won a contract on 2021-08-18 at the U.S. Space Force’s first SpaceWERX Pitch Day to fuel its Maxwell engine with the green propellant ASCENT developed by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.
Dr. Eckhardt, Electric Propulsion Lead at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, supports propellant flexibility to provide new options for in-space propulsion and to improve satellite maneuverability and operability at an affordable cost.
Phase Four is partnering with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and working closely with NASA to advance iodine electric propulsion.
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate announced plans in 2020 for the Cislunar Highway Patrol System to detect and track objects between geosynchronous orbit and the Moon.
Lisa Rich, Xplore Founder and Chief Operating Officer, supports development of a cislunar architecture intended to provide communication, data distribution, and transportation beyond Earth orbit and to align with initiatives of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate and the evolving goals of the U.S. Space Force.
The 2021-07-26 Electron launch placed Monolith, a smallsat developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory, into orbit.
Following L3 Harris’s work, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) tests the bus using the NTS-3 ground control and user equipment segments.