Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

Feb- 2025 -

28 February

US Air Force Partners With Xona to Explore New GPS Alternative

The US military is exploring alternatives to GPS, and Xona’s commercial solution is quickly emerging as a potential key player.

5 February

Technology

UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, MIDDLE EAST – U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jamie M. Greenfield, an infantry assault Marine with 3rd Battalion 7th Marine Regiment, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force, Crisis Response-Central Command, operates a radio during a simulated gas attack July 25, 2018. The Marines exercised their chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense training during exercise Lucky Seahorse. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Teagan Fredericks)

Rojoef Manuel

New Mexico Company to Test Aerosol Threat Scanner for US Air Force

The US Air Force has awarded chemical and bioaerosol company BioFlyte a contract to trial its dynamic threat monitoring technology for critical infrastructure security.

Jan- 2025 -

15 January

Land

Col. Jeremy Raley, director of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate, cuts a ceremonial ribbon in front of the new Radiation Tolerance Research on Electronics for Space and Strategic Systems, or FORTRESS, facility doors Aug. 20, 2024, at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. The ceremony commemorated the opening of the new building. FORTRESS will be used for developing new electronic components in space. (U.S. Air Force photo / Paul Robinson)

Rojoef Manuel

AFRL Opens Military Testing Facility for Air, Space Force Electronics

AFRL has opened a testing center dedicated to electronic components that complete larger US Air Force and Space Force systems.

Sep- 2024 -

11 September

Land

Rojoef Manuel

US Air Force Launches Space Vehicle Laboratory Construction in New Mexico

The US Air Force has conducted a groundbreaking ceremony in New Mexico to begin the development of a Re-Entry Vehicle Integration Laboratory.

Aug- 2024 -

8 August

Americas

Insight – multi-intelligence sensor fusion. Image: BAE Systems

Inder Singh Bisht

BAE Wins $48M USAF Data Analytics Tool Contract

The US Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a $48-million contract to BAE Systems to further develop an existing data analytics tool used by military intelligence analysts.

6 August

Technology