AFRL NM STEM Academy is implemented through a Partnership Intermediary Agreement between AFRL and New Mexico Tech.

AFRL NM STEM Academy is a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education outreach program sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB). We offer hands-on, minds-on STEM activities that engage teachers and students in the application of STEM content in the context of a real-world setting, and introduce connections to STEM careers at KAFB.

AFRL NM STEM provides structured “missions” during the school year, opportunities for students in 5th – 12th grades to explore a variety of STEM concepts:

The curriculum for our missions is aligned with Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards.

Many of the activities included in our missions focus on the application of basic STEM concepts behind technologies being developed by AFRL’s Directed Energy and Space Vehicle Directorates at KAFB.