USAF Plans to Spiff up the “Bag”: The 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Eglin AFB, Fla., has begun conducting a six-month wear test for the force’s next flight suit and the T-shirt worn underneath. The test runs through November 1. The new “bag” envisioned by the Air Force is exactly the same in structure but is made of a “different weave of fabric,” says Danny Keith, the 28th TES assistant project manager. The current bag presents problems with pilling, shade variation, and zipper flaring. The test offers two T-shirt variations—wool or the same flame-retardant meta-aramid fibers used in the flight suit.
In AI Experiment, UK and US Simulate Adjacent Operations
Oct. 20, 2021
Held an ocean apart but simulating adjacent military forces, a virtual demonstration Oct. 18 gave the U.K. and U.S. militaries cause to project optimism over someday jointly adopting artificial intelligence “that can learn in the field.” The test represented “just the first step” on the way to an “experimental trial…