AEROSPACE SYSTEMS
From rocket engines and alternative fuels to unmanned vehicles and hypersonic systems, we’re pioneering aerospace technologies that help the United States Air and Space Forces soar higher, faster and more efficiently.
AFFORDABLE RESPONSIVE MODULAR ROCKET
The Affordable Responsive Modular Rocket (ARMR) engine architecture presents a paradigm shift in new liquid engine development.
Success Stories
ROTATING DETONATION ROCKET ENGINES (RDRE)
A REVOLUTIONARY ADVANCEMENT IN ROCKET COMBUSTION A NEW PARADIGM IN ROCKET COMBUSTION AFRL’s Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine...
ARISE AND FLY
WORLD’S FIRST MODULAR AEROSPIKE ROCKET ENGINE FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION AFRL is looking to expand rocket propulsion technology into...
TACTICAL OFFBOARD SENSING (TOBS)
OVERVIEW TOBS is a Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) launched from a host platform to enhance under-the-weather and...
HYDROCARBON BOOST (HCB) TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
What is a Preburner? A preburner is the heart of a staged combustion liquid rocket engine, harnessing the energy to power the...
Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-Toxic (ASCENT) Propellant
AN ADVANCED MONOPROPELLANT FORMULATION ASCENT (Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-Toxic) propellant, formerly known as...
Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance
Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS) is a software update that prevents an aircraft from impacting the...
Related Topics
AFRL recognizes 2024 Fellows and Early Career honorees
The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, recognized 17 of its scientists and engineers for the 2024 AFRL Fellows and Science and Engineering Early Career Awards, or ECA, program at an award ceremony held at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 24, 2024.
AFRL to highlight tech at 2024 Air, Space and Cyber Conference
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, will showcase war-winning technologies to drive the future fight in an era of Great Power Competition at the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference,...