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Phase Four is partnering with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and working closely with NASA to advance iodine electric propulsion.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative GeneralAug 25, 2021Phase Four Developing Iodine-Based RF Plasma Propulsion + Partners With AFRL

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.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipAug 24, 2021Updated intelligence report calls for improved monitoring of cislunar space

The 2021-07-26 Electron launch placed Monolith, a smallsat developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory, into orbit.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative GeneralAug 6, 2021Rocket Lab shifts CAPSTONE launch to New Zealand

Following L3 Harris’s work, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) tests the bus using the NTS-3 ground control and user equipment segments.

Mentioned as: AFRLTechnical ProductAug 2, 2021NTS-3 mission takes a leap towards launch in 2023

The Air Force Research Laboratory worked with several contributors to develop the Chimera authentication method.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research LaboratoryOrg RelationshipJul 30, 2021AFRL goes ahead with NTS-3 Spacecraft development

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.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipJul 30, 2021AFRL goes ahead with NTS-3 Spacecraft development

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).

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative FinancialJul 25, 2021Parsons Parlays AFRL + SDA Interest Into Contract Commitments

DSX was designed and built at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research LaboratoryOrg RelationshipJul 19, 2021Air Force satellite completes two-year experiment to study the medium Earth orbit environment

AFRL spent 16 years developing and testing the DSX spacecraft.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative GeneralJul 19, 2021Air Force satellite completes two-year experiment to study the medium Earth orbit environment

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.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative GeneralJul 19, 2021Air Force satellite completes two-year experiment to study the medium Earth orbit environment

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.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipJul 6, 2021Northrop Grumman Delivers A Star Of A Bus To L3Harris For Air Force’s NTS-3 Mission

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.

Mentioned as: the air force research laboratoryOrg RelationshipJun 29, 2021Analytical Space Inc. hires KSAT’s Monson and Velazco of JPL

AFRL published A Primer on Cislunar Space on 2021-06-23.

Mentioned as: AFRLTechnical ProductJun 23, 2021Report: Space Force has to prepare for operations beyond Earth’s orbit

The TacRL-2 satellite was built and will be operated by the Air Force Research Laboratory and Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory.

Mentioned as: the air force research laboratoryTechnical ProductJun 13, 2021Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus rocket launches U.S. Space Force mission

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.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air Force Research LaboratoryTechnical ProductJun 1, 2021Viasat’s to Deliver Enhanced Military-Grade Encryption on the First-Ever Link 16-Capable Low Earth Orbit Spacecraft

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.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipMay 25, 2021Viasat names new leader for its government business

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.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative FinancialMay 25, 2021Viasat names new leader for its government business

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.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipMay 21, 2021Starfish Space testing software for constellation-managing Otter space tugs

CAES has partnered with Raytheon Intelligence & Space to develop and provide RF signal conversion technology for a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory program.

Mentioned as: air force research laboratoryNarrative GeneralMay 12, 2021Raytheon I&S Selects CAES Technology for LEO Satellite Demo

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.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air Force Research LaboratoryOrg RelationshipMay 11, 2021Raytheon selects CAES technology for Low Earth Orbit satellite demonstration
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