AFRL engineer earns lifetime achievement award

AFRL engineer earns lifetime achievement award

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Robert “Bob” Mercier, a chief engineer with the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate, earned the Joint Army, Navy, NASA, Air Force Airbreathing Propulsion Subcommittee Lifetime Achievement Award, Dec. 8,...

AFRL satellite program preparing future workforce

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — After more than 20 years and 5,500 graduates, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s University Nanosat Program is still providing college students around the country with a hands-on education in designing, building, and launching a...
AFRL Technology traveling to Mars

AFRL Technology traveling to Mars

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — The Red Planet, Mars, will soon be receiving more visitors when NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover accompanied by its flight companion, a 4-pound Mars Helicopter named Ingenuity, touches down in February 2021. The Air Force...