A United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan VC2S rocket launches its first certification mission from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, Jan. 8, 2024. Cert-1 will deliver the Astrobotic Peregrine commercial lunar lander into a highly elliptical orbit more than 220,000 miles above Earth to intercept the moon and will carry a Celeste’s Memorial … [Read more...]
Archives for 2024
The Military History of Ray-Ban
APRIL 27, 2024 - Ray-Ban is an iconic brand that has permeated popular culture for decades. It has become a lasting touchstone of the all-American aesthetic, as close to apple pie and the bald eagle, representing the aspirational true blue American. Almost a whole century after its inception, parent conglomerate EssilorLuxottica reported an 8% increase in revenue following the … [Read more...]
Air Force Continuing Two Collaborative Combat Aircraft Options
APRIL 25, 2024 - The Department of the Air Force made the decision to continue funding Anduril and General Atomics for detailed designs, manufacture, and testing of production representative test articles under the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program. The companies not selected to build these production representative CCA vehicles, and execute the flight test program, will … [Read more...]
Supplemental Bill Provides Billions in Aid for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan
APRIL 25, 2024 - President Joe Biden signed into law a bill that provides much-needed security assistance to American partners, including Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. "It's going to make America safer. It's going to make the world safer. And it continues America's leadership in the world," Biden said during a briefing following the signing ceremony. "It gives vital support to … [Read more...]
Not Your Average Army Unit
APRIL 24, 2024 - Imagine being an active-duty soldier, walking the halls and cubicles of your new Army assignment looking for someone in uniform to guide you in the right direction and not finding another soldier. There’s no motor pool, no weapons room, and no personnel office. You finally walk into the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Fort Worth District command suite and are … [Read more...]