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1 Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate Overview March 12, 2012 Integrity Service Excellence Col William T. Cooley, Commander Space Vehicles Directorate Air Force Research Laboratory 27 March

2 Organization AFRL/Space Vehicles Directorate AFRL SPACE CAPABILITIES LEAD DIRECTOR Col William T. Cooley CHIEF SCIENTIST Dr. Greg Spanjers DEPUTY DIRECTOR Ms. Sue Atwood Dr. Jim Riker (ST) DIRECTORATE IMA Col Sherry Riddle MISSION AREA LEADS ISR Mr. Steven Fiedler Responsive Space Dr. Donna Senft Def Space Control Dr. Nathan Dalrymple SSA Dr. Lawrence Robertson NRO Dr. Stewart Cameron CHIEF ENGINEER Mr. Dale Hite BATTLESPACE ENVIROMENT SPACECRAFT TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATED EXPERIMENTS INTEGRATION AND OPERATIONS Dr. Joel Mozer Col Edward Masterson Dr. Rich de Jonckheere Mr. Mark Roverse CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT Dr. Larry Laffitte Mr. Roger CONTRACTING Shinnick Contracting Mr. Roger Shinnick FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Mr. David Harder CORPORATE INFORMATION OFFICE Lt Col Patrick Huested 2

3 Core Technical Competencies AFRL/Space Vehicles Directorate Auroral Region Ionosphere Radiation Belts Space Electronics Microelectronic foundations and components Space Environment Impacts & Mitigation Solar, solar wind, radiation belt/ interplanetary, ionospheric effects; thermosphere & satellite drag; reentry environment; plasma physics & chemistry MEO SBR Space Platforms & Ops Tech Power generation, decision support for C2 and SSA, guidance, navigation, and control, strategic navigation, structures, thermal, autonomy, and communications MEO HSI LEO SBR Space EO/IR Hyperspectral, hypertemporal, polarimetric imaging; space-based imaging; focal plane technologies; cryocoolers; nuclear explosion monitoring JSpOC Mission Systems Miniature Momentum Control System Basic Research to Technology on Orbit Space Experiments space system/payload development, Integration, test, & flight; M&S; space system engineering 3

4 Spacecraft Technologies Division Mission & Technical Objectives Develop next-generation spacecraft bus & payload technology elements to reduce cost, improve performance & enable new missions Main Technology Research Areas Space Electronics Bus Architecture plug-n-play Design Hardening Reconfigurable Electronics Spacecraft Components Guidance, Navigation, Controls & Autonomy Integrated Structural Systems Advanced Space Power Generation Space-based Advanced Sensing Focal Plane Arrays Space Cryocoolers Advanced Detectors Protection Technologies Building Plug-n-Play Satellite in 2 hrs! Focal Plane Enabling Responsive Space and Space Situational Awareness Thin film solar array Cyrocooler Field Programmable Gate Array Deployable Truss Miniature Satellite Threat Reporting System on STS-107 4

5 Integrated Experiments & Evaluation Division Mission & Technical Objectives Prove advanced technologies and concepts for continual enhancement of national security, space missions Facilities On-Site Main Technology Research Areas Flight experiments Simulation & Tech Assessment Military Utility Analysis System modeling and trades Integration and test facilities XSS-11 Satellite TacSat-3 Satellite System Concepts & Analyses XSS-10 Satellite Expertise in All Aspects of Small Satellite Development 5

6 Battlespace Environment Division Mission & Technical Objectives Specify, forecast, mitigate, and exploit environmental impacts to enable US space systems and operations Provide 72 hr space weather forecasts and system impacts Develop response to High Altitude Nuclear Detonation threat Develop advanced detection techniques Main Technology Research Areas Space weather sensing and modeling Hyperspectral data exploitation Hypertemporal imaging Space object surveillance technologies Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System Radiation Belt Remediation Integrated Space Environment Forecast Model Supporting Space Situational Awareness, Defensive Counterspace, and Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance Tech Areas 6

7 Summary AFRL/Space Vehicles Directorate Know what s in space friend or foe Protect our systems from natural/man-made events Freedom to conduct space operations More affordable satellites Improved communications Assess anything, anytime, anywhere from space Prove it works in space 7

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