The Air Force military construction’s coffers are getting a boost this year thanks to the recently passed federal stimulus bill. Speaking Thursday at AFA’s Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Fla., Air Force Secretary Michael Donley said the MILCON increase is in the form of more than $300 million to build dormatories and child development centers on USAF bases and more than $1 billion to upgrade base facilities and infrastructure.
Skyborg Makes First Flight Aboard Kratos Mako
May 5, 2021
The "Skyborg" software and hardware suite allowing an unmanned aircraft to team with crewed ones flew for the first time on April 29, the Air Force said, launching a series of experiments meant to prove out the safety and effectiveness of the approach.