OCTOBER 19, 2024 - The Defense Department is sponsoring a Hypersonics Horizon High Speed Video challenge, open to high school and undergraduate students, with cash prizes. "The Hypersonics Horizons High Speed Video Challenge is integral to building an enduring advantage by investing in the workforce of tomorrow," said Aprille Ericsson, the assistant secretary of defense for … [Read more...]
XQ-58A Shares Tactical Data with F-35Bs
OCTOBER 18, 2024 - The Marine Corps’ XQ-58A Valkyrie completed its latest test flight and first multi- service integration effort during Emerald Flag 2024 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, this October. Emerald Flag 2024 is a multiservice and multi-domain test event that incorporates new and developing technology while focusing on the efficiency of joint warfare. The effort … [Read more...]
Guard Rehearses Air Medevac
U.S. Army Spc. Jazmyne Wanger, a combat medic specialist with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Pennsylvania National Guard, continues tending to a simulated wounded soldier while an HH-60 Black Hawk helicopter draws near the pickup site during an air medevac exercise at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Oct. 11, 2024. U.S. Army medics … [Read more...]
DoD Announces Full-day Prekindergarten in 80 Schools
OCTOBER 18, 2024 - The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) is pleased to announce the official start of its full-day prekindergarten (PK) programs in 80 DoDEA elementary schools on Sept. 3. As of Sept. 30, DoDEA has enrolled approximately 4,000 students in the PK program across its schools. This significant enrollment reflects the military community’s growing … [Read more...]
Continued Success in Global Counterterrorism
OCTOBER 18, 2024 - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III today highlighted three lessons that he views as key to ongoing success against global terrorism while speaking at NATO's Ministerial of the force contributing members of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, or D-ISIS, in Brussels. "We meet here today to salute [and] reflect on the tremendous sacrifices of this … [Read more...]