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Air Force Research Laboratory
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Air Force Research Laboratories PNT and GPS Space Segment
Investment Portfolio and Science & Technology
Investments
30 October 2014
Colonel David Goldstein Director
Space Vehicles Directorate Air Force Research Laboratory
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Stay One Step Ahead in Space
Be indispensable to our na6on in improving AF and DoD space capabili6es
Space Vehicles Directorate Vision and Mission
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Rad-‐Hard Space Processors
Heritage Providing Mission-Critical Capabilities
Hardening GPS Block I 1970-‐80
1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Impact to Major Systems
Enabling Technologies
Minute Man I
Rad-‐hard Electronics 1959-‐60
Space Environmental
Impacts
1952 -‐ Present
DSP-‐1
Detectors 1960-‐70
Wx Sensors 1960-‐2000
DMSP GPS Block I
Nuclear/Hardening 1970-‐80
Detector/Read out & Processor 1990-‐2010
SBIRS High
Detector/ Processor 1990-‐2010
STSS Demo System
MILSTAR Rad-‐Hard Processor 1980-‐90
Balloon Program
1946
SpacecraQ Charging DetecSon/MiSgaSon
mid 1970s -‐ Present
High-‐Efficiency Cryocoolers
1985 -‐ Present
Payload Adapter
1998 -‐ Present
Advanced Solar Cells & Arrays
1991-‐ Present
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Heritage Employing Innovative Concepts & Ops
MSTI-1 168 kg
MSTI-2 170 kg
MSTI-3 210 kg
Missile Warning Sensors
TAOS 500 kg
Autonomy & Survivability
Warfighter-1 355 kg
Hyperspectral Imager
MightySat-1 64 kg
MightySat-2 120 kg
Spacecraft Technology
XSS-10 28 kg
XSS-11 100 kg
C/NOFS 395 kg
Inspectors GN&C Comm & GPS
outage forecast
Hyper Spectral
TacSat-2 370 kg
Tactical Imager
TacSat-3 400 kg
Hyperspectral Imager
Launch Failure
NFIRE Missile
Warning
DoD Space Test Program sponsorship for Launch, Spacecra? and/or Ops
Trailblazing Novel New Space CapabiliSes
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
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AFRL at a Glance
Employees Civilian Military
Total 5,827 4,610 1,217
S&Es 3,455 2,778 677
S&E Education
20% B.S. 33% Ph.D.
47% M.S.
Munitions Eglin Air Force
Base, FL
Space Vehicles Directed Energy
Kirtland Air Force Base, NM
AF Office of Scientific Research
Arlington, VA
Information Rome Research Site, NY
Maui Research Site, HI
Tokyo, Japan
London, UK
Santiago, Chile
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Edwards AFB, CA
711th Human Performance
Wing
Materials & Manufacturing
Aerospace Systems
AFRL Headquarters Sensors
Ft. Sam, TX
International Sites
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ExisSng FaciliSes – 55 Bldgs
World Class Facilities AFRL/Space Vehicles Directorate
• 402,000 Sq Ft – Kirtland AFB, NM • 36,000 Sq Ft -‐ Holloman AFB, NM • 31,000 Sq Ft -‐ HAARP, Alaska • 24,000 Sq Ft -‐ Sunspot
Aerospace Engineering Facility
Ba^lespace Environment Laboratory
Nuclear RadiaSon SimulaSon Lab
Holloman
Balloon operaSons
ISOON
HAARP
Ionospheric research Solar observaSons
Imaging Spectroscopy CalibraSon Lab
Cold Atom Lab
IRREL characterizes Focal Plane Arrays
Comprehensive integration & test facilities for small, experimental satellites or spacecraft components
FabricaSon and TesSng CapabiliSes
Unique Test Equipment
SpacecraQ Technology Laboratory
EO/IR FaciliSes Space Electronics FaciliSes
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AFRL PNT and GPS Space Segment Investment Portfolio
AFRL is investigating science and technology options for future GPS spacecraft
• Increasing flexibility • Reducing spacecraft cost • Exploring new signal options • Developing components for reduced payload cost,
size, weight, and power • Manufacturable atomic clocks AFRL is developing inertial components for GPS-denied navigation • Cold atom inertial navigation systems
GPS III
Developmental Optical Clock
Cold atom “atom chip”
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Science and Technology for GPS Spacecraft
• AFRL has funded a portfolio of projects supporting next generation GPS spacecraft
Technologies CapabiliSes
High efficiency GaN amplifiers On-orbit Reprogrammable Digital
Waveform Generators New antenna concepts Supporting electronics Algorithms and new signal
combining methods Satellite bus technologies for
lower SWaP/ increased resiliency
Advanced cyber technology
Lower-SWaP spacecraft OR higher power signals
Increased signal flexibility after launch
Lower cost OR increased capability payload
Increased signal strength Information assurance designed-
in from the start
*SWaP = Size, Weight, and Power
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Objective: • Design, fabricate, and characterize performance of advanced L-band power amplifier engineering development units
- Space qualifiable/suitable for GPS
Acquisition Status: • Three, 36-month contracts awarded in June 2014