The Department of the Air Force’s Navigation Technology Satellite-3, or NTS-3, Vanguard program has reached another major milestone in preparation for the satellite’s launch in late 2023. Industry partner L3Harris […]
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Northrop Grumman to modernize + advance the AFRL’s intelligence information gathering process
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a $406 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate (AFRL/RI) for the Intelligence Systems Infrastructure, Tools and Enhancements (InSITE) […]
General Atomics receives Advanced Space contract for AFRL cislunar spacecraft
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) is now under contract to Advanced Space LLC to build an ESPA-Grande class satellite, perform payload integration, and space vehicle test for the Air Force […]
Advanced comms development project contracted to Sabre Systems by AFRL
Sabre Systems, Inc., has been selected for a Phase III Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract for advanced communications development. Under this contract, Sabre will support the R&D, testing as […]
Eight companies join Catalyst Accelerator’s Int’l SDA cohort
Eight small businesses will come together from across the globe for the Catalyst Accelerator’s cohort focused on International Space Domain Awareness (SDA). The Catalyst Accelerator, powered by the Air Force […]
U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) opens a new high-powered microwave laboratory
U.S. Air Force and community leaders cut the ribbon for the new High-Power Electromagnetic Effects and Modeling, or HPEM, Facility at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Directorate during […]
AFRL breaks ground on new FORTRESS space lab
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) — The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, held a ground-breaking ceremony, November 16, 2022, beginning construction on the Facility for Radiation Tolerance Research […]
Additional contracts awarded by Defense Innovation Unit to expand operational network
The Defense Innovation Unit‘s Hybrid Space Architecture (HSA) project seeks to integrate commercial and government capabilities to preserve operational and informational security, while enabling collaboration between services as well as […]
Concurrent Technologies delving into AFRL contract to build world’s largest additive manufacturing (AM) machine
Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) has been awarded a $5.2 million U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract that involves building the world’s largest additive manufacturing (AM) machine — this project […]
Space domain awareness contract awarded to ATLAS Space Operations
ATLAS Space Operations has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II award to develop their Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capabilities — this effort will use ATLAS software […]