SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 - The Living Legends of Aviation are thrilled to share that Jared Isaacman has had a successful launch of the Polaris Dawn Mission on September 10, 2024 at 3:23am MDT. Isaacman, a renowned entrepreneur, pilot, and founder of payments processing company Shift4, has embarked on this groundbreaking journey aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, marking a new era in … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2024
New DLA Strategic Plan Frames Goals
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 - Overcoming contested logistics challenges as the nation faces adversaries in all domains is the Defense Logistics Agency's top priority as outlined in its new 2025-2030 Strategic Plan, "DLA Transforms: A Call to Action." The world has changed since DLA's last Strategic Plan was published in 2021, DLA Director Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly said in a message … [Read more...]
Air Force Examines Emerging Tactics
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024 - More than 10,000 personnel from the Department of Defense, the United Kingdom, and Australia participated in exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-3, a combat-representative exercise including operational test and evaluation experts from the 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron. The OT&E experts’ mission was to test critical command, control, intelligence, … [Read more...]
Army’s Future Tactical Uncrewed Aircraft System
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024 – The U.S. Army recently achieved two major milestones in the development of the Future Tactical Uncrewed Aircraft System Program, when the two competitors completed Modular Open System Approach (MOSA) conformance evaluations and flight demonstrations of their prototype aircraft. The MOSA conformance evaluations were conducted in May, with Griffon … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Seizes $54 Million of Cocaine
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024 – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence offloaded more than 4,125 pounds of cocaine with an assessed street value of approximately $54 million in Port Everglades, Monday. Coast Guard crews, working alongside interagency and international partners, seized the illegal drugs in the international waters of the Caribbean Sea during three separate … [Read more...]