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AFRL welcomes new Space Vehicles director

Col. Richard R. Beckman speaks at the Air Force Research Laboratory Phillips Research Site change of command at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., July 15, 2025. Beckman succeeds Col. Jeremy A. Raley and will lead a team of over 1,000 military members, civilians and on-site contractors who make up the U.S.’s center of excellence for military space science and technology, research and development and advanced technology integration and demonstration. The directorate supports key U.S. Space Force missions, including communications; position, navigation and timing; missile warning; space domain awareness and space control. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Spencer Kanar)

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Dr. Imelda Atencio awarded Bromilow Award from New Mexico State

Dr. Imelda Atencio, Laser Division Chief for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Directed Energy Directorate, receives the Frank Bromilow Award from Dr. David V. Jauregui, the interim Dean of the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University Feb. 21, 2025. Atencio won the 49th Frank Bromilow Lectureship Award and Honoria from New Mexico State University’s College of Engineering for her work at AFRL. She has been with AFRL since 1987 and has worked on optical design, adaptive optics, optical communication and spent 19 years conducting research at the Starfire Optical range. Atencio received her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from New Mexico State University and went on to earn her master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Arizona. Dr. Steve Stochaj, of the New Mexico State College of Engineering, nominated Atencio as an example of the possibilities that exist for engineering students. The Frank Bromilow Award was named after the dean of New Mexico State University’s College of Engineering from 1961 to 1974. Bromilow is credited with enhancing the quality of the college’s faculty and engineering program. The award is named after him to recognize his leadership, commitment and dedication to the college’s growth. (New Mexico State University / (courtesy photo)

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Dr. Imelda Atencio awarded Bromilow Award from New Mexico State

Dr. Imelda Atencio, Laser Division Chief for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Directed Energy Directorate, speaks to the crowd during the Frank Bromilow Lecture Awards. The lecture took place Feb. 21, 2025, in Jett Hall at New Mexico State University where she received the 49th Frank Bromilow Lectureship Award and Honoria from New Mexico State University’s College of Engineering for her work at AFRL. Atencio has been with AFRL since 1987 and has worked on optical design, adaptive optics, optical communication and spent 19 years conducting research at the Starfire Optical range. Atencio received her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from New Mexico State University and went on to earn her master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Arizona. Dr. Steve Stochaj, of the New Mexico State College of Engineering, nominated Atencio as an example of the possibilities that exist for engineering students. The Frank Bromilow Award was named after the dean of New Mexico State University’s College of Engineering from 1961 to 1974. Bromilow is credited with enhancing the quality of the college’s faculty and engineering program. The award is named after him to recognize his leadership, commitment and dedication to the college’s growth. (New Mexico State University / courtesy photo)

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AFRL, University of Arizona foster collaboration at tech collider event

Participants attend the University Tech Collider Working Group at the Rotunda at Science and Technology Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 13, 2023. The event aimed to develop and improve knowledge of career opportunities for University of Arizona students, advance technological development in the state of Arizona and expand science, technology, engineering and math education outreach initiatives throughout the Arizona educational system. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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AFRL, University of Arizona foster collaboration at tech collider event

Participants attend the University Tech Collider Working Group at the Rotunda at Science and Technology Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 13, 2023. The event aimed to develop and improve knowledge of career opportunities for University of Arizona students, advance technological development in the state of Arizona and expand science, technology, engineering and math education outreach initiatives throughout the Arizona educational system. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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AFRL STEM unit receives DOD STARBASE’s highest level award

Students from South Mountain Elementary School build a human circuit with instructor Spike at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s STEM Academy instructor, during DOD STARBASE NM, at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Sept. 15, 2022. The program was recently elevated to Level-III status, the highest level of accreditation.

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AFRL STEM unit receives DOD STARBASE’s highest level award

2nd Lt. Latofat Quick, a volunteer mentor from the Air Force Research Laboratory, assists a student during a rocket build at DOD STARBASE NM, at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Sept. 8, 2022. The program was recently elevated to Level-III status, the highest level of accreditation.

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AFRL partners with New Mexico Army National Guard in STEM aviation event

New Mexico Army National Guardsman Chief Warrant Officer 3 Anita Guderjohn, with the 168th Medevac Company, talks to students participating in the DOD STARBASE STEM Camp, inside an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, June 14, 2022. Guderjohn provided a tour of the aircraft and answered questions about their mission, and how she became a pilot. STARBASE New Mexico is a DOD program managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory.

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AFRL partners with New Mexico Army National Guard in STEM aviation event

New Mexico Army National Guard pilot Capt. Dustin Offret, lets students get a feel for piloting an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during the Air Force Research Laboratory's DOD STARBASE STEM Camp at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, June 14, 2022.

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AFRL partners with New Mexico Army National Guard in STEM aviation event

Members of the New Mexico Army National Guard, from left, Capt. Dustin Offret, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Anita Guderjohn, Sgt. Benjamin Vasquez, and students stand in front of an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during the Air Force Research Laboratory's DOD STARBASE STEM Camp at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, June 14, 2022.

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New AFRL virtual range to bring directed energy capabilities to warfighters

Col. Matthew Crowell, the Air Force Safety Center’s chief of aviation safety; and Capt. Phillip Butler, 314th Fighter Squadron, operate their virtual aircraft at AFRL’s Directed Energy and Kinetic Energy Directed Energy Concept Utility Experiment, or DEKE DEUCE, held at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo / Allen Winston)

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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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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

Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate held a ribbon cutting ceremony April 11, 2022, to open its Skywave Technology Lab located at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The facility will support the understanding of radio wave, also called skywave, disturbances as AFRL studies their propagation in the atmosphere. One of the lab’s two testing platforms is seen on the left.

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