May 9, 2023 AFRL, University of Arizona foster collaboration at tech collider event The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, held the University Tech Collider Working Group at the Rotunda at Science and Technology Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 13-14, 2023. The event was hosted in partnership with New Mexico Tech, the Southwest Innovation Alliance and the University of
Nov. 8, 2022 AFRL Innovation Awards recognize excellence in tech transfer The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy and Space Vehicles Directorates held their 2022 Innovation Awards ceremony in Albuquerque, Oct. 20, 2022, marking the fifth annual recognition of AFRL inventors and partners in technology transfer.
Oct. 26, 2022 AFRL STEM unit receives DOD STARBASE’s highest level award The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Department of Defense STARBASE NM program, managed through the AFRL STEM Academy, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, received accolades and certification to the highest level, for its work with fifth graders in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM.
Oct. 18, 2022 AFRL’s Ascent satellite marks end of mission objectives The Air Force Research Laboratory's small satellite named Ascent has completed all of its mission objectives and is performing extended operations to characterize the survivability of the commercial-off-the-shelf, or COTS, bus electronics in the geosynchronous Earth orbit, or GEO, space environment.
Aug. 18, 2022 AEDC Spark Tank: Innovative integration of smart radios to enhance 586th FLTS flight test capabilities The 586th Flight Test Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, will be integrating new smart radios to improve and adapt the current flight test capabilities and meet the increasing need to support rapid software-based development technologies.The 586 FLTS is part of the 704th Test Group,
July 14, 2022 746th Test Squadron develops high power jammer system for continuous tracking With the goal of improving the ability to test increasingly robust GPS systems for aerial assets, the 746th Test Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, developed a high power jammer tracking system, or HPJ-T, to provide constant GPS jamming on a system for an extended period of time.The
June 9, 2022 New AFRL virtual range to bring directed energy capabilities to warfighters The Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate has awarded a contract, the largest award of its kind, to BlueHalo to build a directed energy modeling and simulation virtual range.
April 21, 2022 AFRL is developing green power for satellites The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Space Vehicles Directorate is developing a new “green energy” fuel cell technology, that will allow thruster equipped spacecraft to convert chemical energy in its bipropellant into electrical power.
June 22, 2021 Joint training enhances service readiness Airmen from the Air Force Materiel Command’s 635th Materiel Maintenance Group joined forces with the 9th Airlift Squadron at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware and Air Education and Training Command’s 49th Wing for a Major Command Service Tail Trainer exercise, June 1-10, 2021, at Holloman AFB, New
March 25, 2019 Air Commando pursues dream of flying on AFSOC airframes As a child, she sat in front of the TV watching the “Top Gun” movie over and over again and listening to Tom Cruise proclaim, “I feel the need – the need for speed!” Watching the aircraft soar across the screen made it clear to her that she wanted to fly when she grew up.