As the Air Force Research Laboratory supports Space Force efforts to establish a robust testing enterprise, its top priorities are focused on developing a synthetic test environment, improving hardware-in-the-loop capabilities and ensuring sufficient on-orbit instrumentation exists to test systems in the space environment. Col. Eric Felt, director of the Air Force Research Laboratory's space vehicles directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, NM, has been working closely with the Space Force's new test and evaluation office to develop a vision for...
