AUGUST 11, 2017, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas - Air Education and Training Command is re-imagining how Airmen are developed through a paradigm shift in education, training and capitalization of experiences in a new concept: The Continuum of Learning. The effort officially kicked off with a leadership summit last week, in which AETC senior leaders, wing commanders, … [Read more...]
Army, British soldiers Seamlessly Integrate Air and Land in Estonian Exercise
AUGUST 11, 2017, TAPA TRAINING AREA, Estonia - US Army Soldiers of the 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division and the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard trained with NATO Allies during a combined aerial-ground Estonian exercise near Jagala, Estonia on August 10, 2017. The exercise consisted of … [Read more...]
AFRL Tests High-Efficiency Diesel Engine for Unmanned Aircraft
AUGUST 11, 2017, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) - The Air Force Research Laboratory Advanced Power Technology Office, along with Engineered Propulsion Systems and the Arnold Engineering and Development Center, recently concluded ground-based testing of an advanced high-efficiency diesel engine that promises to increase the utility and ease the logistics burden of … [Read more...]
Defense Department’s Innovation Initiative Remains Top Priority, Mattis Says
AUGUST 11, 2017, WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters yesterday that maintaining the Defense Department’s innovation initiative for the warfighter is a top priority for him, just as it was for his predecessor. En route to Seattle on a two-day trip to Washington and California -- where the secretary will stop in Silicon Valley to visit the Defense … [Read more...]
Army Teams Up with University to Extend Battery Life for Mobile Devices
AUGUST 10, 2017, ADELPHI, Md. - Scientists from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and Brown University have teamed up to develop solutions that would extend the battery life of GPS gear, mobile phones, field laptops and other Soldier technology, including robots. Through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, or CRADA, negotiated by the laboratory's Technology … [Read more...]