SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 - The Space Development Agency announced yesterday the award of two contracts for what's known as the first generation of the transport layer, the acting deputy undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, and director of defense research and engineering for modernization said. These awards represent one of the first major steps toward developing … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2020
Air Force Partners in Medical Logistics to Support U.S.
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 - The Air Force is working with civilian partners and sister services to ensure personal protective equipment and other pandemic-related supplies are delivered wherever they are needed, whether to military treatment facilities or civilian hospitals. In early April, the Air Force stood up its first master ordering facility based out of Port San Antonio, … [Read more...]
2400 Airmen to Transfer Into Space Force
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 - Beginning September 1st and continuing throughout the fall, more than 2,400 active-duty Airmen in space operations (13S) and space systems operations (1C6) career fields will transfer into the U.S. Space Force in public and private ceremonies across the globe. Given limits on mass gatherings in the current COVID-19 environment, the Space Force will … [Read more...]
Women’s Health Transition Training Offered Virtually Due to COVID-19
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 - The national rollout for VA’s Women’s Health Transition Training program (WHTT) expanded to more than 100 training sessions this year across the U.S. and overseas including locations in Germany, Japan, and Hawaii. More than 500 servicewomen have already received training this year either in-person or virtually. The goal to to reach more than 700 women … [Read more...]
China Pursues Own Nuclear Triad, Doubling of Nuclear Capability
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 - Over the next 10 years, it's expected China will double the number of nuclear warheads it possesses, while embarking on an effort to expand the ways it can deploy its nuclear capability, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for China Chad L. Sbragia said at the American Enterprise Institute. He discussed findings of a just-released Defense Department … [Read more...]