SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 - The Department of Defense (DoD) has broken ground at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) on the Project Pele transportable nuclear reactor. The reactor, under a Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) initiative, is being manufactured by BWXT Advanced Technologies, LLC, Lynchburg, Virginia. Assembly of the final reactor is set to begin in February 2025. The current … [Read more...]
Archives for 2024
First East Coast-based Marine Base Receives F-35C
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Evan Shockley, from Virginia and commanding officer, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 251, taxis an F-35C Lightning Il at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Sept. 17, 2024. VMFA-251 became the first East Coast-based Marine Corps squadron to receive the F-35C, designed to operate from conventional aircraft carriers or land … [Read more...]
Airmen Capture Air Force Marathon Titles
Adrianna Dong crosses the finish line to win the Women's Air Force Marathon Sept. 21, 2024, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Dong won with time of 3:13:31. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez.) SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 - As the Air Force Marathon volunteers and participants began to arrive in the early morning hours of Sept. 21, off in the distance, a passing weather … [Read more...]
Guard Prepares for NATO-led Mission
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 - The 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon Army National Guard, and supporting National Guard units from across the United States completed a culminating training event Sept. 15, giving them the green light to move on to the next stage of their mobilization training at 7th Army Training Command’s Training Area in Hohenfels, Germany. For this mission, … [Read more...]
Space Force Awards R-GPS Agreements
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 - The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command awarded four agreements to Astranis, Axient, L3 Harris, and Sierra Space to produce design concepts for Lite Evolving Augmented Proliferation one of the Resilient Global Positioning System program. R-GPS provides resilience to military and civil GPS user communities by augmenting the GPS constellation with … [Read more...]