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AFRL technology makes new weapon for sinking ships a reality

An F-15E Strike Eagle equipped with modified 2,000-pound GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions prepares for takeoff from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., April 28, 2022, for the second test in the QUICKSINK Joint Capability Technology Demonstration. Developed by scientists and engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, this new low-cost, air-delivered capability successfully destroyed a full-scale surface vessel in the Gulf of Mexico. The test succeeded through a collaborative effort with AFRL and Eglin’s Integrated Test Team. (U.S. Air Force photo / 1st Lt Lindsey Heflin)

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AFRL technology makes new weapon for sinking ships a reality

The Air Force Research Laboratory partnered with the 780th Test Squadron of the 96th Test Wing and the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron of the 53rd Wing to equip the F-15E Strike Eagle at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., with modified 2,000-pound GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions as part of the second test in the QUICKSINK Joint Capability Technology Demonstration. Eglin’s Integrated Test Team demonstrated QUICKSINK, a new low-cost, air-delivered capability for defeating maritime threats April 28, 2022, successfully destroying a full-scale surface vessel in the Gulf of Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo / 1st Lt Lindsey Heflin)

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AFRL technology makes new weapon for sinking ships a reality

The Air Force Research Laboratory partnered with the 780th Test Squadron of the 96th Test Wing and the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron of the 53rd Wing to equip an F-15E Strike Eagle at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. with modified 2,000-pound GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions as part of the second test in the QUICKSINK Joint Capability Technology Demonstration. QUICKSINK, a new low-cost, air-delivered capability for defeating maritime threats, successfully destroyed a full-scale surface vessel April 28, 2022, as part of a demonstration in the Gulf of Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo / 1st Lt Lindsey Heflin)

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Multi-energy electron device creates space environment in the lab

The multi-energy electron source undergoes testing in a vacuum chamber at the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate’s Spacecraft Charging and Instrument Calibration Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.

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RAC 1 Ready

Tech. Sgt. Tyler Wineman waits for an oxygen system test to begin inside a Research Altitude Chamber at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, April 15, 2022. The chamber is one of three at the base that were certified in March for manned research up to 50,000 feet, a benchmark found nowhere else in the Department of Defense. Wineman is an aircrew flight equipment research technician assigned to the 711th Human Performance Wing, the Air Force Research Laboratory unit that operates the chambers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jason Schaap)

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RAC 1

The inside activities of Research Altitude Chamber 1 are monitored from the outside during an oxygen system test at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, April 15, 2022. The chamber is one of three at the base that were certified in March for manned research up to 50,000 feet, a benchmark found nowhere else in the Department of Defense. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jason Schaap)

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RAC 2

Equipment up to the size of a Humvee can fit inside Research Altitude Chamber 2 at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The Air Force Research Laboratory operates four RACs at the base and three were certified in March, 2022, for manned research up to 50,000 feet, a certification found nowhere else in the Department of Defense. (U,S. Air Force photo/Jason Schaap)

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RAC 1 Window

Tech. Sgt. Tyler Wineman sits inside a Research Altitude Chamber during an oxygen system test at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, April 15, 2022. The chamber is one of three at the base that were certified in March for manned research up to 50,000 feet, a benchmark found nowhere else in the Department of Defense. Wineman is an aircrew flight equipment research technician assigned to the 711th Human Performance Wing, the Air Force Research Laboratory unit that operates the chambers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jason Schaap)

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RAC 1 Prep

Maj. Sarah Kercher directs Tech. Sgt. Tyler Wineman in preparation for an oxygen system test inside a Research Altitude Chamber at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, April 15, 2022. The chamber is one of three at the base that were certified in March for manned research up to 50,000 feet, a benchmark found nowhere else in the Department of Defense. Wineman is an aircrew flight equipment research technician and Kercher is an aerospace physiologist. Both are assigned to the 711th Human Performance Wing, the Air Force Research Laboratory unit that operates the chambers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jason Schaap)

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Air Commandos from the 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron and the 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron navigate the inside of a building during an active shooter exercise at Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 10, 2017. The Air Force Research Laboratory and the National Security Innovation Network sponsored a capstone project at the University of Colorado Denver that focused on indoor communication and navigation problems for first responders. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Krystal M. Garrett)

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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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