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Virgin Galactic and the Air Force Research Laboratory Enter Agreement to Advance Space Weather Science

$SPCEPress releaseOct 14, 2026, 8:00 AM ETRead the release

Virgin Galactic signed a 24-month Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Warfare Directorate to evaluate its next-generation Spaceship as a platform for capturing space weather data. Researchers will assess integration of sensor systems aboard the new Spaceship to study space weather effects on space-based infrastructure, building on a similar CRADA with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory signed in December 2025.

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