AFRL completes flight tests for directed energy laser system beam director

by Patrick Londergan | Jun 5, 2023 | AEROSPACE

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory completed a successful flight-test campaign for a new beam director concept that can be used with directed energy laser systems integrated onto aircraft. The Hybrid Aero-Effect Reducing...

A Mission Out of This World: The Benefield Anechoic Facility tests first space satellite in decades

by Patrick Londergan | Jun 5, 2023 | NEWS, Vanguards

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The Benefield Anechoic Facility (BAF) at Edwards AFB recently tested its first orbital satellite in decades. Anticipated to launch in late 2023, Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) will be the Department of Defense’s first...

A Mission Out of This World: The Benefield Anechoic Facility tests first space satellite in decades

by Patrick Londergan | Jun 5, 2023 | NEWS, Space

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The Benefield Anechoic Facility (BAF) at Edwards AFB recently tested its first orbital satellite in decades. Anticipated to launch in late 2023, Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) will be the Department of Defense’s first...

AFRL to welcome new lab commander during June ceremony

by Patrick Londergan | Jun 4, 2023 | NEWS

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Brig. Gen. Scott A. Cain will assume command of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, during a change of command ceremony hosted by Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, June 5, 2023, at...

AFRL helps NASA test equipment for Artemis II mission

by Kenneth McNulty | May 30, 2023 | NEWS, Space

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, and NASA worked together over the last two weeks of April 2023 along with other industry partners, such as Lockheed Martin, to test the most current iteration of an astronaut...

AFRL helps NASA test equipment for Artemis II mission

by Kenneth McNulty | May 30, 2023 | NEWS, Space

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, and NASA worked together over the last two weeks of April 2023 along with other industry partners, such as Lockheed Martin, to test the most current iteration of an astronaut...