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Air Force Lab Tapping Six Firms For Aerospace Vehicle Research

By Marc Selinger

Monday, August 28th, 2017

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The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is in the midst of awarding contracts to six companies to develop cutting-edge aerospace vehicles.The lab has already announced three recipients in August: Aurora Flight Sciences, Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NOC].The companies will “conduct research to develop, demonstrate, integrate and transition new aerospace vehicle technologies and systems that will provide affordable, revolutionary capabilities to the warfighter,” AFRL said. “These technology developments will provide for cost-effective aerospace vehicle platforms capable of accurate delivery of weapons, payloads (e.g.…

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