Oct. 5, 2020 AFRL satellite program preparing future workforce After more than 20 years and 5,500 graduates, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s University Nanosat Program is still providing college students around the country with a hands-on education in designing, building, and launching a satellite into space.
Sept. 28, 2020 377th SFS NCOs receive 2020 AFGSC GEICO awards Two noncommissioned officers assigned to the 377th Security Forces Squadron at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, have received Air Force Global Strike Command 2020 GEICO Military Service Awards, and will now compete at the Air Force level.
Sept. 15, 2020 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.
Sept. 9, 2020 58th TRS ‘Monster Garage’ meets challenges with innovation Suppose your organization is tasked with training 1,500 special mission aviation students a year, from multiple major commands, to perform their operational functions. Their academic phase of training needs to be realistic, and it should not tie up the limited number of flyable aircraft available to
Sept. 8, 2020 Air Force Research Laboratory tracks Sporadic E Researchers at Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in New Mexico, have discovered a new way to track and characterize a phenomenon called “Sporadic E” naturally occurring in the upper atmosphere, where large structures of dense plasma form.
Sept. 4, 2020 58th Operations Group officer to receive General ‘Dutch’ Huyser Award An officer assigned to the 58th Operations Group at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., will receive the 2019 General Robert “Dutch” Huyser Outstanding Aircrew Member Award in the navigator category, recognizing sustained achievement in aviation.
Sept. 3, 2020 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.
Sept. 1, 2020 AFRL's Satellite Assessment Center celebrates 30 years of service to Nation “Access to space is essential to U.S. prosperity and security — it is a national imperative,” states the United States Space Force (USSF) recently released “Space Capstone Publication, Spacepower Doctrine for Space Forces.” On Aug. 17, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL’s) Satellite
Aug. 31, 2020 AFRL NM STEM Academy “HOPES- Mission to Mars” is going virtual The Air Force Research Laboratory New Mexico STEM Academy will be hosting its second virtual “Mission to Mars” for 5th grade students. Students are invited to participate in five months of activities, centered on planning a simulated manned-mission to Mars.
Aug. 26, 2020 AFRL and University of Alaska Fairbanks sign strategic education partnership agreement The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Directed Energy and Space Vehicles Directorates in Albuquerque, New Mexico and the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) are pleased to announce they have signed a five-year Education Partnership Agreement (EPA) that will enable scientific collaboration