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  • December

    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.

  • May

    Maj. Gen. Heather L. Pringle, commander, Air Force Research Laboratory (left) and Maj. Katrina C. Johns, deputy commander, Albuquerque District, USACE (right), and other AFRL and USACE leaders, participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the AFRL Space Warfighting Operations Research & Development Laboratory (SWORD) held on Kirtland Air Force Base, May 20, 2021. This facility replaces six older building that are spread out across the Phillips Research Site. The building includes a 5,000 square foot, high-bay laboratory, as well as an additional 5,000 square feet of secure office, laboratory, and meeting space. The project cost was $12.8 million.

    USACE participates in SWORD Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

    A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the AFRL Space Warfighting Operations Research & Development Laboratory (SWORD) was held May 20, 2021, on Kirtland Air Force Base.

  • March

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, and the Air Force Research Laboratory held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction for the Skywave Laboratory March 16, 2021 at Kirtland Air Force Base. The 3,500 square-foot building will house several lab areas, lab support space, an administrative area, a break area, and exterior equipment platforms. The facility will be used to improve and augment Air Force Research Laboratory transition technologies.

    AFRL and USACE hold groundbreaking ceremony at KAFB

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, and the Air Force Research Laboratory held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction for the Skywave Laboratory, March 16, 2021, at Kirtland Air Force Base.

  • August

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NM- Lt. Col. Patrick M. Stevens, commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Albuquerque District, (far right) joined Air Force leaders and other team members to break ground on a new Air Force Research Laboratory facility addition August 4, 2020. The 10,000 sq. ft. facility will be used to study and advance Directed Energy capabilities for the U.S. Warfighter. The new addition will be used to plan, develop prototype, test and deploy high-powered radio frequency weapons systems. The total project cost is $5.5 million dollars, and is scheduled for completion in March 2021.

    USACE/Air Force Research Laboratory break ground on AFRL building

    USACE-Albuquerque District and the Air Force Research Laboratory recently broke ground on a new AFRL building at Kirtland Air Force Base.

  • December

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Representatives from the District participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Dec. 16, 2015, to officially open the newly renovated Building 425 on base.

    District, Air Force Cut Ribbon on Renovated Work Space

    Recently District representatives participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the newly renovated Building 425 on Kirtland Air Force Base, NM.

  • April

    (L-R) Mayer Landau, scientist, Space Vehicles Directorate; B.K. “Babu” Singaraju, division chief, Space Vehicles Directorate; Dr. Jim Riker, chief scientist, Space Vehicles Directorate; Brent Wilson, base civil engineer; Capt. Dustin Guidry, deputy branch chief, Space Vehicles Directorate; Col. Bill Cooley, materiel wing director, Space Vehicles Directorate; Susan Atwood, deputy director, Space Vehicles Directorate; Lt. Col. Gant, commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District; Mike Granjean, vice president, GranCor Enterprises, Inc.; Maria Cornay, president, GranCor Enterprises, Inc.; Dr. Vincent Cowan, scientist, Space Vehicles Directorate, participate in officially opening the Space Sensors Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base.

    Ribbon-cutting, Groundbreaking Marks Progress on Cutting Edge Air Force Labs

    Lt. Col. Gant, commander, Albuquerque District, participated in both a groundbreaking and a ribbon-cutting ceremony held for two cutting edge laboratories dedicated to space sensor research and development and space radiation effects for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) on Kirtland Air Force Base, March 26, 2013.

  • July

    Participants break new ground for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicle Direc-torate’s Space Sensors Laboratory. Pictured left to right are: Mike Granjean, vice president, GranCor Enterprises, Inc.; Maria Cornay, president, GranCor Enterprises, Inc.; Col. Bill Coo-ley, materiel wing director, Space Vehicles Directorate; Dr. Mayer Landau, scientist, Space Vehicles Directorate; Michael Gallegos, chief, Infrastructure Management Branch, Space Vehicles Directorate; Col. Edward Masterson, division chief, Spacecraft Technology Division, Operations and Integration Division Space Vehicles Directorate; Filemon Gallegos, project manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District; Sue Atwood, deputy director, Space Vehicles Directorate; and Dr. Christian Morath, scientist, Space Vehicles Directorate.

    AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate to Get Three Labs

    District employees participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) new Space Sensors and Infrared Radiation Effects Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base June 7.