Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) - Space Vehicles Directorate - Hanscom AFB

Located at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., the Space Vehicles Directorate serves as the Air Force's center of excellence for space technology research and development. The Space Vehicles Directorate develops and transitions space technologies to provide space based capabilities to the warfighter always addressing affordability, efficiencies, and operations need. The Directorate operates on 438,000 square feet of laboratory and office space. It supports over 50 state-of-the-art research laboratories and testing structures at Kirtland as well as a unique high altitude balloon program at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Leading the nation in space supremacy research and development, the Space Vehicles Directorate consists of an integrated team of 900-plus military, civilian, and on-site contractors.