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Air Force Materiel Command

Aug. 12, 2025
AFRL's NTS-3 Vanguard Set for Launch Aboard ULA Vulcan Rocket

The Department of the Air Force (DAF) launches the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) Vanguard on the USSF-106 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, Aug. 12, 2025. NTS-3 is a payload for the first U.S. national security launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket.
Dec. 15, 2021
AFRL's PNT AgilePod achieves flight test objectives

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s complementary position, navigation, and timing (PNT) AgilePod prototype achieved three important objectives in flight tests, Nov. 1-10.