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Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)

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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

The United States Air Force Research Laboratory contracted ThinKom Solutions, Inc. to deliver a modular and scalable phased-array antenna solution to support ground segment operations.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative GeneralMar 13, 2023AFRL selects ThinKom for nexgen gateway solution

Orbit Logic was awarded a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop the Satellite Onboard Fault Attribution and Response (SOFAR) solution.

Mentioned as: the air force research laboratoryTechnical ProductMar 7, 2023Orbit Logic + MIT researching onboard fault attribution satellite solution

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate plans to launch an experiment in 2025 to track objects in cislunar space.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipFeb 28, 2023Industry group to examine potential security threats in cislunar space

The Air Force Research Laboratory funded the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3).

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative GeneralFeb 27, 2023Air Force navigation satellite to launch on Vulcan’s first national security mission

Gary Henry works with the Air Force Research Laboratory on concepts for using rockets for point-to-point cargo delivery under a $102 million, five-year contract awarded in 2020.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Technical ProductFeb 22, 2023The future of Starship includes national security missions

AFRL and MITRE Corp. developed a reprogrammable software-defined receiver that will allow users to receive both legacy GPS and the new NTS-3 signals.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative PlanJan 27, 2023Satellite billed as the ‘future GPS’ begins key tests

The 1,250-kilogram NTS-3 satellite was built by L3Harris under an $84,000,000 contract awarded in 2018 by the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipJan 27, 2023Satellite billed as the ‘future GPS’ begins key tests

NTS-3 is an experiment funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to broadcast positioning, navigation, and timing signals from geostationary Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative GeneralJan 27, 2023Satellite billed as the ‘future GPS’ begins key tests

The Air Force Research Laboratory plans to launch a demonstration mission to deep space in 2025 to detect and track objects near the moon that cannot be viewed optically from Earth or from satellites in traditional orbits.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipJan 26, 2023Supporting military operations on Earth to remain U.S. Space Force’s top priority

The NTS-3 satellite integrates an agile positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) payload onto a Northrop Grumman ESPAStar bus to provide a space platform for AFRL and partner organization experiments and integrated capability demonstrations.

Mentioned as: afrlTechnical ProductJan 26, 2023USAF’s NTS-3 Vanguard is now closer to a 2023 launch

L3Harris Technologies delivered the NTS-3 space vehicle to an Air Force Research Laboratory integration and test facility at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research LaboratoryOrg RelationshipJan 26, 2023USAF’s NTS-3 Vanguard is now closer to a 2023 launch

AFRL and L3Harris are completing remaining intra-payload and payload-to-bus functional and performance tests for NTS-3, including the first radio frequency broadcast tests of the novel PNT signals.

Mentioned as: AFRLTechnical ProductJan 26, 2023USAF’s NTS-3 Vanguard is now closer to a 2023 launch

Northrop Grumman completed ground tests in December of technology for space-based solar power and plans a space demonstration in 2025 under a contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipJan 20, 2023ESA seeks global adoption of “zero debris” policy

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) was awarded a $406,000,000 contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate for the Intelligence Systems Infrastructure, Tools and Enhancements (InSITE) program.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipJan 17, 2023Northrop Grumman to modernize + advance the AFRL’s intelligence information gathering process

BAE Systems received a $12,000,000 Phase 2 contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to further develop a low-cost, all-weather, multi-mode (radar/infrared) open-architecture seeker under the Maritime Weapon Innovation Program Joint Capability Technology Demonstration.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipJan 12, 2023Air Force Research Laboratory Selects BAE Systems to Develop Advanced Seeker

The Oracle project was awarded through the Air Force Research Laboratory utilizing the Space Enterprise Consortium OTA vehicle managed by NSTXL.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research LaboratoryOrg RelationshipJan 12, 2023Advanced Space Awards Contract to General Atomics for AFRL Oracle Program

Cognitive Space has been working with the Air Force Research Laboratory to apply its technology to the operation of a hybrid architecture of government and commercial remote-sensing satellites.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research LaboratoryOrg RelationshipJan 10, 2023Geospatial industry investor Keith Masback joins board of directors of Cognitive Space

The Oracle project was awarded through the Air Force Research Laboratory using the Space Enterprise Consortium OTA vehicle managed by NSTXL.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research LaboratoryOrg RelationshipJan 5, 2023General Atomics receives Advanced Space contract for AFRL cislunar spacecraft

Jack Shelton and a group of space attorneys, in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory, are establishing the Association of Commercial Space Professionals as a public benefit company to offer affordable regulatory and legal resources for space startups.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative GeneralJan 4, 2023Bootcamp to help space startups clear regulatory hurdles
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