DECEMBER 8, 2020 - The Department of the Air Force announced physical fitness assessments will now resume April 2021 and will no longer include the waist measurement component. To ensure social distancing practices remain in place during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and to give Airmen and Space Professionals time to prepare, testing was delayed from October to January and … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2020
Ford Crew Remembers Pearl Harbor
DECEMBER 8, 2020 - On Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, Sailors and civilians alike were conducting their normal daily routines, when, without warning, the sound of explosions, airplanes soaring overhead, and gunfire erupted throughout the sky. The Empire of Japan conducted a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor which included two waves beginning at 7:53 a.m. and ending at 9:55 … [Read more...]
Pegasus Tactical Autonomous System Flies and Drives
DECEMBER 8, 2020 - During Project Convergence 20, the Army Futures Command’s capstone exercise of an ambitious project of learning, multiple examples of the most cutting-edge military technology were put through their paces on U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground’s vast ranges. Among the most futuristic of these systems was the Pegasus, a family of tactical autonomous systems that … [Read more...]
Space Agency Hopes to Gain Industry’s Trust
DECEMBER 8, 2020 - The National Defense Space Architecture will include hundreds of satellites in orbit around earth dedicated to gathering targeting and tracking information and instantly transmit it to war fighters. Getting the defense industry on board with this, means gaining their trust. Part of that will require the creation of a stable market for those satellites and … [Read more...]
Virus Draws Attention to Defense Industrial Base Vulnerabilities
DECEMBER 7, 2020 - When COVID-19 flared up earlier this year, the government and military looked for the medical supplies needed to keep citizens and medical personnel safe. The search put a spotlight on a fact the Defense Department had become aware of but not many had talked about: Many goods and supplies critical to the nation are not made in the U.S., but overseas — and, … [Read more...]