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Jan. 8, 2020
AFRL engineer leaves a legacy called HADES

The Air Force Research Laboratory has developed a unique directed energy weapon demonstrator called the High-power Adaptive Directed Energy System, or HADES, that completed field testing in 2019. “HADES technology was designed with the warfighter in mind,” said the AFRL program manager Dan Marker.
Dec. 20, 2019
AFRL Technology Goes to the Moon

The Roll-Out Solar Array, or ROSA, developed here at the Air Force Research Laboratory will be used in the NASA [Lunar] Gateway program, which aims to land U.S. women and men on the moon by 2024.
Dec. 10, 2019
AFRL Takes Creative Approach to Collaborating With Deployed Airmen on Innovation

The AFRL is helping to develop ways for its community to pursue ingenuity. This has taken on several forms, including standing up “maker spaces,” where employees can use tools to create, and providing events to pitch invention ideas to a panel of judges that could present patent opportunities.
Dec. 4, 2019
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
Dec. 3, 2019
AFRL technology set for launch to International Space Station

A satellite developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory to measure low frequency waves in the magnetosphere will launch Dec. 5 to the International Space Station.The AFRL satellite being launched from Cape Canaveral is called the Very Low Frequency Propagation Mapper or VPM. Its mission is to
Dec. 2, 2019
A Man for Any Season

This story honors the memory of Terry S. Duncan.On Oct. 18, the Air Force Research Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M. held a ceremony to rename the Telescope and Atmosphere Compensation Laboratory (TACLab) at AFRL’s Starfire Optical Range (SOR) to the Terry S. Duncan Space Technology and Research
Nov. 22, 2019
Air Force Research Laboratory’s award-winning alliance with New Mexico Tech

The Air Force Research Laboratory and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology received the 2019 Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Notable State & Local Government Collaboration.
Oct. 25, 2019
AFRL Scholars: More than an internship

For countless students, an internship is a necessary gateway to gain work experience and better understand the work environment they hope to enter after graduation. The Air Force Research Laboratory Scholars Program offers a unique learning opportunity that aspires to accomplish more.
Oct. 25, 2019
Air Force Research Laboratory Hosts Directed Energy Futures 2060 Summit

The Directed Energy Futures Summit, held on Oct. 16, was led by Dr. Richard Joseph, Air Force Chief Scientist, to chart a course for the future of Directed Energy (DE) technologies.
Oct. 25, 2019
AFRL honors late director in building dedication

A dedication ceremony to rename the Telescope and Atmospheric Compensation Laboratory (TACLab) was held Oct. 18, 2019, at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Starfire Optical Range, here.