Not all of the US military’s Global Positioning System receivers have been functioning properly after the recent upgrade of the Global Positioning System command and control software, Gen. Robert Kehler, Air Force Space Command boss, told reporters Feb. 18 at AFA’s Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Fla. “It is not a problem with the command and control software, nor is it a problem with the navigation signal from the satellite. This is a receiver problem,” explained Kehler. He said the issue has been “isolated to a set of receivers,” meaning only “handfuls” are affected as opposed to large numbers. And, he said, “We have a fix; we know what the problem is.”
B-21 Temporary Shelters Could Also Shelter B-2s
March 5, 2021
The Air Force's experimental runway shelter for the new B-21 bomber is large enough to cover it or the B-2, and therefore reveals no information about the dimensions of the new aircraft. Two such shelters will be evaluated, but the maker of the second version hasn't been chosen, yet.