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  • The Air Force Research Laboratory held a groundbreaking event Sept. 8, 2021 at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. announcing the construction of the Wargaming and Advanced Research Simulation (WARS) Laboratory. The facility is in support of AFRL’s Directed Energy and Space Vehicles Directorates located on Kirtland. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tyrell Etsitty)

    AFRL breaks ground on high-tech wargaming facility

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M (AFRL). - The Air Force Research Laboratory broke ground on a $6 million, 10,685 square foot laboratory, September 8 that will advance wargaming and simulation, and analysis for AFRL’s Directed Energy and Space Vehicles Directorates located on Kirtland Air Force Base. The new building named the Wargaming and Advanced
  • Graphic representation of Arachne, the first solar power beaming experiment for the Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research project. (AFRL Courtesy Photo)

    AFRL offers university satellite program

     KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s University Nanosatellite Program (UNP) request for proposals (RFP) will be open until October 1. UNP funds U.S. university students and programs to design, build, launch, and operate small satellites with the primary goal to train the next generation of space
  • An artist’s rendering of the Air Force Research Laboratory Demonstration and Science Experiments spacecraft on-orbit with its 80-meter and 16-meter antenna booms extended. (U.S. Air Force Illustration//W. Robert Johnston)

    AFRL conducts 1,300 experiments on record-breaking satellite

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N. M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory is celebrating the completion of the Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) satellite mission, and processing a treasure trove of valuable data that will be studied by scientists for many years to come. The spacecraft was launched June 25, 2019 from Cape Canaveral Space
  • Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate Demonstration and Science Experiments spacecraft senior leadership and program management team members, from the present and past, gather for the DSX end of life celebration June 7 at Kirtland AFB, N.M. (Courtesy photo)

    AFRL’s DSX spacecraft ends orbit with a team celebration

    After 706 days of successful on-orbit operations, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) spacecraft completed its end of life May 31, exceeding the originally planned mission by nearly a year.
  • AFRL’s Rachel Delaney, SSPIDR project communication lead, briefs Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) June 3 on the technical aspects of the program that will capture the sun’s energy on orbit and beam it to the ground for on-demand power in areas where fossil fuel is both costly and dangerous to transport. Also shown seated at the table, from left to right: Dr. Andy Williams, Space Mission Area Lead, AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate; Jason Jarvis, Field Representative to Sen. Heinrich; Mike Sullivan, Senior Advisor to Sen. Heinrich; and Constance Moyer, SSPIDR Project Coordinator. (Courtesy photo)

    Senator Martin Heinrich visits AFRL- advanced solar power initiatives

    Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) visited the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research (SSPIDR) project, to learn more about the program designed to collect solar power from space and beam it to the ground for a reliable, alternative source of energy.
  • Air Force Research Laboratory engineer Evelyn Kent holds her Space Test Fundamentals course diploma with the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate headquarters at Kirtland AFB, N.M in the background. Kent graduated from the inaugural space test course earlier this year. (Courtesy photo)

    AFRL engineer graduates from first-ever Space Test course

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – Air Force Research Laboratory astronautical engineer Evelyn Kent is among the graduates of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School’s inaugural Space Test Fundamentals course. The new program for space professionals included 15 students made up of Airmen and Guardians. Kent was one of two civilians selected to
  • A rendering of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Skyway Technology Laboratory that will be constructed on Kirtland AFB, N.M. The AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate held a groundbreaking ceremony March 16. The construction contractor is QA Engineering and architectural contractor is WHPacific, both of Albuquerque, N.M. The lab is projected for occupancy in early 2022. (Rendering/WHPacific)

    AFRL breaks ground on state of the art space environment laboratory

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate broke ground on a new facility named the Skywave Technology Laboratory March 16. The 3,500 square foot, $3.5 million lab will be located in a remote area on Kirtland Air Force Base. “The Skywave Lab will provide the work space our team needs for
  • three men setting up equipment in the desert

    Ghost town provides high-tech testing for AFRL and others

    In a dusty ghost town in southern New Mexico, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is conducting some of its most important testing.
  • Computer processing unit held between skinny tweezers.

    AFRL Technology traveling to Mars

    The Red Planet, Mars, will soon be receiving more visitors when NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover accompanied by its flight companion, a 4-pound Mars Helicopter named Ingenuity, touches down in February 2021.

  • AFRL announces two new space flight experiments

    The Director of the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate, Col. Eric Felt, announced that the two winning concepts are Precise and CHPS, or the Cislunar Highway Patrol System.
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