Air Force Research Laboratory breaks ground on new laboratory
By Senior Airman Eli Chevalier, Kirtland Public Affairs
/ Published June 06, 2019
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Construction officially began on the Space Control Laboratory after a groundbreaking ceremony here, June 6, 2019.
The 26,000 square foot laboratory will be ran by the Air Force Research Laboratory.
“I’m super excited about the building, I’m super excited about the team and I’m really excited about the mission that this enables,” said Col. Eric Felt, AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate director. “We are super excited to get going on this building and to keep looking after our nation’s technology needs for many years to come.”
The new laboratory will study space warfighting technology, and contain specialized labs and equipment.
“We are really looking forward to having sufficient amount of space in order to collaborate with our industrial partners, our international partners and partners within the government that we have many projects that we are collaborating on,” said Brian Engberg, AFRL Space Control Technologies Branch chief. “This facility will be a great step forward in being able to bring us all together.”
Currently, the laboratory is scheduled to be completed in July of next year.