AFRL partners with NASA, academia, industry on spacecraft flight experiment

by AFRL PA | Aug 25, 2022 | NEWS, Space

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) — The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate in collaboration with the Georgia Tech Research Institute, or GTRI, NASA and DuPont de Nemours, Inc., has a brand-new spacecraft materials experiment flying on...

AFRL’s Oscillating Heat Pipes are even cooler in space

by AFRL PA | Aug 25, 2022 | NEWS, Space

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) — The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, has released the results from its Advanced Structurally Embedded Thermal Spreader Two, or ASETS-II. The AFRL experiment was 100% effective in testing the most recent version of...

AFRL-hosted Space Delta 2 Detachment welcomes new commander

by AFRL PA | Jul 20, 2022 | NEWS, Space

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) — U.S. Space Force Space Operations Command’s Space Delta 2 Commander Col. Marc Brock officiated a change of command ceremony July 7, 2022, for Delta 2, Detachment 2 in which Maj. James Banta relinquished command to Maj. Jin...

AFRL commander welcomes new leader to lab’s Kirtland site

by AFRL PA | Jul 18, 2022 | NEWS, Space

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) — “He entered the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate as an Airman and is leaving as a Guardian,” said Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle, commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, as she began the change of...

AFRL launches online library to advance digital transformation

by AFRL PA | Jul 7, 2022 | AEROSPACE

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) — The Air Force Research Laboratory launched the first Digital Accelerator for Research Transformation effort, or DART 1.0, via the internal AFRL Digital War Room during a hybrid event, June 30, 2022. DART is an...