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 Air Force Research Laboratory worked with several contributors to develop the Chimera authentication method.
The Air Force Research Laboratory will test the NTS-3 bus with the NTS-3 ground control and user equipment segments and perform integrated testing on the overall NTS-3 system architecture.
Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) won a $26,000,000 task order on the Global Application Research, Development, Engineering, and Maintenance (GARDEM) IDIQ contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory completed a two-year DSX experiment to study the effects of radiation on space hardware in medium Earth orbit on 2021-07-19.
DSX was designed and built at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.
AFRL spent 16 years developing and testing the DSX spacecraft.
The ESPAStar-D platform supports the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) mission for the Air Force Research Laboratory scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral in 2022.
The $26,400,000 contract was awarded by the U.S. Air Force’s AFVentures with funding from the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center and the Air Force Research Laboratory.
The TacRL-2 satellite was built and will be operated by the Air Force Research Laboratory and Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory.
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) will integrate its In-line Network Encryptor (INE) into the Link 16-capable Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite that Viasat is developing for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles XVI program.
Viasat will integrate its In-line Network Encryptor (INE) into the world’s first Link 16-capable low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite being developed for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles XVI program.
Under a separate $10,000,000 contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory, Viasat is building a small satellite equipped with a Link 16 military communications terminal to operate in low Earth orbit.
Viasat won a $50,800,000 seven-year contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory in December to help integrate government and commercial satellite communications networks.
Starfish received $15,000 from the Hyperspace Challenge, a business accelerator run by the Air Force Research Laboratory and CNM Ingenuity for the U.S. Space Force, to develop autonomous technology for space.
CAES has partnered with Raytheon Intelligence & Space to develop and provide RF signal conversion technology for a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory program.
CAES partnered with Raytheon Intelligence & Space to develop and provide RF signal conversion technology for use in a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory program.
OneWeb has an 18-month contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory worth about $3,400,000 for testing services between certain U.S. Northern Command sites.
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory contracted OneWeb to demonstrate managed satcom services in Arctic locations.
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory contracted OneWeb to demonstrate managed satellite communications services in strategic Arctic locations.
The U.S. Air Force Research Lab selected Hughes Network Systems and OneWeb to demonstrate managed LEO SATCOM services to connect the Arctic region to sites around the globe.