The Air Force has awarded a Bronze Star Medal to SMSgt. Peter Casiano, assigned to the American Forces Network at Yokota AB, Japan, for his work while deployed to Afghanistan in 2006. Casiano worked with a Provisional Reconstruction Team, serving as a media advisor to local Afghani officials to help them communicate effectively with the local populace, developing radio programs for two provincial governors. During his tour he also helped secure a convoy under attack and escorted a medic to help recover wounded troops.
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems Inc. and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems matching $17.7 million contracts for an "Off-Board Sensing Station,” which is an unmanned aircraft that would extend a manned fighter’s sensing range and also potentially carry additional weapons for that aircraft. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts…