The Air Force Research Lab has signed an agreement with the Energy Department’s Argonne National Lab to share resources, including letting AFRL “leverage some of the top research scientists” in the country and vice versa. An AFRL release states the agreement should produce taxpayer savings and speed introduction of technology.
The final version of the fiscal 2026 defense policy bill calls for adding $1.2 billion to the Space Force’s research and development accounts, an increase that’s mostly split between two efforts: expanding the service’s low-Earth orbit data transport network and boosting its space-based missile warning and tracking capabilities.
