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Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)

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The Air Force Research Laboratory launched the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program in 2018 to explore augmenting military communications with commercial satellite internet.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative GeneralMay 3, 2024Air Force project blends military and commercial space networks

The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded BlueHalo a $24,400,000 contract to support the Satellite Assessment Center.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipApr 21, 2024BlueHalo wins $24 million Air Force contract for research and analysis of satellite vulnerabilities

Verus Research was awarded a two-year, $1,000,000 contract from the Space Vehicles Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipApr 18, 2024Verus® Research’s $1 Million contract monitors anomalies for 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.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipApr 14, 2024Relativity Space wins $8.7 million U.S. Air Force contract for additive manufacturing research

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.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipApr 10, 2024Flight Works developing modular refuelable ASCENT propulsion unit for AFRL

Rocket Lab successfully launched an Air Force Research Laboratory-sponsored demonstration satellite called Monolith in 2021.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative GeneralApr 8, 2024U.S. Space Force Awards Rocket Lab Launch Contract for Space Test Program (STP)-S30

X-Bow Systems received multiple agreements worth over $35,000,000 from the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipApr 8, 2024Pentagon ramps up investments in solid rocket motor suppliers to bolster domestic industry

Rocket Lab delivered the Air Force Research Laboratory–sponsored demonstration satellite Monolith on an Electron launch in 2021.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative GeneralApr 8, 2024U.S. Space Force awards $14.49 million contract to Rocket Lab for Space Test Program-30

Astrobotic and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Rocket Propulsion Division have entered into a Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA).

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative GeneralApr 3, 2024Astrobotic and U.S Air Force Announce Rocket Research and Development Collaboration

The CRADA provides Astrobotic access to AFRL's facilities on 'Rocket Ridge' at Edwards AFB.

Mentioned as: AFRLOrg RelationshipApr 3, 2024Astrobotic and U.S Air Force Announce Rocket Research and Development Collaboration

Astrobotic and AFRL will collaborate on the development of advanced liquid rocket engines and rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) technologies.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative GeneralApr 3, 2024Astrobotic and U.S Air Force Announce Rocket Research and Development Collaboration

The partnership is expected to achieve mutually beneficial goals by leveraging complementary skillsets between Astrobotic and AFRL.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Narrative GeneralApr 3, 2024Astrobotic and U.S Air Force Announce Rocket Research and Development Collaboration

Astrobotic will co-locate parts of its Propulsion & Test department with AFRL experts at Edwards Air Force Base.

Mentioned as: AFRLTechnical ProductApr 3, 2024Astrobotic and U.S Air Force Announce Rocket Research and Development Collaboration

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.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipApr 1, 2024Parsons to continue R&D U.S.A.F support via a million$$ task order

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.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research LaboratoryTechnical ProductMar 26, 2024NASA to launch sounding rockets into the Moon’s shadow during solar eclipse

BlackSky won a competitive $24,000,000 Air Force Research Laboratory ceiling contract to develop and demonstrate moving target engagement services.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipMar 13, 2024BlackSky Wins Competitive $24 Million Air Force Research Laboratory Contract for Global Moving Target Engagement

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.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipMar 9, 2024BlackSky secures back-to-back U.S. Air Force contracts

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.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipMar 9, 2024BlackSky secures back-to-back U.S. Air Force contracts

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.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipMar 6, 2024Terran Orbital Awarded $15.2 Million US Space Force Contract to Supply Satellite Platforms

The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Axient, which is based in Huntsville, Alabama, a $25,000,000 task order in September 2023 for integrated space experiments to be performed over the next three years.

Mentioned as: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)Org RelationshipMar 5, 2024Terran Orbital wins $15 million contract for U.S. Space Force satellite experiments
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