Daily Report

April 26, 2017

Looking to Europe for Pacific Deterrence

The US military should look to its policy in Europe to help assure allies in the Pacific, and create a new funding and deterrence initiative to push back against North Korean aggression, the head of the Senate Armed Services Committee...

Academies Compete in UAV Swarm Experiment

A DARPA-led effort pitting students from different military service academies against each other to develop the best UAV swarm tactics kicked off on Sunday at Camp Roberts California National Guard post. The three-day, live-fly competition is the culmination of a...

Air Force Releases Final RFP for EELV Payload Adaptor

The Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center released a final request for proposal Monday for the development of rideshare payload adapters to be used with its Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program. The Long Duration Propulsive EELV Secondary Payload Adapters,...

Boeing’s Second T-X Completes First Flight

Boeing has completed an initial flight with its T-X entry, the company announced Monday. The flight lasted one hour, and T-X test pilot Steve Schmidt and Boeing test pilot for Air Force programs Matt Giese “validated key aspects of the...