NOVEMBER 30, 2022 - Marine Corps Systems Command recently teamed up with I Marine Expeditionary Force, the U.S. Air Force’s 22nd Airlift Squadron, and industry on a job requiring some heavy lifting: transporting two MAC-50 All-Terrain Cranes cross-country from California to Mississippi and back. The joint collaborative effort in late October—which aligns with the Defense … [Read more...]
F-35s Equipped with Quick Reaction Instrumentation Package
Quick Reaction Instrumentation Package, (QRIP) components for the F-35, March 23, 2022, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. QRIP records all data, both pre and post fusion and then gets downloaded into a knowledge management system and allows for sharing to others to allow for faster software development, better re-programming and expedited products out to the pilots. (U.S. Air Force … [Read more...]
Increased Firepower Provides Unique Capability
Two M240s are mounted inside an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter Nov. 22, 2022, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. The 943d RQG designed a concept to mount four additional M240 machine guns into HH-60G helicopters to provide more firepower to the 920th Rescue Wing’s personnel recovery task force in contested environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andre Trinidad) NOVEMBER … [Read more...]
AFRL Enhances Computed Tomography Lab
NOVEMBER 28, 2022 - The Air Force Research Laboratory hosted an official tour of its recently renovated Computed Tomography Laboratory Nov. 9, 2022. The lab, part of AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, supports nondestructive testing of 3D-printed materials for the Defense Department’s internal and external customer base. The Accelerated Materials and … [Read more...]
Air, Space Forces Transition to AFWERX 3.0
NOVEMBER 28, 2022 - As an innovative learning organization driven to accelerate change in the Department of the Air Force, AFWERX will release a series of new initiatives in support of its 3.0 evolution. Air and Space Force leaders will detail new opportunities for stakeholder engagement during a live broadcast Dec. 14 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. EDT. AFWERX 3.0 will add five key … [Read more...]