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  • AFRL receives high ratings in SAB review

    The Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate recently received its "report card" from the 2010 Air Force Scientific Advisory Board review -- a review that is conducted every two years. The SAB team reviewed five major technical competencies with a detailed look at a variety of

  • AFRL scientist receives Air Force Award

    Dr. Thomas Cooley, who served as Air Force Research Laboratory's program manager for both the Tactical Satellite-3 program and the Imaging Spectroscopy technical program is an Air Force selectee for the Arthur S. Flemming Award and will now compete at the national level.The Flemming award annually

  • Recycling contract implemented at Kirtland

    While Team Kirtland has been recycling for many years, April marks the beginning of a new era in our recycling program bringing many opportunities. Kirtland Air Force Base will be launching a new Integrated Solid Waste Management contract. The new contract, awarded to Mark Dunning Industries, will

  • Young engineers work with mentors at AFRL

    Young engineers participating in the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Scholar and Phillips Scholar programs have the opportunity to work with AFRL mentors on different projects during their summer at the laboratory. Eighteen students, ranging from juniors in high school to graduate students in

  • Vehicle close to launch

    Research and development spacecraft scheduled for 2012 flightPatience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. For the Demonstration and Science Experiments satellite program, that phrase rings true.Initiated in spring 2004, the DSX space flight experiment, led by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space

  • AFRL to open new lab next month

    Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicle Directorate's Battlespace Environment Laboratory is complete and ready for a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 21. It will be two years from the groundbreaking ceremony April 15, 2009 to the completion of the state-of-the-art facility. The U.S. Army Corps of

  • 58th SOW announces annual award winners

    At a ceremony Feb. 25 in Hangar 1000, the 58th Special Operations Wing announced its 2010 annual award winners.Senior Airman Ashley Chappell received the 58th SOW Airman of the Year Award for accomplishments as an aircrew flight equipment journeyman.Tech. Sgt. Richard Pelletier received the 58th SOW

  • Forecasting satellite movements

    Orbital Drag Environment Program developed to avoid collisions in the cosmosOn Feb. 10, 2009, the first major traffic accident in space occurred when the Iridium 33 and Kosmos-2251 satellites crashed into each other at approximately 26,170 miles per hour 490 miles above the Earth.Eleven months

  • AFRL award winners announced

    The Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy directorate and Space Vehicle directorate announced their annual award winners Feb. 10 at a ceremony in Bldg 201. The awards were for Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2010.2010 Directed Energy Directorate Award WinnersNCO of the Year: Staff Sgt. Nathan A.

  • AFRL team wins award

    The Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate's Atmospheric Simulation and Adaptive-optics Laboratory Testbed research team was recently chosen as an Air Force Office of Scientific Research Star Team for 2011-13. This is a coveted and highly competitive selection from among many