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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
July 28, 2025
AFRL welcomes new Space Vehicles director

Col. Richard R. Beckman assumed command as director of the Space Vehicles Directorate and commander of the Phillips Research Site, Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, July 15, 2025.
June 26, 2025
AFRL welcomes new command chief during change of responsibility ceremony

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) welcomed Chief Master Sgt. Timothey Hodgin as its new command chief during a change of responsibility ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 18, 2025.DVIDS link:
June 5, 2025
New AFRL chamber to enhance human, equipment performance in extreme environments

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house for the new Research Environmental Chamber (REC), May 27, 2025. The capability, part of AFRL’s Human Effectiveness Directorate, facilitates equipment and human performance evaluations with control over
Dec. 19, 2024
2024 AFMC Year in People

Step into the highlights of 2024 with our Air Force Materiel Command "Year in People" photo spread!
Dec. 17, 2024
AFRL hosts ribbon-cutting ceremony at new FORTRESS facility

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Radiation Tolerance Research on Electronics for Space and Strategic Systems, or FORTRESS, building here. FORTRESS, a Space Vehicles Directorate facility, will
Dec. 16, 2024
AIAA class of 2025 fellows includes four AFRL engineers

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, or AIAA, announced their selections for their class of 2025 Associate Fellows in a news release Sep. 23, 2024. The 2025 list of honorees includes four engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Aerospace Systems
Dec. 10, 2024
CSO, CMSSF announce Guardian Arena winners

Guardian Arena winners during the Space Force Association Spacepower Conference in Orlando.
Nov. 27, 2024
AFRL, AEDC celebrate 10th anniversary of partnership at Arnold AFB

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. — Leaders of the Air Force Research Laboratory and test enterprise recently gathered at Arnold Air Force Base to acknowledge a 10-year partnership advancing high-speed systems development.Air Force Test Center Commander Maj. Gen. Scott Cain asserted to those assembled
Nov. 5, 2024
AFRL, The Ohio State University, NASA test viability of laser welding in space

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, recently participated in a parabolic flight experiment led by a team of scientists and engineers from The Ohio State University. The NASA-funded endeavor was conducted at the Central Coast Jet Center in Santa Maria, California, Aug. 21–22, 2024, to