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Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)

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The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded L3Harris Technologies a contract worth $80,800,000 to conduct communications experiments using multiple commercial space internet services.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipMay 26, 2023L3Harris wins $80 million Air Force contract for satcom experiments

The contract to Exosonic was awarded under the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Small Business Innovation Research program.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research LaboratoryOrg RelationshipMay 24, 2023AFWERX selects EXOSONIC for SBIR Phase 2 contract for a digital design and trade study

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Exosonic, Inc. a $1,250,000 contract to initiate the design and development of a supersonic, fifth-generation target.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipMay 24, 2023AFWERX selects EXOSONIC for SBIR Phase 2 contract for a digital design and trade study

Under the U.S. Air Force Tactical Funding Increase program last August, Ursa Major and AFRL had a contract to qualify the 5,000-pound-thrust oxygen-rich staged-combustion Hadley rocket engine for future Department of Defense missions.

Mentioned as: AFRLTechnical ProductMay 24, 2023Ursa Major to Provide Hypersonics and Space Launch Capabilities for Air Force Research Laboratory

Under the AFRL contract, Ursa Major will further develop its 200,000-pound-thrust Arroway engine for space launch.

Mentioned as: AFRLOrg RelationshipMay 24, 2023Ursa Major to Provide Hypersonics and Space Launch Capabilities for Air Force Research Laboratory

Under the AFRL contract, Ursa Major will build and test a prototype of its Draper engine for hypersonics.

Mentioned as: AFRLOrg RelationshipMay 24, 2023Ursa Major to Provide Hypersonics and Space Launch Capabilities for Air Force Research Laboratory

Under the Air Force Research Laboratory contract, Ursa Major will build and test a prototype of its Draper engine for hypersonics and will further develop its 200,000-pound-thrust Arroway engine for space launch.

Mentioned as: the air force research laboratoryTechnical ProductMay 23, 2023Air Force Research Lab to fund development of Ursa Major’s rocket engines

Ursa Major won a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory contract on 2023-05-23 to support the development of two of the company’s rocket engines.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipMay 23, 2023Air Force Research Lab to fund development of Ursa Major’s rocket engines

Ursa Major’s contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory is an eight-figure agreement and is larger than a $3,600,000 Air Force contract the company received last year for development of its Hadley engine for small launch vehicles.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative FinancialMay 23, 2023Air Force Research Lab to fund development of Ursa Major’s rocket engines

Zeno Power Systems pitched its RPS concept to the Air Force Research Laboratory in 2019 and won several Small Business Innovation Research contracts.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research LaboratoryTechnical ProductMay 18, 2023Zeno Power gets $30 million to build radioisotope-powered satellite for U.S. military

Momentus was selected for funding from the Space Development Agency via a Small Business Innovation Research Phase 2 award that SDA is collaborating to complete with the Air Force Research Laboratory Technology Directorate AFWERX.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipMay 15, 2023Momentus Signs Launch Service Agreement with SpaceX

Lunar Flashlight was the first spacecraft beyond Earth orbit to use the Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-Toxic (ASCENT) green propellant developed at the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research LaboratoryOrg RelationshipMay 15, 2023NASA ends Lunar Flashlight mission because of thruster problems

Daniel Cavender has worked extensively with ASCENT, the non-toxic propellant developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research LaboratoryOrg RelationshipMay 8, 2023Propelling ASCENT into commercial markets

Viasat built the XVI satellite for the Air Force Research Laboratory under a $10,000,000 contract awarded in 2019.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipMay 2, 2023Air Force to launch Link 16 tactical communications cubesat

A U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory cubesat equipped with a Link 16 tactical communications radio will launch to low Earth orbit as early as June on the SpaceX Transporter 8 rideshare.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air Force Research LaboratoryOrg RelationshipMay 2, 2023Air Force to launch Link 16 tactical communications cubesat

The NTS-3 program is a $250,000,000 experiment led by the Air Force Research Laboratory to deliver novel space-based positioning, navigation, and timing technologies.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipApr 28, 2023Air Force navigation satellite experiment applying lessons from GPS

AFRL will use commercial ground antennas for NTS-3 to increase opportunities for contact time while reducing dependence on government antennas.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative PlanApr 28, 2023Air Force navigation satellite experiment applying lessons from GPS

The NTS-3 ground control system was developed by Parsons Corporation and will be operated at the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate headquarters at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipApr 28, 2023Air Force navigation satellite experiment applying lessons from GPS

SatixFy Communications completed a contracted demonstration with OneWeb Technologies and the Air Force Research Lab under the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) initiative.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative GeneralApr 10, 2023Satixfy Successfully Demonstrates New Antenna Together with OneWeb Technologies and Air Force Research Lab

Applications for the APS include autonomous operation of heterogeneous constellations of Low Earth Orbit satellites with DARPA and AFRL.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative GeneralMar 16, 2023Orbit Logic and MIT to Develop Satellite Onboard Fault Attribution and Response Solution
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