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AFRL’s new lab to accelerate hybrid space architecture

Rendering of Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Space Vehicles new Space facility, the Rapid Architecture Prototyping and Integration Development, or RAPID, laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.
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AFRL’s new lab to accelerate hybrid space architecture

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Space Vehicles Directorate held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its newest space facility, the Rapid Architecture Prototyping and Integration Development, or RAPID, laboratory, at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, April 12, 2022, with Col. Eric Felt, director, AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate, as the presiding official. Joining Felt in the ribbon cutting are (from left): Bradley Rieck, AFRL senior engineer facility project lead; Felt; Col. Jon Luminati, AFRL Integrated Experiments and Evaluation Division chief; Maj. Brett Fuller, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, Albuquerque District deputy commander; and Filemon Gallegos, USACE project manager.
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AFRL is developing green power for satellites

Dr. Andre Spears, an Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate postdoctoral research fellow from the University of New Mexico, assembles a solid oxide fuel cell for testing, as part of the Bipropellant Enabled Electrical Power Supply, or BEEPS, effort.
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AFRL is developing green power for satellites

A solid oxide fuel cell stack designed and assembled for the Bipropellant Enabled Electrical Power Supply, or BEEPS, effort by Air Force Research Laboratory collaborator OxEon Energy that is capable of providing stable electric power by consuming a steady flow of bipropellant at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.
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AFRL is developing green power for satellites

Solid oxide fuel cells additively manufactured by the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Aerospace Systems Directorate for the Bipropellant Enabled Electrical Power Supply, or BEEPS, effort, using novel aerosol jet printing capabilities at AFRL at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.
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Earth Day focus — Beaming solar power from satellite array

The image depicts a space based solar power beaming system, the end-goal for the Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research, or SSPIDR, project. SSPIDR consists of several small-scale flight experiments that will mature technologies needed to build a prototype solar power distribution system.
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AFRL, ABL Space Systems demonstrate rapid operation of launch systems

In 2021, The Air Force Research Laboratory and ABL Space Systems partnered with operators from the 2nd Space Launch Squadron and 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, California to demonstrate how launch systems can be operated rapidly by small teams from nontraditional sites. AFWERX, part of AFRL, brought together players from across the national security space enterprise for this rapid rocket launch concept of operations demonstration. The complete test campaign, from training to full operations with cryogenic rocket propellants, validated the strong training base and capability of U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force active-duty personnel in conducting liquid rocket CONOPS and fielding of novel deployable systems. (Courtesy photo / ABL Space Systems)
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AFRL, ABL Space Systems demonstrate rapid operation of launch systems

In 2021, The Air Force Research Laboratory and ABL Space Systems partnered with operators from the 2nd Space Launch Squadron and 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, California to demonstrate how launch systems can be operated rapidly by small teams from nontraditional sites. AFWERX, part of AFRL, brought together players from across the national security space enterprise for this rapid rocket launch concept of operations demonstration. The complete test campaign, from training to full operations with cryogenic rocket propellants, validated the strong training base and capability of U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force active-duty personnel in conducting liquid rocket CONOPS and fielding of novel deployable systems. (Courtesy photo / ABL Space Systems)
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AFRL, ABL Space Systems demonstrate rapid operation of launch systems

In 2021, The Air Force Research Laboratory and ABL Space Systems partnered with operators from the 2nd Space Launch Squadron and 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, California to demonstrate how launch systems can be operated rapidly by small teams from nontraditional sites. AFWERX, part of AFRL, brought together players from across the national security space enterprise for this rapid rocket launch concept of operations demonstration. The complete test campaign, from training to full operations with cryogenic rocket propellants, validated the strong training base and capability of U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force active-duty personnel in conducting liquid rocket CONOPS and fielding of novel deployable systems. (Courtesy photo / ABL Space Systems)
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AFRL, ABL Space Systems demonstrate rapid operation of launch systems

In 2021, The Air Force Research Laboratory and ABL Space Systems partnered with operators from the 2nd Space Launch Squadron and 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, California to demonstrate how launch systems can be operated rapidly by small teams from nontraditional sites. AFWERX, part of AFRL, brought together players from across the national security space enterprise for this rapid rocket launch concept of operations demonstration. The complete test campaign, from training to full operations with cryogenic rocket propellants, validated the strong training base and capability of U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force active-duty personnel in conducting liquid rocket CONOPS and fielding of novel deployable systems. (Courtesy photo / ABL Space Systems)
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AFRL, ABL Space Systems demonstrate rapid operation of launch systems

