AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate, the Air Force’s center of excellence for space research, develops and transitions technologies that provide space-based capabilities to the nation. AFRL’s scientists and engineers lead premier spacecraft programs.

Located at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate serves as the Air Force’s center of excellence for space technology research and development. The Directorate develops and transitions space technologies to provide space based capabilities to the warfighter.

REVIL will be a 5,265 square-foot facility, contracted to cost $8.7 million and slated for completion within 14 months. The project management team includes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with design provided by Burns & McDonnell, and construction by Perikin Enterprises LLC.

AFRL/RV - UltraCold Atoms WIELDING THE 5th STATE OF MATTER AFRL’s Quantum Sensing & Timing (QST) group seeks to take advantage of Nobel-Prize winning cold-atoms physics and related techniques to develop solutions for critical DoD problems in …

The Space Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/RV) serves as the AF's Center of Excellence for space research and development. The directorate develops and transitions space technologies for more effective, more affordable warfighter missions. Primary mission thrusts include space-based surveillance (space-to-

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate’s Small Satellite Portfolio is developing, testing, and transitioning small satellite technologies to support the Hybrid Architecture vision for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force.

May 24, 2021 · 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, laboratory.

AFRL/RV (Kirtland Air Force Base, NM) The Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate leads the nation in space supremacy research and development. The Directorate consists of an integrated team of military, civilian and on-site contractor personnel.

Jun 28, 2016 · resources, facilities, and logistics support to the AFRL Directed Energy and Space Vehicles Directorates as well as environmental, strategic and tactical planning, and program management support to the Space Vehicles Directorate.

Dec 30, 2024 · Aegis Aerospace is proud to serve the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/RV) through the Space Power InfraRed Regulation and Analysis of Lifetime (SPIRRAL) experiment. SPIRRAL—which launched in November— will characterize the performance of Variable Emissivity Materials, or VEMs, an approach toward solving ...