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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Verus Research was awarded a two-year, $1,000,000 contract from the Space Vehicles Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Work on the AFRL-funded project will be performed at Relativity Space’s factory in Long Beach, California using the company’s Stargate 3D printing platform.
Flight Works is developing a green, refuelable ASCENT-based Propulsion Unit with Modular Applications (PUMA) for the Air Force Research Laboratory under a contract valued at more than $5,700,000.
Rocket Lab delivered the Air Force Research Laboratory–sponsored demonstration satellite Monolith on an Electron launch in 2021.
X-Bow Systems received multiple agreements worth over $35,000,000 from the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Rocket Lab successfully launched an Air Force Research Laboratory-sponsored demonstration satellite called Monolith in 2021.
Astrobotic and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Rocket Propulsion Division have entered into a Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA).
The partnership is expected to achieve mutually beneficial goals by leveraging complementary skillsets between Astrobotic and AFRL.
The CRADA provides Astrobotic access to AFRL's facilities on 'Rocket Ridge' at Edwards AFB.
Astrobotic and AFRL will collaborate on the development of advanced liquid rocket engines and rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) technologies.
Astrobotic will co-locate parts of its Propulsion & Test department with AFRL experts at Edwards Air Force Base.
Parsons Corporation was awarded a $28,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance command and control and space software baselines for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s GARDEM program.
Co-investigators from MIT’s Haystack Observatory and the Air Force Research Laboratory in New Mexico will operate a variety of ground-based radars to take ionospheric measurements for the APEP campaign.
BlackSky won a competitive $24,000,000 Air Force Research Laboratory ceiling contract to develop and demonstrate moving target engagement services.
AFRL awarded BlackSky a $2,000,000 contract on 2024-03-04 to supply satellite imagery data and access to the BlackSky data analytics platform.
BlackSky won a $3,500,000 contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory on 2024-03-08 to supply satellite imagery and analysis in support of global moving target engagement.
Terran Orbital was awarded a $15,200,000 contract to supply Ambassador Class satellite platforms with solar arrays and support equipment to the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Axient Corp. won a contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory in September 2023 to manage small-satellite military experiments.
Axient Corp. awarded the $15,000,000 contract on behalf of the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Terran Orbital was awarded a $15,200,000 contract to supply Ambassador Class satellite platforms complete with solar arrays and support equipment to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).