by AFRL PA | May 25, 2021 | News, Space
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate held a ribbon cutting ceremony May 20 to celebrate the opening of its newest facility, the Space Warfighting Operations Research and Development, or SWORD,...
by AFRL PA | May 25, 2021 | Cross Domain, Success Stories
How to securely share information for mission operations in Enterprise Environments WHAT IS A CROSS-DOMAIN SOLUTION? A Cross-domain Solution (CDS) is a mechanism to access or transfer information between two or more networks of different security classifications. WHY...
by AFRL PA | May 19, 2021 | News, Space
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – Air Force Research Laboratory astronautical engineer Evelyn Kent is among the graduates of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School’s inaugural Space Test Fundamentals course. The new program for space professionals included 15...
by AFRL PA | Apr 16, 2021 | AFRL Tech, Success Stories
In 2019, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of mankind’s first landing on the moon. The Apollo command module stood on the very top of the largest rocket ever launched, The Saturn V. This rocket was lifted off the Earth’s surface by the most powerful rocket engines...
by AFRL PA | Apr 5, 2021 | Aerospace
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory successfully completed the XQ-58A Valkyrie’s sixth flight test and first release from its internal weapons bay, March 26, 2021 at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. This test, conducted in...