Northrop Grumman has announced recent milestones for two of the Air Force’s major next-generation satellite programs. In a release Monday, the company said it delivered the payload module for the third advanced extremely high frequency military communications satellite on Feb. 27 to Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor for AEHF. Next up for the payload is mating with the AEHF satellite bus, Northrop said, noting that the delivery took place three weeks ahead of schedule. And, according to a Feb. 27 release, Northrop has completed thermal vacuum testing of the sensor payload for the second space based infrared system early warning satellite dubbed GEO-2. As with AEHF, Northrop is the payload supplier to prime contractor Lockheed Martin. This spring, the payload will be delivered to Lockheed for integration on the GEO-2 satellite bus.
The Air Force has more to do to lead by example, and to create a culture where people feel comfortable discussing sexual assault and other forms of violence with their superiors, service leadership said. The death of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén, a 20-year-old Soldier who disappeared from Fort Hood, Texas,…