AFRL and Blue Origin partner on test site for BE-7 lunar lander engine development

by AFRL PA | Jan 27, 2020 | Aerospace

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Air Force Research Laboratory and Blue Origin are developing a new test facility for the Blue Origin BE-7 lunar lander engine at the AFRL rocket lab here. Capital improvements, funded by Blue Origin, will allow BE-7 testing in a...

X-60A program conducts integrated vehicle propulsion system verification test

by AFRL PA | Jan 15, 2020 | Aerospace

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s X-60A program recently achieved a key developmental milestone with the completion of integrated vehicle propulsion system verification ground testing. The X-60A is an air-launched rocket...

Collaboration on development of next-generation rapid launch space systems

by AFRL PA | Jan 9, 2020 | News, Space

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Air Force Research Laboratory and ABL Space Systems are collaborating to develop and test rocket propulsion elements for use in launch vehicles thanks to a 3-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) both...

AFRL technology set for launch to International Space Station

by AFRL PA | Dec 4, 2019 | News, Space

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — A satellite developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory to measure low frequency waves in the magnetosphere will launch Dec. 4 to the International Space Station. The AFRL satellite being launched from Cape Canaveral is called...

Air Force Demonstrates Rocket Engine Preburner for Advanced Liquid Rocket Engines

by AFRL PA | Oct 24, 2019 | Aerospace

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Air Force Research Laboratory has successfully tested a state-of-the-art rocket engine preburner to elevate the U.S. technology base for high performance oxygen-rich staged combustion. The preburner was designed, developed, and...