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  • Hanscom and Kirtland work together

    As a result of the 2005 Congressional Base Realignment and Closure decision, directing the relocation of Air Force Research Laboratory's Battlespace Environment Division from Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., to Kirtland AFB, people from both locations have come together to make this a successful and

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Small businesses can thrive on Kirtland AFB

    Small Business Office benefits installation and off-base companies"There are 300 to 500 small companies currently doing business on Kirtland. In the past 13 months, I have conducted four quarterly meetings and we invite many of the primary on-base organizations to attend." -- Francisco Tapia,