Congress has committed $6.2 million to advance the development of a new optical telescope complex for characterizing space objects at geosynchronous Earth orbit and beyond in Socorro, New Mexico. The money enables
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Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems has received a contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to build spacecraft for a flight experiment that could take place in 2024 to study ionization processes in very
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The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded the University of Dayton Research Institute an $88 million contract for autonomous technology-focused research and development efforts. Under the Soaring Otter program, UDRI said Thursday
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The Air Force Research Laboratory and the University of New Mexico will collaborate on a congressionally funded project to establish a research center that will focus on exploring fiber lasers and other
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Andrew Williams, an 18-year veteran of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) space vehicles directorate, has been named deputy technology executive officer for space science and technology at AFRL. He will be
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The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), ThermAvant Technologies and Maxar Technologies deployed a satellite with oscillating heat pipes (OHP) into orbit during the second quarter of the year. AFRL said Monday that
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The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has formed an $18 million partnership with the University of Texas at San Antonio to support research and development across mutually important areas, including artificial intelligence,
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The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and its U.K.-based counterpart jointly created and tested machine learning algorithms designed to support both countries. AFRL’s Information Directorate in Rome, N.Y., virtually hosted the algorithms’
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The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) gathered scientists from government, industry and academia to discuss the initial results of a 23-month mission that conducted science experiments in Earth's radiation belts. AFRL said
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Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency (SDA) and 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said virtually in a Defense One panel that the military's goal to establish a network of low Earth
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