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  • Left to Right: Dr. Richard Joseph Chief Scientist of the Air Force; Dr. Robert Johnson 2018 Harold Brown Award winner; Dr. Bethany Kolb wife of Dr. Johnson; Dr. Kelly Hammett AFRL Directed Energy director; Col. Joseph Roth AFRL Space Electro-Optics division chief; Col. Mario Serna Military Assistant to the Air Force Chief Scientist; and Dr. Darrell Lochtefeld Special Assistant to the Air Force Chief Scientist following the awards ceremony on Nov. 21, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Macee Hunt)

    AFRL Physicist Wins Top Science Award

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. - Air Force Research Laboratory scientist Dr. Robert Johnson has won the most prestigious science and technology award in the U.S. Air Force – the Harold Brown Award. The award is given annually to a scientist or engineer who uses scientific research to solve a problem critical to the needs of the Air Force.In a
  • Members of the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate’s Roll-Out Solar Array team was a Team Stellar Award winner at the 2018 Rotary National Award for Space Achievement.

    AFRL wins big at Rotary National Space Awards

    Air Force Research Laboratory scientists and engineers from the AFRL Space Vehicles and Directed Energy Directorates were big winners at the recent 2018 Rotary National Award for Space Achievement awards presentation.
  • Kirtland leaders broke ground for the Navigation Technology Satellite Integration Laboratory, a $3.8 million state-of-the-art research facility that will allow the Air Force Research Laboratory to maintain vibrant in-house research capabilities. The 10,000 square foot facility is expected to be completed this fall.

    AFRL breaks ground on state-of-the-art research facility

    Kirtland leaders broke ground for the Navigation Technology Satellite Integration Laboratory, a $3.8 million state-of-the-art research facility that will allow the Air Force Research Laboratory to maintain vibrant in-house research capabilities. The 10,000 square foot facility is expected to be completed this fall. From left to right: Barry Bunn,
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    Successful launch for AFRL Eagle spacecraft experiment on AFSPC-11 mission

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s EAGLE spacecraft flight experiment was successfully launched on board a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 14.EAGLE, short for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) Augmented Geosynchronous
  • Benjamin Prince received the 69th Annual Arthur S. Flemming Air Force-level award. Prince was recognized in the Basic Science category for his research in next-generation electric propulsion systems.

    AFRL researchers receive high honors

    Two Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate researchers were recently recognized for receiving the 69th Annual Arthur S. Flemming Air Force-level award. Dr. Jeremy Banik was recognized in the Applied Science and Engineering category for his outstanding contributions in the area of deployable spacecraft structures, and Dr. Benjamin Prince was recognized in the Basic Science category for his research in next-generation electric propulsion systems.
  • Brandon Truvino, Brandon Doss, Alex Carreon and Karen Sauceda test their robot programming on a simple maze at the Air Force Research Laboratory's La Luz Academy Robotic Challenge Expo March 9 at Kirtland. The seventh grade students are one of eight teams from Jal Junior High that competed at the annual event.

    AFRL hosts annual Robotics Challenge Expo

    In an effort to promote interest in STEM, Air Force Research Laboratory’s La Luz Academy at Kirtland hosted student teams from around New Mexico for the annual Robotics Challenge Expo March 9.
  • Research physicist John Burke of the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate at Kirtland was selected as an Science and Engineering Early Career Award recipient.

    AFRL NM research physicist receives award

    Research physicist John Burke of the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate at Kirtland was selected as an Science and Engineering Early Career Award recipient.
  • 1st Lt. Steven McNamara (left) and Maj. Gen. (ret.) William Neil McCasland (ret.), cut the cake celebrating 100 years of heritage for the Air Force Research Laboratory Nov. 6 at the Heritage Annex.

    AFRL NM celebrates 100 years of AF science, technology

    On Nov. 9, the Air Force Research Laboratory's New Mexican directorates celebrated a century of evolving lineage from their ancestral unit at McCook.
  • With German Armed Forces officers on either side, Air Force Research Laboratory Airman Capt. Samantha Howard is shown wearing the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge that she recently received while deployed in Afghanistan. The badge is one of a small number of foreign badges that U.S. military members may wear.

    AFRL captain earns German military proficiency badge

    An Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate physicist considers herself lucky to have experienced a recent deployment to Afghanistan, where she earned a German badge for military skills.
  • Members of Team Kirtland working to set up radar detection and video tracking equipment during last year's AFRL Commander's Challenge competition Dec. 8-16 in Nevada. Kirtland is hoping to have a team in this year's competition as well.

    AFRL Commanders Challenge seeks participants

    “Got innovation?” That’s a question that AFRL New Mexico’s John Holbrook is asking of Team Kirtland in advance of this year’s AFRL Commanders Challenge.Holbrooks is looking for a team of junior members (officers, enlisted members, and civilians with under 10 years of service) with a passion for innovation. The team he puts together will take on a
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