To aid USAF efforts to interest young scientists and engineers in aerospace work, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research hasjust awarded $6.3 million in grants to 21 scientists and engineers who received doctorate-level degrees within the past five years. The effort is part of USAF’s new Young Investigators Research Program, which received 145 proposals for research in areas that interest the Air Force. Officials expect to see the program award at least 50 grants over the next three years.
B-21 Raider First Flight Now Postponed to 2023
May 20, 2022
The Air Force says the B-21 Raider won't make its first flight until 2023; about a six-month delay from the last official estimates. No reason was given for the delay. While other programs have recently chalked up schedule slips to supply chain and labor shortages, the Air Force has said…