In 2021, The Air Force Research Laboratory and ABL Space Systems partnered with operators from the 2nd Space Launch Squadron and 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, California to demonstrate how launch systems can be operated rapidly by small teams from nontraditional sites. AFWERX, part of AFRL, brought together players from across the national security space enterprise for this rapid rocket launch concept of operations demonstration. The complete test campaign, from training to full operations with cryogenic rocket propellants, validated the strong training base and capability of U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force active-duty personnel in conducting liquid rocket CONOPS and fielding of novel deployable systems. (Courtesy photo / ABL Space Systems)
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AFRL, ABL Space Systems demonstrate rapid operation of launch systems

In 2021, The Air Force Research Laboratory and ABL Space Systems partnered with operators from the 2nd Space Launch Squadron and 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, California to demonstrate how launch systems can be operated rapidly by small teams from nontraditional sites. AFWERX, part of AFRL, brought together players from across the national security space enterprise for this rapid rocket launch concept of operations demonstration. The complete test campaign, from training to full operations with cryogenic rocket propellants, validated the strong training base and capability of U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force active-duty personnel in conducting liquid rocket CONOPS and fielding of novel deployable systems. (Courtesy photo / ABL Space Systems)
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AFRL, ABL Space Systems demonstrate rapid operation of launch systems

In 2021, The Air Force Research Laboratory and ABL Space Systems partnered with operators from the 2nd Space Launch Squadron and 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, California to demonstrate how launch systems can be operated rapidly by small teams from nontraditional sites. AFWERX, part of AFRL, brought together players from across the national security space enterprise for this rapid rocket launch concept of operations demonstration. The complete test campaign, from training to full operations with cryogenic rocket propellants, validated the strong training base and capability of U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force active-duty personnel in conducting liquid rocket CONOPS and fielding of novel deployable systems. (Courtesy photo / ABL Space Systems)
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AFRL, ABL Space Systems demonstrate rapid operation of launch systems

In 2021, The Air Force Research Laboratory and ABL Space Systems partnered with operators from the 2nd Space Launch Squadron and 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, California to demonstrate how launch systems can be operated rapidly by small teams from nontraditional sites. AFWERX, part of AFRL, brought together players from across the national security space enterprise for this rapid rocket launch concept of operations demonstration. The complete test campaign, from training to full operations with cryogenic rocket propellants, validated the strong training base and capability of U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force active-duty personnel in conducting liquid rocket CONOPS and fielding of novel deployable systems. (Courtesy photo / ABL Space Systems)
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AFRL, ABL Space Systems demonstrate rapid operation of launch systems

In 2021, The Air Force Research Laboratory and ABL Space Systems partnered with operators from the 2nd Space Launch Squadron and 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, California to demonstrate how launch systems can be operated rapidly by small teams from nontraditional sites. AFWERX, part of AFRL, brought together players from across the national security space enterprise for this rapid rocket launch concept of operations demonstration. The complete test campaign, from training to full operations with cryogenic rocket propellants, validated the strong training base and capability of U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force active-duty personnel in conducting liquid rocket CONOPS and fielding of novel deployable systems. (Courtesy photo / ABL Space Systems)
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AFRL, ABL Space Systems demonstrate rapid operation of launch systems

In 2021, The Air Force Research Laboratory and ABL Space Systems partnered with operators from the 2nd Space Launch Squadron and 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, California to demonstrate how launch systems can be operated rapidly by small teams from nontraditional sites. AFWERX, part of AFRL, brought together players from across the national security space enterprise for this rapid rocket launch concept of operations demonstration. The complete test campaign, from training to full operations with cryogenic rocket propellants, validated the strong training base and capability of U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force active-duty personnel in conducting liquid rocket CONOPS and fielding of novel deployable systems. (Courtesy photo / ABL Space Systems)
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AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate appoints new director

Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle presents Mr. Darrell Phillipson with the Meritorious Civilian Service Award.
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National radiation electronics expert brings value to AFRL Space program

Dr. Robert Pugh receives the 2022 Peter Haas Hardened Electronics and Radiation Technology award for superior achievement from Dr. Sarah Armstrong, the President of the HEART Society, at the 2022 HEART Conference held in March at Tarrytown, New York. (Courtesy photo)
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Today’s space domain awareness just got better as new AFRL Space lab opens

Todd Parris, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Geospace Environment Impacts and Applications Branch chief, speaks to a gathering crowd during the AFRL Skywave Technology Lab ribbon cutting ceremony at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, April 11, 2022. After the ceremony, Parris led a guided tour of the new lab.
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Today’s space domain awareness just got better as new AFRL Space lab opens

U.S. Space Force Col. Eric Felt, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate director and presiding official; and Todd Parris, AFRL Geospace Environment Impacts and Applications Branch chief, cut a ribbon during the AFRL Skywave Technology Lab ribbon cutting ceremony at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, April 11, 2022, as AFRL team members and other participants look on. The facility will support the understanding of radio wave, also called skywave, disturbances as AFRL studies their propagation in the atmosphere.
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