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    Leaders from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate, Army Corps of Engineers, and QA Construction, LLC break ground on the agency’s new Facility for Radiation Tolerance Research on Electronics for Space & Strategic Systems at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Nov. 16, 2022. The facility will enable researchers to develop solutions for trusted, high-performance electronic components with necessary space and strategic-hardening to ensure the survivability of key U.S. Space Force and Air Force systems. (U.S. Air Force photo / Lt. Nina Rogers)

    AFRL breaks ground on new FORTRESS space lab

    The Air Force Research Laboratory recently held a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction on the Facility for Radiation Tolerance Research on Electronics for Space and Strategic Systems, or FORTRESS, a 6,200-square-foot, $4.5 million facility on Kirtland Air Force Base.
  • Albuquerque District commander Lt. Col. Pat Stevens (4th from right in white hat), joins the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Director of Acquisition, Finance, and Logistics, Lisa Swan, and other dignitaries in the ceremonial earth turning to mark the beginning of construction on a much-needed DTRA administrative building, Dec. 9, 2021, at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.

    USACE joins DTRA for groundbreaking ceremony on new administrative building

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District joined the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and Hensel Phelps Construction for a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction on a much-needed administrative building, Dec. 9, 2021.