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AFRL engineer award winner proclaims a first for the U.S. Space Force

Air Force Research Laboratory 2019 Harold Brown award recipient Dr. Odell Reynolds displays his trophy surrounded by his family and Dr. Richard Joseph, Chief Scientist of the Air Force, with AFRL Starfire Optical Range (SOR) team members and the SOR telescopes in the background. Left to right: Mrs. Stacey Reynolds, Dr. Odell Reynolds, Nathan Reynolds, Eric Reynolds and Dr. Richard Joseph. Joseph presented the award to Reynolds in a ceremony held at the AFRL Starfire Optical Range located on Kirtland AFB, N.M. on Dec. 16, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by A1C Ireland R. Summers)
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AFRL engineer award winner proclaims a first for the U.S. Space Force

Air Force Research Laboratory engineer Dr. Odell Reynolds speaks at the ceremony where Dr. Richard Joseph, Chief Scientist of the Air Force, presented him the 2019 Harold Brown Award. The ceremony took place at AFRL’s Starfire Optical Range located on Kirtland AFB, N.M. on Dec. 16, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by A1C Ireland R. Summers)
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AFRL engineer award winner proclaims a first for the U.S. Space Force

Dr. Richard Joseph, Chief Scientist of the Air Force, speaks at a ceremony on Dec. 16, 2020 held at the Air Force Research Laboratory Starfire Optical Range located on Kirtland AFB, N.M. where he presented AFRL engineer Dr. Odell Reynolds with the 2019 Harold Brown Award. (U.S. Air Force photo by A1C Ireland R. Summers)
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Ghost town provides high-tech testing for AFRL and others

AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate researchers setting up test equipment overlooking the Playas Research and Training Center in southern New Mexico.
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AFRL satellite program preparing future workforce

Two University Nanosatellite Program students assemble the Oculus-ASR satellite. (AFRL Courtesy Photo)
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AFRL Technology traveling to Mars

Over the last 25 years, the AFRL Space Electronics Technology (SET) program has funded the technology behind the BAE RAD750 computer processing unit (CPU) – the brains – and memory, the Xilinx Virtex5QV reprogrammable computer, and the Honeywell GVSC flight computer being used on the Mars Perseverance rover
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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.
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AFRL Technology traveling to Mars

An important AFRL innovation that supported the deployment of the Ingenuity helicopter is a software suite called Veritrek that spun out of AFRL research and funding that began in 2009.
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Long Wavelength Array

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.
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AFRL officer sees Space as his future

Air Force Research Laboratory engineer 1st Lt. Jacob Lutz examines the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 model he built using Legos. (Courtesy photo by Tyrell Etsitty, AFRL)
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AFRL officer sees Space as his future

Air Force Research Laboratory Navigation Technology Satellite-3 program manager Arlen Biersgreen looks on as 1st Lt. Jacob Lutz briefs senior leaders at the 2019 Air Force Association Air, Space, and Cyber Conference. (Courtesy photo by Jeanne Dailey, AFRL)
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Air Force Research Laboratory breaks ground on new Directed Energy facility

Air Force, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and construction leaders gather together to break ground on new Directed Energy facility addition. (Courtesy photo)
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AFRL Summer scholars go virtual

Air Force Research Laboratory space scholar Nolan Rebernick shares a laugh with his mentor Dr. Steven Lane, as they collaborate virtually on Nolan’s summer internship project. The AFRL Scholars program has nearly 200 students from around the U.S. paired with scientists and engineers at the AFRL Space Vehicles and Directed Energy Directorates. (Courtesy photo)
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Jim Mayo supports AFRL as a contractor

Following a successful military career, Jim Mayo continued to support the Air Force as a contractor in the AFRL Directed Energy Directorate. Mayo at the lab’s Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing site in 1997. “At the beginning of my career, I had no idea that I would contribute to some of the most important military and space missions in our nation’s history,” Mayo said. (Photo: courtesy)
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Capt. Jim Mayo graduates Optical Sciences Center in 1968

Capt. Jim Mayo became the first graduate of the University of Arizona newly found Optical Sciences Center in 1968. (Photo: courtesy)
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Air Force Research Laboratory’s Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA)

Air Force Research Laboratory’s Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) developed in partnership with Deployable Space Systems in flight-testing on the International Space Station. ROSA offers scalable solar power array technology from hundreds of watts to megawatt range. (Photo credit: NASA)
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Air Force Research Laboratory’s Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA)

Air Force Research Laboratory’s Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) developed in partnership with Deployable Space Systems in flight-testing on the International Space Station. ROSA offers scalable solar power array technology from hundreds of watts to megawatt range. (Photo credit: NASA)
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AFRL rolls-out new rapid contract award tool for space technology research

Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate researcher shown characterizing the performance of space solar cells under simulated space sunlight. Under this new AFRL contract award, SolAero Technologies will be using cells similar to these to develop modular “building blocks” that can be assembled more rapidly and affordably than traditional highly specialized solar array designs.
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Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett talks with Col. David S. Miller, 377th Air Base Wing commander, at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico May 21, 2020. Barrett visited various mission partners, explored active mission sets and got a better understanding of how Team Kirtland has sustained national security capabilities during COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Enrique Barcelo)
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Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett is listens to Col. Timothy Sejba, Space and Missile Systems Center director about their mission at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, May 21, 2020. Barrett visited various mission partners, explored active mission sets and got a better understanding of how Team Kirtland has sustained national security capabilities during COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Austin J. Prisbrey)
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