Air Force Research Laboratory Afrl Request Tender in USA - 140249419

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Country: USA

Summary: Air Force Research Laboratory Afrl Request for Information for High Hypersonic Reentry Flight Experiment Program

Deadline: 28 Apr 2026

Posting Date: 28 Apr 2026

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 140249419

Document Ref. No.: Prometheus_RFI-1

Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Request for Information for High Hypersonic Reentry Flight Experiment Program
Introduction
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is gathering information for future partnering with industry and other government agencies to develop high-cadence, recoverable, reliable, cost-effective orbital and hypersonic reentry experiment platforms. These platforms offer exposure to extreme reentry environments with payload recovery post-fight for Technology Readiness Level (TRL) maturation and Science & Technology (S&T) advancement. AFRL aims to advance novel, innovative research areas that address capability, technology, or scientific gaps for hypersonic reentry vehicles and environments. In addition to existing orbital and hypersonic platforms, AFRL aims to further develop hypersonic testing infrastructure and platforms. Near-future capabilities include non-ballistic trajectories and high-acceleration-load (50+ g-s) flight conditions.
AFRL has the following reentry experimentation priorities (not in priority order):
Promote cutting-edge research to enhance the Department of War's (DOW) ability to address future science and technology (S&T) requirements for hypersonic reentry. This involves developing recoverable flight payloads designed to withstand extreme hypersonic conditions above 7.5km/s and high-acceleration forces exceeding 50 g-s including, but not limited to:
Guidance, Navigation, and Control Technologies with the potential to be radiation hardened/survivable (operate through, circumvent and recover, etc.) - accelerometers, gyroscopes, navigation aids for operating in a GPS denied environment (stellar, radar, optical, etc.), and new SW algorithms for relevant hypersonic flight environments
Avionics Components with the potential to be radiation hardened/survivable (operate through, circumvent and recover, etc.) - flight computers, processors, actuators, etc.
Flight-Environment Sensors - heat flux, temperature, p...
Notice ID: prometheus_rfi-1

Department/Ind. Agency: dept of defense

Sub-tier: dept of the air force

Office: fa9453 afrl rvk

Product Service Code: ac33 - national defense r&d services; defense-related activities; experimental development

NAICS Code: 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

Inactive Dates: apr 30, 2027

Inactive Policy: manual

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